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PDP Clears Jonathan To Contest 2027 Presidency.

19.05.2026

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election on its platform. Former Niger State governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, who announced this in Abuja on Tuesday, said that Jonathan was given a waiver and did not need to appear before the screening committee. Dr Aliyu, who is...

Aggrieved Kaduna Senatorial Aspirants Protest Results

19.05.2026

…Demand Fresh Elections Aspirants who lost in Monday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries across Kaduna State’s three zones have rejected the outcome, alleging irregularities and demanding cancellation of the exercise. Led by some defeated contenders, Senators Danjuma La’ah, Mike Aura and Ikara Bala, the group on Tuesday stormed the Kaduna State Council of the...

ICPC Seeks Anti-Corruption Education Integration Into Varsity’ Law Curricula

19.05.2026

…says corruption undermines the rule of law, erodes public trust The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) has underscored the urgent need to integrate the teaching of anti-corruption in the nation’s universities and law schools. Chairman of the commission, Musa Adamu (SAN), made this disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja at a workshop jointly...

2027: I’ll Defeat Gov Mutfwang In Free, Fair APC Primary

19.05.2026

A Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Commander Yilchin Jan Bida (rtd), has declared that he would defeat Governor Caleb Mutfwang in a free and fair primary election ahead of the 2027 governorship poll. Bida while speaking with journalists in Jos on Tuesday, dismissed rumours that he...

Ex-Dep Gov Rejects Result In Ondo South

19.05.2026

A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon Agboola Ajayi, has rejected the outcome of the senatorial election declared for the Ondo South senatorial district. Ajayi stated that the results available from the various wards where the election took place did not align with the results declared by the Returning Officer (RO) of the election,...

A’Ibom Police Rescue Two Women From Lynching By Mob

19.05.2026

…Suspect Arrested The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has condemned in the strongest possible terms the barbaric, degrading, and unlawful mob attack carried out against two women in Uyo, describing the incident as a savage act of criminality, lawlessness, and a direct assault on human dignity and the rule of law. The Command warns that...

PDP Zones 2027 Senate Ticket To Brass Constituency II

19.05.2026

Leaders and stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa East Senatorial District have resolved to zone the party’s 2027 Senatorial ticket to Brass Constituency II and the 2031 ticket to Nembe Constituency II, after which zoning and rotation of the seat will cease from 2035. The resolution was reached on Monday during a...

Edo Govt Takes Delivery Of 50 CNG Buses To Ease Transportation

19.05.2026

The Edo State government on Tuesday said it has taken delivery of 50 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses of 52-seaters to ease transportation across the state. The state Commissioner for Communication and Strategy, Kassim Afegbua, disclosed in Benin while briefing journalists on the activities of the state government. Afegbua, who said the buses “will soon...

Wema Bank Sets May 20 Deadline For Children’s One-Day CEO Competition Entry

19.05.2026

Wema Bank has announced a final call for entries for the 2026 edition of its One-Day MD/CEO initiative, with submissions scheduled to close on May 20, 2026. The initiative, which was introduced in May 2025 as part of the bank’s 80th anniversary celebration, is designed to give children and teenagers across Nigeria the opportunity to...

You Earn My Support If You Contribute To Devt Of Ibadanland, Olubadan Tells NGOs

19.05.2026

His Imperial Majesty Oba (Dr) Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja (Arusa1), has assured any Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that is ready to contribute to the development of Ibadanland of his support. The assurance was contained in the press release issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the monarch, Chief Ayoade Olugbemiga, shortly after the courtesy visits...

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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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