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Falz Finally Breaks Silence On Marriage Photo Shoots

03.09.2025

Nigerian rapper and Nollywood actor, Folarin Falana, better known as Falz, has opened up about his views on marriage privacy following widespread assumptions that he had secretly tied the knot. The rumours started after the photos of a traditional wedding he shared online went viral; many had believed they were from a real marriage ceremony....

FCCPC Issues Regulations To Curb Digital Lending Abuses

03.09.2025

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has unveiled a new regulatory framework to address unethical practices in Nigeria’s digital lending sector. The Digital, Electronic, Online, or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations (DEON Consumer Lending Regulation) 2025, which took effect on July 21, 2025, introduces stricter oversight to curb harassment, data privacy breaches, exploitative loan...

Ebonyi Govt Approves N3.512bn For Construction Of Ultra-Modern Clinic

03.09.2025

Ebonyi State Government has approved the sum of N3.512 billion for the construction of an ultra-modern clinic at the Government House, Abakaliki. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Barrister Ikeuwah Omebeh, disclosed in Abakaliki, the capital city, on Wednesday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. He said that...

Kano Hisbah Apprehends Man Trafficking 12 Women

03.09.2025

The men of the Kano Hisbah Board have arrested a human trafficker at a motor park with 12 women, moving them to Lagos State for onward transportation to a foreign country. The Deputy Commander General, DCG, of Hisbah, Sheikh Mujahideen Aminuddeen, in a statement, explained that the man was arrested by the command’s officials at...

EFCC Declares Ex-Abia LG Commissioner Wanted

03.09.2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Christopher Enweremadu, wanted in connection with allegations of criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds and money-laundering. The anti-graft agency, in a public notice signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, who gave Enweremadu’s...

I Don’t Trust Kola, Isabella Tells Denari

03.09.2025

As Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 continues to serve us high drama, one of the housemates, Isabella, has expressed her displeasure to fellow housemate, Denari, saying Kola just can’t stay out of her business or anyone else’s, noting his persistence in always feeding his curiosity. “He just wants to know everything about everybody, from...

Nothing Has Changed Since Tinubu’s Visit -Tiv Leader

03.09.2025

The President of Mzough U Tiv UK (MUTUK), Victor Aleva, has said that no efforts have been made to rebuild the Yelwata community in Benue State following the deadly herdsmen attack in June, which claimed over 200 lives. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, Aleva insisted that the Yelwata community remains in ruins...

US Court Clears Cardi B Of $24m Assault Charge

03.09.2025

A Los Angeles jury has cleared American rapper, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, better known as Cardi B, of assault charges in a $24 million civil lawsuit filed by a security guard who claimed she attacked her with a fingernail outside a doctor’s office in 2018. The trial began last week in Alhambra, centring on allegations made...

DSS Arrest Nine Prime Suspects In Benue, Plateau Killings

03.09.2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned nine individuals identified as prime suspects in connection with the recent wave of killings in Benue and Plateau States. New Telegraph reports that the suspects were brought before the Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday. They were alleged to have committed the offence alongside others still at...

Netizens Reacts As Peller Bought N350 Million House In Lagos

03.09.2025

Nigerian TikTokker and socialite Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, has reportedly bought a luxurious mansion worth N350 million in Lagos. The 20-year-old social media socialite announced the new feat during a live session with fellow influencer, Sandra Benede, sharing that the mansion is situated on Chevron Drive in Lekki. He wrote, “Look at me....

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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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