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OAU Student Commits Suicide After Release Of Exam Results

14.08.2025

…As VC kicks against parental pressure A student of the Faculty of Dentistry at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ibitayo Ajibola, has reportedly committed suicide shortly after the release of his examination results. The tragic incident occurred on Wednesday morning, August 14, following the announcement of results that were unfavourable to him. New Telegraph gathered that...

Mutfwang Celebrates Bawa On Election Victory As NUJ Auditor

14.08.2025

Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has extended warm congratulations to Mrs Tongnaan Dada Bawa on her election as the National Auditor of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Governor Mutfwang, in a Press statement signed and issued by his Director of Press, Dr. Gyang Bere, described Bawa’s emergence at a bye-election during the...

Digital Transformation Of NSITF’s Operation Urgent, Not Optional

14.08.2025

The Managing Director, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF ), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, has emphasised the need to urgently digitalise the operations of the Fund, as he insists it is not optional. Faleye, who spoke at the Bi-Annual Regional Management Performance Review (RMPR) holding simultaneously in six regions of the NSITF across the nation on...

Ward-Based Devt Plan Will Ensure Reform Benefits Reach The People

14.08.2025

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has explained that the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme, recently launched by President Bola Tinubu, is designed to ensure that the people experience the benefits of the ongoing economic reforms. The Minister spoke during a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja by the President...

Abia Govt Excited As Islamic Devt Bank Gives $125 For Dev Project

14.08.2025

The Abia State government has said it is pleased that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the long-awaited $125 million Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) financing facility for the State Integrated Infrastructure Development Project (ABSIID). Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Alex Otti, Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, said that the approval marks a major milestone in a...

Idoma Women Protest Planned Ouster Of Deputy Speaker

14.08.2025

…Plead for truce A group of Idoma women in Benue South Senatorial District, under the auspices of Anya’ Olo K’ Idoma women in politics, on Wednesday sued for peace in the protracted impasse between the State Deputy Speaker, Hon. Danlami Ogenyi and the Ado Local Government Area Chairman, Engr. Sunday Oche. The women’s group told...

Kwara Gov Riterates Commitment To Farmer-Herder Conflicts Resolution

14.08.2025

…As he receives result on Geospatial Mapping Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has received the result of the geospatial mapping that the administration conducted to use as a guide to address the root causes of farmer-herder conflicts and for the overall development of livestock in the state. This was as the Governor also took delivery...

Customs Seizes N3.14bn Exotic Vehicles, Rice, Furniture In S’West

14.08.2025

…Arrest 13 smugglers An enforcement arm of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) has seized luxury vehicles, rice and other contraband worth N3.14 billion in the Southwest axis of the country within three weeks. The Controller of the unit, Comptroller Mohammed Shuaibu, said that the anti-smuggling efforts led to a total of...

Court Clears Aseyan Of Cyberbullying

14.08.2025

The viral case that dominated Twitter in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, involving two medical doctors, Dr Bolanle Aseyan (the defendant) and popular social media influencer, Dr Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya (the complainant), has finally been put to rest by a court of law. In his judgment, Justice Peter Lifu of an Abuja Federal High Court, discharged...

MRA Calls For Action To Combat Impunity, Protect Female Journalists In Nigeria

14.08.2025

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called for Action to Combat Impunity and protect female Journalists in Nigeria. The call was made at a two-day workshop held in Abuja on the Safety of Female Journalists in Nigeria, organised by MRA with support from the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) to address the safety concerns...

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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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