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Tacha Lauds Transport Company For Simplifying Business For Her

05.05.2026

Popular Nigerian reality TV star, influencer, and entrepreneur, Anita Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has commended a transport management company, Enviable Transport, for efficiently managing her tricycle (keke napep) business. The former Big Brother Naija (BBNAija) housemate thanked the organisation for streamlining her operations over the past two years, allowing her to make a...

Oyo APC Stakeholders Reject Consensus Arrangement

05.05.2026

…Say direct primaries, the only credible option Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a coalition of party stakeholders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, on Tuesday, rejected alleged moves in some quarters to impose candidates through a consensus arrangement, saying such a strategy could trigger a crisis and weaken the party’s electoral...

TCN Announces Power Outage In Parts Of Ibadan

05.05.2026

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a temporary power outage in parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, due to scheduled maintenance on a major transformer. In a statement signed by its General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, on Tuesday, the company disclosed that a 100MVA 132/33kV transformer at the Ayede Transmission...

Ex AGF, Aondoakaa Picks Nomination Forms For Benue Gov’ship Race

05.05.2026

Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice (SAN), Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, on Monday picked his Nomination and Expression of Interest Forms to contest the governorship seat against the incumbent Governor, Hyacinth Alia. Speaking to journalists after picking the forms at PDP’s secretariat in Makurdi, Chief Aondoakaa said if elected, he...

Customs Seizes N5.5bn Rice, 22 Exotic Vehicles In South Western States

05.05.2026

In its fight against the economic saboteurs across the South-Western states of Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Units, Zone A, has intercepted 8,794 bags of 50kg rice, 22 used vehicles and some contraband valued at N5.5 billion. The Area Controller of the unit, Comptroller Gambo Aliyu, said on Tuesday that the anti-...

Crisis Deepens At Real Madrid As Tensions Rise Internally

05.05.2026

The Real Madrid dressing room is reportedly in turmoil ahead of a crucial El Clásico showdown, New Telegraph reports. Tensions are said to be rising within the squad just days before their decisive clash with FC Barcelona, a match they must win to stop their rivals from sealing the La Liga title. According to The...

Lalong Backs Tinubu As Nigeria’s Best Option

05.05.2026

Former Plateau State Governor and Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Senator Simon Bako Lalong, has declared his intention to seek re-election, citing constituency projects and continuity as key pillars of his bid. Lalong, who currently chairs the Senate Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, made this declaration while addressing journalists in Jos, where he...

Ex-Rep Spokesperson, Namdas Declares For APC Adamawa Gov’ship Ticket

05.05.2026

Former spokesman of the House of Representatives and ex-Chairman of the House Committee on Army, Abdulrazzak Sa’ad Namdas, has formally declared his intention to contest the governorship election in Adamawa State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Namdas spoke with journalists shortly after submitting his completed nomination form, expressing confidence that the...

Tinubu Congratulates Garo On Appointment As Kano Deputy Governor

05.05.2026

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Murtala Sule Garo on his appointment as Deputy Governor of Kano State following his swearing-in. Garo was nominated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to fill the vacancy created after the resignation of Aminu Abdulsalam, which followed the governor’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President commended Governor Yusuf...

Eno Appoints Uwem Ekanem Special Adviser A’Ibom Aviation Ministry

05.05.2026

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has appointed Uwem Ekanem as Special Adviser on Aviation and Airport Development, assigning him immediate oversight of the state’s newly created Ministry of Aviation and Airport Development. The appointment, effective May 4, 2026, comes as the state moves to strengthen its aviation sector and expand airport infrastructure. In...

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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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