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Borno NUJ Chair Emerges Rotary International President

01.09.2025

The Chairman Borno State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abdulkareem Haruna, has taken over the mantle of leadership of Rotary International Club, Maiduguri Beach as its President for the year 2025/2026. Speaking shortly after taking over the leadership of the club at an investiture ceremony in Maiduguri on Saturday, Haruna said: “It...

Fire: LASTMA Mobilises Inter-Agency Responders To Avert Calamity

01.09.2025

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Sunday mobilised inter-agency responders to subdue an inferno from a petroleum-laden tanker that overturned at Iyana-Isolo inward Oshodi, Lagos. LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The statement was signed by the...

Court Reserves Ruling In Suit Against 3 Nigerians Accused Of Spying For Iran

01.09.2025

A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned proceedings to rule on the admissibility of confessional statements allegedly made by three Nigerians accused of spying for Iran. The accused; Haruna Ali Abbas, Ibrahim Hussaini Musa and Adam Suleiman, are facing terrorism charge brought by the federal government through the Department of State Services (DSS). Authorities...

Court Okays EFCC’s Request To Probe Firm For Alleged Financial Crimes

01.09.2025

Justice Aliyu Baba Usman of the Bauchi State High Court has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can continue investigating one, Hamza Koshe and his firm, Pentech Engineering Nig Ltd, over alleged financial crimes. Koshe had earlier filed a suit seeking a restraining order to stop the EFCC from probing or prosecuting...

Obi To Youths: Register To Vote, God Won’t Descend To Elect Our Leaders

01.09.2025

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has said young Nigerians have the responsibility of shaping the country’s future. In a post shared on X yesterday, the former presidential candidate told Nigerians that God has blessed the country and will not descend to elect leaders for them. Obi, who...

El-Rufai: There May Be 2 Rounds Of 2027 Presidential Election

01.09.2025

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said there may be two rounds of the 2027 presidential elections. Speaking on the Sunday Politics programme on Channels Television yesterday, el-Rufai said there is a possibility that no candidate would secure the required majority in the first round. “The worst case scenario in the 2027 election is...

Union Bank Of Nigeria Completes Merger With Titan Trust Bank

01.09.2025

Union Bank of Nigeria, one of the nation’s longest standing financial institutions, today announced the successful completion of its merger with Titan Trust Bank Limited, following final approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This milestone, according to a statement from the bank’s Chief Brand and Marketing Officer, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Aluko, concludes a process...

Abraka Killing: Oborevwori Assures Justice, Condoles Victim’s Family

01.09.2025

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, yesterday, assured that justice would be served in the killing of a yet-to-beidentified lady in Abraka by security operatives. He consoled the bereaved family and urged security operatives to exercise maximum restraint by adhering strictly to established operational standards in order to avoid unnecessary harm to members of the public....

NRC MD Appoints Assaulted Journalist Ladi Bala Ambassador

31.08.2025

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has publicly apologised to the Nigerian media over his verbal assault on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) journalist, Comrade Ladi Bala, during coverage of the recent Abuja–Kaduna train derailment. Speaking at a press conference at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council Secretariat...

Phyna’s sister, Ruth Reportedly Dead

31.08.2025

Ruth Otabor, the sister of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 7 winner, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has reportedly passed away. The family confirmed her passing in a statement issued on Sunday, August 31, by Eko Solicitors & Advocates. Announcing her demise, the statement noted that she died at about 6:30 a.m. on...

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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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