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2027: APGA Has No Anointed Candidates

12.05.2026

Allegations of certain anointed candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of the State and National Assembly primary elections have been described as mere name-dropping. Consequently, the party in Anambra has warned that it would not take kindly to the insinuations of those it described as fifth columnists who have gone to town...

Sani Dismisses PGF Crisis As ‘Slight Misunderstanding,’ Says Governors United

12.05.2026

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has dismissed reports of a crisis within the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), saying the situation was a “slight misunderstanding” that has now been resolved. Sani made the clarification on Monday during an appearance on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. It will be recalled that recently, reports had suggested...

…Waives UTME For NCE Applicants With 4 Credits

12.05.2026

The Federal Government yesterday exempted candidates applying for the National Certificate in Education (NCE) programme with at least four credits from sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Minister of Education Tunji Alausa announced the policy in Abuja at the 2026 policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions organised by the Joint Admissions...

Atiku Kicks Against Southern Presidency, Warns Opposition Against Self-Defeatist Politics

12.05.2026

The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday fired a warning at opposition political actors, telling them that insisting on zoning the 2027 presidential ticket to the South would amount to entering the contest “already defeated.” In a statement issued by his media aide, Olusola Sanni, the Atiku camp described the push for a...

Ooni Hails Afenifere Leader Fasoranti @ 100

12.05.2026

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has described the Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti, as one of the few surviving pillars of wisdom and moral leadership in Nigeria. This was noted in a statement by the monarch on Monday, to mark Mr Fasoranti’s 100th birthday. The Ooni described Mr Fasoranti’s life as “a century of...

Group Dismisses Critics Of Tinubu, Says New Dawn For S’East

12.05.2026

A pan-Igbo organisation under the aegis of Igbodike Movement has dismissed the traducers of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, contending that his regime is a new dawn for the South East geopolitical zone. According to the statement signed by the National Coordinator of the Movement, Dr Peter Okonkwo, the administration of President Tinubu has changed the...

Six Council Chairmen Endorse Kekemeke For Ondo South Senate Seat

12.05.2026

The senatorial ambition of Hon. D. I Kekemeke received a great boost on Monday evening as all six Local Government Chairmen within the Ondo South Senatorial District formally declared their support for his candidacy for the vacant seat. The Chairmen of the six councils who attended the meeting were Hon. Ogunsakin Andrew Soja( Okitipupa), Hon...

Ikorodu LG Boss Emerges Council Chairman Of The Year At Imoya

12.05.2026

The Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Prince Adedayo Abdullateef Ladega, has been named Council Chairman of the Year at the 2026 edition of the Ikorodu Man of the Year Awards (IMOYA), held at the ultra-modern Ikorodu Town Hall on Sunday, 10 May, 2026. According to a press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary...

Frank Edoho Confirms Separation From Second Wife

12.05.2026

Nigerian media personality and television presenter, Frank Edoho, has finally opened up about the end of his second marriage, characterising the process as a calm and respectable path to emotional serenity. Edoho, a former presenter of Nigeria’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, made this revelation in an Instagram post on Tuesday, stating that, although the...

Buhari Presidency Gave Us Nothing After 2015 Victory

12.05.2026

Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said neither he nor his supporters benefited politically after playing a major role in the election of former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Kwankwaso made the remarks during an interview on Arise Television on Monday while reflecting on the political sacrifices made during the coalition that ended...

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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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