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2027: Again, Enugu North Endorses Mbah Over Massive Projects, UNN VC

11.08.2025

Stakeholders and groups across the six local government areas of Enugu North Senatorial District, also known as Nsukka Zone, have endorsed Governor Peter Mbah for a second term in office yet again. The stakeholders, comprising traditional, political, and community leaders, professionals and various groups, said the governor had shown sincerity and determination in addressing the...

PTAD Disburses ₦5.12bn Pension Arrears To 90,689 Pensioners

11.08.2025

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has confirmed the disbursement of ₦5.12 billion to 90,689 pensioners across its four pension departments. This disbursement underscores PTAD’s commitment to ensuring timely payment and effective management of pension obligations, and it’s in line with its mandate to clear outstanding pension liabilities. This was disclosed on Monday, in a...

Ugochinyere Raises ₦45m To Support Victims Of Arondizuogu Terror Attack

11.08.2025

Lawmaker representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has said he has raised ₦45 million out of the targeted ₦50 million support fund to assist victims of the Umualaoma and Arondizuogu terror attack. Ugochinyere, in a statement issued by his Media Director, Charles Okafor, explained that he was...

City, Guilds London Approves ITF As Examination Centre

11.08.2025

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has recorded a significant boost in its efforts to train and certify Nigerian artisans internationally, as the City and Guilds of London (UK) has officially approved the ITF as a certified examination centre. This development positions the ITF among six other centres across Nigeria that have received similar approvals. The...

Akinrin Of Ekinrin Praises Ododo, Marks One Year As First-Class Monarch

11.08.2025

The Akinrin of Ekinrin, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, HRM Oba Johnson Kolade Otitoju, has expressed gratitude to the Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, as he celebrates the one-year anniversary of receiving the staff of office as a first-class ruler. Oba Otitoju, in a statement, attributed his elevation to God’s divine...

Capital Flight: Nigeria Losing Multi-Billion Naira To Lack of Technology Transfer –MAN

11.08.2025

Nigerian manufacturers under the aegis of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have raised the alarm that the country is currently losing billions of naira to capital flight due to lack of technology transfer. It said the cost of lack of technology transfer to the nation’s manufacturing sector was substantial, impacting productivity, competitiveness, and overall economic...

Adamawa Flood Victims Accuse Govt of Distributing Expired Foods

11.08.2025

Four thousand households displaced by flash flooding in Adamawa State last month allegedly face health risks as the food items distributed to them by the state government are said to have expired. After the flood disaster that claimed lives and displaced scores of households in five wards in the Yola South Local Government Area, the...

Middle-Belt Nationalities Pass Vote Of Confidence In Mutfwang

11.08.2025

…Endorse 2nd-Term Bid The leadership of over 300 ethnic nationalities from the Middle-Belt region in Plateau State has passed a vote of confidence in the Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang and endorsed him for a second term in office, citing his genuine leadership and inclusive governance. The vote of confidence and endorsement, which...

Pensioners Protest Over Unpaid 35 Months Entitlements

11.08.2025

Retirees under the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Monday, took to the streets to protest over their unpaid entitlements, 35 months of pension arrears, and non-payment of N35,000 palliative. New Telegraph reports that the protesters, who were led by the Chairman of the Coalition of the Federal Pensioners, Lagos Chapter, Mukaila Ogunbote, carried placards...

Otu Returns From Diaspora Engagements, Says C’River On The Rise

11.08.2025

Cross River State governor, Bassey Otu, has declared that the state is on the upward trajectory following weeks of strategic engagements with Cross Riverians in the Diaspora. Speaking to journalists at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, upon his return on Friday from attending a convention of Cross River Indigenes In the Diaspora (CRID) in...

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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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