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Osun NULGE Alleges Plot To Divert LG Funds

19.08.2025

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State chapter, yesterday claimed to have uncovered a plot to divert the federal allocations meant for local government in the state. Addressing journalists in Osogbo, President Nathaniel Ogungbangbe accused powerful interests of attempting to use the courts to subvert justice and return sacked All Progressives Congress...

APC Faults PDP On Zamfara By-Election Claims

19.08.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for protesting against the outcome of Saturday’s Kaura Namoda South State Constituency by-election in Zamfara State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the election inconclusive, with the Returning Officer Lawal Sa’Adu basing the decision on the cancellation of results from some polling...

Tinubu, Abbas, Ganduje, Alia, APC Condole With APC Nat’l Chair Over Mother’s Death

19.08.2025

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his heartfelt condolences to Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the passing of his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda. Mama Yilwatda died on Sunday morning at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital at the age of 83. Similarly, Speaker of the House of Representatives,...

Adelabu Congratulates PDP For Ibadan North By-Election Victory

19.08.2025

The Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu yesterday lamented the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s defeat in Saturday’s Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election. According to him, the defeat is painful but instructive. He said the outcome should serve as another wake-up call for deep introspection, genuine reconciliation, and collective action within the APC. In a statement, Adelabu...

Dangote Truck Not Responsible For Auchi Accident, Says Eyewitness

19.08.2025

Indications emerged last night that contrary to online reports, Dangote Cement truck did not cause the tragic accident, which occurred on the AuchiOkpella-Okene road, near Omega Fire Ministry in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. An eyewitness, Audu Omale, who gave a vivid account of the accident, recalled that “a third-party truck...

Grief As Kogi Gov’s Father Dies At 83

19.08.2025

Kogi State Governor hmed Usman Ododo yesterday lost his 83-yearold father, Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo. Late Ododo, according to a statement issued by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Commissioner for Information and Communications, died in his hospital bed in Abuja. The statement reads: The Kogi State Government regrets to announce the passing of the father of the...

US State Department Revokes 6,000 Student Visas

19.08.2025

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC. The agency said the “vast majority” of the violations were assault, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary and “support for terrorism”. The move comes as the Trump administration continues its crackdown...

Turkey Seeks Synergy With Nidcom On Diaspora Engagement

19.08.2025

The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria Mehmet Poroy yesterday sought partnership with the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) to strengthen bilateral relations on diaspora engagement between the two countries. The envoy said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the commission’s Chairman Abike DabiriErewa, in Abuja. He said that both Nigeria and Turkey shared...

64% Of Nigerian Firstborn Sons More Likely To Fail Paternity Test –New DNA Survey

19.08.2025

Smart DNA Nigeria has released its 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, revealing that DNA testing increased to 13.1 per cent this year. The study, analysing data from July 2024 to June 2025, also revealed startling insights into Nigeria’s family dynamics, including persistent paternity uncertainty and the profound impact of emigration on demand for DNA testing,...

Alaafin To Ooni: Revoke Chieftaincy Title Conferred On Sanusi Within 48 Hours

19.08.2025

The Alaafin of Oyo Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I yesterday criticised last Saturday’s conferment of the Okanlomo of Yorubaland on businessman Dotun Sanusi by the Ooni of Ife Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi. In a statement, the Alaafin described the action as a “direct affront” to his authority, stressing that the power to grant titles across...

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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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