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Chinese, 80-Year-Old Grandma, Others Arrested Over Drug Peddling

27.07.2025

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Chinese businessman, Liang Tak You, and an 80-year-old grandmother, Mrs Grace Ekpeme over drug peddling. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the arrest was made during a nationwide operation that uncovered consignments of Colorado,...

Firm debuts new CSR campaign to revive struggling hairdressing salons nationwide

27.07.2025

Lush Hair Nigeria, one of the country’s leading beauty brands, has once again demonstrated the power of purposeful brand impact with the touching transformation of a local hairstylist in Warri, Delta State, whose hairdressing salon business has gone down completely for lack of capital and other modern amenities in the salon industry. What began...

2027: Nigerians Should Stand Up For Unity, Says Lamido

27.07.2025

Ahead of the 2027 elections, there have been moves and efforts by politicians to project Nigeria in a new direction. Alhaji Sule Lamido, a former Governor of Jigawa State and one time Minister of Foreign Affairs, was at a recent meeting of the Coalition Party, ADC. But in this interview with some journalists in Kano,...

Gusau Emir: Nigeria Lost Pillar Of Traditional Leadership – Shettima

27.07.2025

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed profound grief over the passing of the Emir of Gusau, Dr Ibrahim Bello, who died on Friday at age 71, after a protracted illness. Shettima, in his condolence message yesterday in Abuja, described his death as a monumental loss to Nigeria’s traditional institution and a collective tragedy that extends far...

Yilwatda’s Appointment As APC Chair, Strategic To Unite Party — Speaker Abbas

27.07.2025

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has congratulated the new chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, saying his appointment to lead the National Working Committee of the ruling party was strategic. The speaker, who had noted at the NEC meeting that Prof. Yilwatda was adopted as the...

APC Nat’l Chair: Party Members Decry Violation Of Constitution

27.07.2025

The appointment of the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party on Thursday last week has raised some concerns, as some party members have decried the continuous violation of the party’s constitution. According to...

2027: Amaechi, Wike Renew Rivalry As ADC Fights For Relevance In Rivers

27.07.2025

The birthing of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State has renewed the political rivalry between former Transportation Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Barr. Nyesom Wike. That is a development that will worsen the state’s political situation. Amaechi stormed Port Harcourt in a...

Coalition: How Key Figures Switched Parties In 19 Years

27.07.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) recently became the vehicle for the coalition, which has vowed to take out the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ADC-backed coalition aims to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, citing failures in democracy, economy, national unity, and security under his...

774 Councils Receive N4.603trn FAAC Allocation In One Year

27.07.2025

The 774 Local Government councils in the country collected the sum of N 4.603 trillion from Federation’ Account Allocation Committe ( FAAC) as revenue from July 2024 to July 2025. This is within the one year after the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to third tier of government, a Sunday Telegraph’ analysis of...

2027: Why Obi Is Yet To Adopt Political Party –Source

27.07.2025

Facts have emerged on why the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has not adopted a political platform to contest the 2027 election. Obi, in an interaction with his supporters on social media platform, assured them that he would contest the 2027 presidential election, but did not disclose the...

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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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