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Group Condemns Call For Termination Of PINL’s Pipeline Surveillance Contract

27.07.2025

A Niger Delta group, the Buckingham Palace Group, has condemned recent calls by some ex-Niger Delta agitators for the cancellation of the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), stating that the contract has helped curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the region. The group also dismissed allegations by the Aggressive...

Tertiary Institutions’ Staff To Access N10m Loan As FG Unveils Support Fund

27.07.2025

The Federal Government has introduced the Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF), a welfare-focused loan scheme designed to enhance the well-being and professional development of staff in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Under the scheme, both academic and non-academic staff of universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education will be eligible to access loans of up to ₦10...

NSEMA Recovers 13 Bodies So Far

27.07.2025

Following a boat accident in Kwata along Zumba market, in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, the State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the recovery of 13 bodies. Sunday Telegraph had earlier reported that the boat accident occurred on Saturday around 11:45 am, when the boat loaded with goods and passengers capsized on...

Gombe Gov Mourns FUK Ex-VC, Gani

27.07.2025

Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has mourned the passing of Professor Alhassan Gani, former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Kashere (FUK), who died on Sunday morning. In a statement issued by his Director-General of Press Affairs, Ismaila Uba Misilli, the governor described the late academic as an asset to the university during...

NUJ C’River Celebrates Ironbar On Honorary Doctorate Award

27.07.2025

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, has congratulated Hon. Emmanuel Ironbar, Chief of Staff to the state governor, on his conferment with an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Policy and Administration by Crown University of Delaware, USA. The award ceremony, held at the University of Lagos, recognised Ironbar’s outstanding contributions to...

KWSG Flags Off Distribution Of Educational Palliatives For Vulnerable Children

27.07.2025

The Kwara State Government has flagged off the distribution of nutritional and educational palliatives for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) across the three Senatorial Districts of the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at Government High School, Adeta, Ilorin, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Chief (Mrs) Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade, described the initiative as a...

Kano Chamber Of Commerce Elects New Executives

27.07.2025

After a prolonged leadership crisis that lasted five years, the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA) has successfully elected a new executive council to steer the affairs of the organization. Ambassador Usman Hassan Darma emerged unopposed as President of the Chamber. In his acceptance speech, he described the election as a turning point...

NLNG Literature Prize Winner Urge FG, Others To Promote Reading Culture

27.07.2025

Winner of the 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature, Olubunmi Familoni, alongside other intellectuals, has urged the three tiers of government and corporate organisations to invest more in promoting reading and creative writing as a strategy for national development. They made the call during the 10th anniversary of Reading Café 2025, organised by Finishedwork Enterprises in...

Real Madrid Set To Sell Alaba, Mendy, Rodrygo This Summer

27.07.2025

Real Madrid is reportedly prepared to part ways with David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, and Rodrygo Goes during the ongoing 2025 summer transfer window, as the club looks to reshape its squad ahead of the new season. According to Diario AS, the Spanish giants are open to offers for the three senior players, though sources said...

Inter Milan Renew Push To Sign Lookman

27.07.2025

Inter Milan are intensifying efforts to secure the signing of Ademola Lookman from Atalanta before the end of the summer transfer window. The Serie A giants are eager to bring the Nigerian international to the San Siro, having already seen an initial bid rejected. While Inter have reportedly valued the 26-year-old winger at €40 million,...

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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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