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FUOYE ASUU Begins Strike Over Unpaid Salary

12.09.2025

The Academic Staff Union of Universities , Federal University Oye-Ekiti branch, yesterday, declared an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries. The union, in a letter dated September 11, 2025, and addressed to the institution’s Acting Vice-Chancel- lor, Prof. Olubunmi Shittu, said the action was in line with a national directive of ASUU. The letter, jointly signed...

Leo Stan Ekeh, Others For Maiden ICM Conference

12.09.2025

The Institute of Change Management (ICM) has unveiled a detailed programme for its maiden Annual Conference with the theme: “Navigating to the Future: Synchronising People, Processes and Technology for the Next Era of Change.” According to a statement by the media office of the Institute, founder of Zinox Technologies Limited and Chairman of Konga.com, Mr....

IGP Drags Firm, 2 Others To Court Over Alleged Forgery, Illegal Land Occupation

12.09.2025

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has dragged Julius Eshiet, Al-Trade Agencies Limited, and Alabi Collins of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development before a Lagos State High Court on a 13-count charge of alleged forgery, illegal occupation and forceful takeover of land. The disputed property is located at Block C, Plots...

PMS Import From Malta Crashes By 72% To N1.04trn

12.09.2025

Fluctuations in landing cost and exchange rate of naira to the dollar have impacted heavily on importation of blended Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from Malta to Nigeria, crashing it by 72 per cent to N1.04 trillion. Findings revealed that the total volume of recent purchases was lower than the 3.8 billion litres imported from the...

CBN: Purchasing Manager Index Eases To 51.7 In August

12.09.2025

The country’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) eased to 51.7 in August 2025, down from 52.7 in the preceding month, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) PMI report for last month. The report, which was released yesterday, however, said that the composite PMI data for August indicated that economic activities expanded for the...

Ekiti Guber: Ojo Pleads For Level Playing Ground For APC Guber Ticket

12.09.2025

A governorship aspirant for Ekiti state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr Kayode Ojo, has pleaded the party to give a level playing ground to all the aspirants in the governorship primaries. Ojo, who is the Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University Nigeria, Nsukka made the promises while addressing journalists...

No Nollywood Actress Can Afford G-Wagon From Acting Alone – Yemi Solade

12.09.2025

Veteran Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade, has once again sparked conversation in the film industry with his candid take on the financial realities of Nigerian actors and actresses. Speaking during a recent episode of the “Honest Bunch podcast”, Solade declared that no actress in Nollywood can genuinely claim to have purchased a luxury Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon solely...

Bauchi Uncovers 100 Ghost Health Workers

12.09.2025

…sacks teacher over alleged sexual harassment The Bauchi State Government has uncovered more than 100 health ghost workers and stated that it will punish them. The Bauchi State Hospital Management Board Executive Chairman Sambo Alkali said this at a news conference in Bauchi yesterday. According to him, all the identified ghost workers’ names will be...

MRA Condemns Escalating Attacks On Journalists, Urges Int’l Pressure To End Impunity

12.09.2025

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the alarming rise in attacks, intimidation, and harassment of journalists across Nigeria, including the recent arrest and detention of Mr Hassan Mai-Waya Kangiwa in Kebbi State on the orders of Governor Nasir Idris, following the circulation of a video that exposed the deplorable state of facilities at the...

ECOWAS Debt: Court Remands ECO Bank Legal Head, Over Perjury, Defamation Of Judge’s Character

12.09.2025

Abuja Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded the Head of Legal Department of the ECO Bank in the Northern Region, Ridwan Abdulwahab, at Kuje prison in Abuja following his arraignment on perjury and defamation of character. Abdulwahab was arraigned by the police for giving false information on oath and defaming the character of Justice Charles Agbaza of...

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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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