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Tinubu, Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, Alake, Soyinka, Others Lead Tributes For Doyin Abiola

11.09.2025

It was an evening of glowing testimonies, solemn reflections, and deep gratitude to a woman who broke barriers and inspired generations. At the Night of Tributes held on Tuesday in honour of Dr. Hamidat Doyinsola Abiola, Nigeria’s first female newspaper editor and former Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the defunct Concord Group of Newspapers, the consensus was...

Abiodun Promises Synergy With FG On Women’s Empowerment

11.09.2025

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has assured that his administration would work to support Federal Government programmes aimed at empowering and improving the economic status of women in the state. Abiodun gave this assurance on Tuesday in Abeokuta when he received the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who paid...

Lagos Activates Ebola Response System Amid DR Congo Outbreak

11.09.2025

The Lagos State Government has activated the Incident Management Structure (IMS) of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) as part of measures to strengthen prevention and preparedness against any possible outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state. The IMS activation followed Tuesday’s Lagos PHEOC emergency meeting in response to the outbreak of...

NIS To Security Agencies: Let’s Partner To Check Human, Drugs Trafficking

11.09.2025

The Assistant Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Echefulam Anugwa, has urged federal agencies at the border post to collaborate with one another to check human and drug trafficking. Anugwa, a Zonal Coordinator, Zone A, Lagos and Ogun states gave the advice during a one day working visit to Seme Command of...

Lawyer Slams Senate Over New Position On Natasha’s Suspension

11.09.2025

Canada-based lawyer, Arinze Abiakam, has faulted the Senate for refusing to allow Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to resume her seat after serving out her six-month suspension. Abiakam in a statement said the refusal has added a new twist to the controversy. He said Nigerians had looked up to the Senate be a defender of the rule...

My Journey To Power Wasn’t Easy, Says Kano Gov

11.09.2025

My Journey To Power Wasn’t Easy, Says Kano Gov

24 Years After CCDI Pays Tribute To Victims Of 9/11 Attack In US

11.09.2025

The Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) has extended its condolences to the government and people of the United States of America (USA) on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack. The Centre, in a statement issued by its President, Olufemi Aduwo, said 24 years may have passed, yet the horror of that...

Police Arrest Man Posing As ‘Obi Of Lagos’

11.09.2025

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 65-year-old Chibuike Azubike for allegedly parading himself as the “Obi of Lagos” in a planned fake installation ceremony. Azubike, according to the Lagos Command, was apprehended alongside three alleged accomplices, Chief Chibuzor Ani (57), Chief Martins Nwaodika (65), and Ikechukwu Franklin Nnadi (41), while preparing for the unveiling...

Ogun Wins Sustainability Award At 2025 Algiers IATF

11.09.2025

Ogun State yesterday emerged as the winner of the Most Sustainable Going Green Stand award at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2025 event held in Algiers, Algeria. According to the organisers, the award is in recognition of Ogun State’s exceptional contribution to the 2025 IATF held in Algiers, Algeria, between September 4 and September 10....

Post-UTME: UNILAG Urges Candidates To Disregard Reports On Exam Malpractice

11.09.2025

The management of University of Lagos (UNILAG), yesterday stated categorically that the notification of examination malpractice earlier issued in respect of the screening exercise of the institution between September 1 and 4, was not as a result of a system or technical glitch as being insinuated in emails and reports. This is as the management...

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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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