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Stop Dragging Issues With Pilgrims, NAHCON Urges SPWBs

24.05.2026

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has strongly warned State Pilgrims Welfare Boards (SPWBs) to stop dragging issues with Pilgrims on accommodations in Arafat and Minna. In a statement issued by the Deputy Director Fatima Sanda Usara, the Board said that the attention of the NAHCON has been drawn to the development, urging state...

APC Leaders Storm Abuja ICC As Tinubu Receives Certificate Of Return

24.05.2026

Abuja is currently witnessing a surge of political activity as officials, delegates, and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) converge on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre (ICC) ahead of the nationwide presidential primary collation exercise and presentation of Certificate of return to President Tinubu by the party. The venue on Sunday recorded...

Atoyebi Hails Tinubu Over S&P Rating Upgrade, Killing Of ISIS

24.05.2026

Convener of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ideological Group, Bamidele Atoyebi, has praised recent economic and security gains under President Bola Tinubu, saying Nigeria is regaining global respect and investor confidence. Speaking on his birthday, Atoyebi described the week’s developments as “two pieces of good news” that validated the administration’s reforms. He cited the upgrade of...

TCN Directs AEDC To Reroute Supply As Repairs Begin

24.05.2026

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has directed the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, to reroute supply for affected customers following the trip on one of the 100MVA 132/33kV transformers at Apo Substation. The company, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, explained that the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday....

Gov Idris Seeks Royal Blessings Ahead Of Guber Poll

24.05.2026

One week after being endorsed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Kebbi State in the 2027 general elections, Governor Nasir Idris has begun a round of visits to emirs in the state to seek their blessings. The first leg of the visit took place on Saturday at the palace of the Emir...

Soludo To Construct Permanent Palace For Awka Ancient Kingdom

24.05.2026

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has announced that he would construct a permanent palace for the Eze Uzu Monarchs of Awka Kingdom. He explained that the place would serve as a permanent abode for successive Traditional Rulers of Awka Kingdom, noting that Awka deserves a place that befits it’s Royalty. Soludo, who made this...

Ex-PDP Senators, NDDC Rep Emerge ADC Candidates In Ondo

24.05.2026

Two senators of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 9th National Assembly, Nicholas Tofowomo and Patrick Ayo Akinyelure, have emerged as African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidates for the 2027 National Assembly elections in Ondo State. While Tofowomo emerged as the candidate for the Ondo South senatorial district, Akinyelure, who has served for two terms...

Contractors Threaten To Shut Down Boreholes Over Unpaid N38bn

24.05.2026

More than 400 contractors have threatened to decommission boreholes and retrieve supplied equipment over what they say is a two year unpaid debt of N38 billion owed by the Kaduna State Government. The contractors, engaged under a 2023 agreement with the state through Formal Act Legacy, said they mobilized to the site, supplied materials, and...

Tinubu’s Overwhelming Votes In Kano Signal Strong Momentum

24.05.2026

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has said that the overwhelming victory recorded by President Bola Tinubu in the just-concluded APC primary election shows his real victory in the 2027 election. He noted that the Governor of Kano State, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf served as the Collation Officer for Kano State to...

Don’t Give Up

24.05.2026

Text: Matthew 24:13; Job 14:7-9; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 40:1-2 Matthew 24:13. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Job 14:7-9. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root...

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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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