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Court Bars Ondo Govt Over Monarch’s Appointment

01.08.2025

An Akure High Court has restrained the Ondo State government from appointing anyone as Oba in Alagbon Community in the oil-rich Ugbo community in Ilaje Local Government area of the state. In an interim order granted, Justice Temitope Adedipe restrained all the defendants in the suit from taking any action that would jeopardise the outcome...

Ikeja Electric Commission Kwaru 15 MVA Injection Substation

01.08.2025

Ikeja Electric Plc, Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution company, on Friday commissioned the new, cutting-edge Kwaru 15MVA Injection Substation in Abaranje, Ikotun area of Lagos State, Nigeria. This significant infrastructure is set to drastically improve power supply quality and reliability for thousands of residents and businesses within the rapidly developing Ikotun corridor. These were contained in...

Stakeholders Set Pathway For Local Investment To Sustain Digital Health Outcomes

01.08.2025

As Nigeria struggles with the challenges in the healthcare system and growing inequities, experts have called for local investment and digital innovation to improve healthcare outcomes in the country. Speaking at the third edition of the Insights Learning Forum (ILF) organised by eHealth Africa and its partners, the experts said digital health is no longer...

Address Hardship, Int’l Evangelist, Ugwu Urge Tinubu, Govs, Wike

01.08.2025

An international evangelist, Dr Ephias Jengeta and Sectional Leader, Igbogbo 1, Ikorodu District, Assemblies of God Church, Rev Godwin Chukwuemeka Ugwu, have urged President Bola Tinubu, the 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to address hardship in Nigeria. They noted that while the federal, state and local governments...

Zulum Visits Gwoza, Assures Residents Of Swift Security Measures

01.08.2025

The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has. embarked on a resilience and peace visit to Gwoza Local Government Area and assured them that no community will be allowed to fall into the hands of Boko Haram insurgents. Governor Zulum also announced that Bita, which was recently displaced, would be resettled on Friday back to...

Aiyedatiwa To Corps Members, Leave Legacy Of Excellence

01.08.2025

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has charged members of the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to strive to leave a legacy of excellence, selfless service, and patriotism as they begin their National Service. Governor Aiyedatiwa spoke while opening the orientation course at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp...

North, S’West Benefitted More From Buhari, Tinubu Govt- Shehu Sani

01.08.2025

Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani on Friday said the North and South-West are the highest beneficiaries of political appointments under the late former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu administration. The former lawmaker who made this known in a statement issued on his X handle, said the North and South-West also benefited more...

Customs To Transition From Fast Track Scheme To AEO

01.08.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has hinted at transitioning from the current Fast Track Scheme to the globally recognised Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programme. The transition will align Nigeria’s trade facilitation procedures with international best practices, the Service announced in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, Dr Abdullahi Maiwada. “This strategic move is...

Navy Set To Establish Base In Kebbi

01.08.2025

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it has concluded arrangements to establish a naval base in Yauri, Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State. This was announced when a delegation from the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, paid a courtesy visit to Governor Nasir Idris at Government House, Birnin Kebbi. Speaking...

EFCC Urges Corps Members To Champion Anti-Corruption Crusade

01.08.2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged members of the NYSC/EFCC Community Development Service (CDS) Group to be active partners in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. The Head, Public Affairs Department of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the anti-graft agency, Ayodele Babatunde, gave the charge while addressing a group of about 70...

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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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