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FAAN: Man With Alcohol Who Moved In Front Of Airplane, Culprits To Face Sanctions

07.08.2025

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday gave a vivid account of an incident involving a passenger on a ValueJet aircraft. A video of a man attempting to stop a ValueJet aeroplane from departing the Abuja Airport on Tuesday had gone viral. The man said to be a popular Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde...

Edo Govt Bans NURTW, RTEAN, Atalakpa From Revenue Collection

07.08.2025

The Edo State Government yesterday banned the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and Atalakpa Recovery Concept Ltd ( belonging to Comrade Tony Adun, aka Kabaka) from collecting revenue on behalf of the State Government. A statement issued by the Secretary to the Edo State Government, Umar...

Concern Over WAEC 2025 Poor Performance

07.08.2025

The recently released 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) West African Examination Council (WAEC) results have triggered a wave of concern across Nigeria, following a dramatic 33.8 per cent point drop in candidate performance compared to 2024. According to Mr. Amos Dangut, Head of WAEC Nigeria National Office, only 754,545 candidates (representing 38.32...

Jonathan Condoles With Mahama Over Ghana’s Military Helicopter Crash

07.08.2025

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with President John Mahama and the people of the Republic of Ghana over the deadly military helicopter crash in the southern Ashanti region that killed the country’s defense and environment ministers as well as six others on Wednesday. Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed...

Olopade Promises Success In 2027 African School Games

07.08.2025

Nigeria has clinched the rights to host the second edition of the African School Games in 2027, beating out strong bids from Kenya and South Africa. Reacting to the development, the Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, pledged that the country would stage an outstanding tournament that will set new standards for...

Adult Film Star, ‘Lina Bina’ Is Dead

07.08.2025

The adult entertainment world has been thrown into mourning following reports that adult performer and online creator, MissJohnDough, real name Lina Bina, has passed away. Lina Bina’s death was shared publicly by a close friend and social media influencer, Coco Bliss, through a series of emotional Instagram Stories. Although the cause of her death has...

FPDA Membership Induction: Laundry, Drycleaning Business Not For Dropouts

07.08.2025

Mr Ẹni-Ibukún Adebayo, the foundation Chairman of the Fabricare Professional Drycleaners Association (FPDA), has declared that the business of laundry and drycleaning is not for the choiceless, idle soul who may want to fall back on it as a last option of engagement. Rather, the blunt-talking gentleman has insisted that the business is a “Professional...

FG To Spend N3trn For Emergency, Palliative Roads

07.08.2025

The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, on Wednesday, revealed that the roads declared as emergency/palliatives to be completed within a short period. The roads, according to the Minister, cut across all six geopolitical zones in the country, adding that the designated roads would cost N3 trillion. He said, “We need a total of 3 trillion...

NAWOJ Urges Action On Insecurity, Education, Flood Prevention

07.08.2025

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Zone D, has raised alarm over rising insecurity in the North Central region, particularly in Benue and Plateau States, where repeated attacks have left women and children most affected. In a communique issued after its virtual zonal meeting held recently, presided over by Vice President Chizoba Ogbeche, the...

OHCSF, Water Resources Ministry Collaborate On Clean Nigeria Campaign

07.08.2025

As part of efforts to promote improved sanitation and hygiene across Nigeria, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) has expressed its commitment to working in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to scale up implementation of the Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet Campaign....

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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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