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Experts Call For Concerted Effort Against Blindness

12.03.2026

An ophthalmologist and immediate past Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Dr. Abali Chuku, has called for a concerted effort in the fight against glaucoma-related blindness, saying the condition should be treated as everyone’s concern. Speaking as chairman of the Abia State 2026 World Glaucoma Week Symposium in Umuahia, organised by the...

LPDC Clears Deputy Speaker Of Certificate Forgery Allegations

12.03.2026

Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) yesterday dismissed the allegations of overlap in the participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and attendance of Nigeria Law School by the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. It said there is no prima facie case established against him. John Martins had petitioned the LPDC, demanding an...

N’Delta Communities Protest Exclusion From Oil Ownership, Benefits

12.03.2026

Oil & gas-bearing communities in the Niger Delta yesterday frowned on the alleged marginalisation of oilproducing communities in the ownership, control, and economic benefits of oil and gas resources. In a statement, Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) National President Benjamin Tamaranebi; Communities of Oil and Gas Areas in Niger Delta (COGAN)...

Nigerian Refiners Urge Local Crude Pricing to Stabilize Fuel

12.03.2026

The Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria has called for the adoption of a domestic crude oil pricing framework that would allow local refineries to access crude at more realistic prices, saying such a move would help stabilise fuel costs and shield Nigerians from global oil market volatility. The association said removing freight and...

Tantita Operations Have Improved Oil Production In N’Delta

12.03.2026

The National Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Phase 2, Ibena Rufus Salvation, has said that the operations of Tantita Security Services have improved oil production in the Niger Delta region. To this effect, Salvation called for the renewal of the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to the security outfit. Ibena, who made the call...

UNHCR Unveils Three Intervention Projects For IDPs In Two Benue LGAs

12.03.2026

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has unveiled three key intervention projects aimed at supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees in Makurdi and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State. The interventions, designed to promote voluntary return and reintegration in communities considered safe by the state government, focus on protection and monitoring,...

Court Bars Aiyedatiwa From Seeking Re-Election

12.03.2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has restrained Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa from seeking another term in office. The court, presided over by Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, held that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) does not provide for a situation where an elected President, Vice President,...

I Used To Be Aggressive, Omotola Reveals

12.03.2026

Veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has opened up about her past aggressive behaviour, attributing it to the difficulties her family faced following her father’s death. The 48-year-old actress talked about how she battled hatred and anger because she thought life was unjust, but she overcame it with maturity and faith. Speaking in a recent interview on...

ADC Counters Wuse Ward Over Senator Kingibe’s Suspension

12.03.2026

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the suspension of Senator Ireti Kingibe by her Wuse Ward in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The ward had on Wednesday announced Kingibe’s suspension, alleging anti-party activities, insubordination, and violation of party rules. The Ward Chairman, Kanayo Chukwu, who announced the suspension, said the decision was reached...

A’Court Affirms Oluyede As PDP Candidate

12.03.2026

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has affirmed Dr. Wole Oluyede as the duly nominated governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. In an unanimous judgment delivered on Thursday, March 12, the three-member appellate panel set aside the earlier ruling of the...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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