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2027: S’West’ll Return 80% Votes For Tinubu –PCP

31.07.2025

PBAT Continuity Project (PCP) has said it is targeting 80 per cent of the total votes in the South West for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. The group is led by the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice Chairman (South West) Isaacs Kekemeke; former Minister of State...

LASU Don Seeks Synergy Between African, Brazilian Linguists

31.07.2025

A Professor of Linguistics, Portuguese & Translation Studies, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University (LASU), Tayo Ajayi, has said there is the need for greater rapprochement and collaboration between Brazilian, African linguists and anthropologists in order to deepen studies related to African heritage in Brazil. He particularly suggested that in order...

$9.5m Facility: Court Lifts Freezing Order On Kam Industries’ Assets

31.07.2025

Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos has lifted an earlier order freezing the assets of a firm, Kam Industries Nigeria Limited, in relation to an alleged $9.5 million trade finance dispute with Ecobank Nigeria Plc. The court discharged the mareva injunction on the grounds that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),...

17,000 Persons Benefit From Ebonyi Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme

31.07.2025

No fewer than 17,000 persons spread across the 13 Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State on Wednesday, benefited from the State Government Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. A breakdown of the beneficiaries showed that 12,000 persons received payment in May, while another 5,000 plus are currently being paid with more scheduled for the next batch...

Oshiomhole Goofed Over St Philomena School Of Nursing–catholic Archdiocese

31.07.2025

The Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City has debunked recent claims by Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North in the Senate, concerning the ownership and funding of the College of Nursing Sciences situated at St. Philomena Catholic Hospital in Benin City. Speaking during a press conference held at the Archdiocesan Secretariat of Social Communications and...

Minister Backs CBAAC’s Plan For Full Pan-African Status

31.07.2025

The Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy Permanent Secretary, Mukhtar Yawale Muhammad, has promised support for the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) to achieve full Pan-African status. Muhammad made the promise on Monday during his visit to CBAAC in Lagos. The Permanent Secretary was taken on a tour by...

Zulum Donates N1bn To UMTH For Kidney Transplants

31.07.2025

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum yesterday announced a donation of N1 billion support to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) to fund kidney transplants for indigent patients. He made the announcement during the 110th General Meeting of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria, which also...

Alia Dissolves Cabinet, Appoints New Chief Of Staff

31.07.2025

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State yesterday dissolved the State Executive Council (SEC). The governor appointed former two term Attorney General of the state and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Moses Atagher as new Chief of Staff. Atagher replaces Paul Biam. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, the governor said Atagher, a...

EFCC Chair To Youths: Shun Cybercrime, Other Criminality

31.07.2025

Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on Nigerian youths to harness their talents and energy for ventures that bring honour to the nation rather than engaging in social vices, including cybercrime, which ultimately result in regret and disgrace. Speaking at a youth empowerment programme in Ilorin,...

NDLEA, FG Agree On Drug Education In School Curriculum, Test For Varsity Students, Others

31.07.2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Ministry of Education yesterday agreed on compulsory drug integrity test for students of tertiary institutions and the review of current secondary school curriculum to include drug education. The agreement was reached when the NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa met with the Minister of Education Olatunji Alausa 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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