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Real Madrid Rejects Vinicius Jr’s Wage Demand, Set Contract Deadline

26.07.2025

Real Madrid have reportedly ruled out offering Brazilian star, Vinicius Junior the same salary as new signing, Kylian Mbappe, marking a turning point in the club’s ongoing contract negotiations with the winger. According to SER Deportivos, the Spanish giants have decided to give Vinicius one more year to elevate his performance before revisiting talks. If...

Allow LGs Autonomy Before It’s Too Late, Sumaila Warns Govs

26.07.2025

Senator Abdurahman Kawu Sumaila has issued a stern warning to state governors obstructing the entrenchment of full autonomy for local governments, urging them to desist before it is too late. Speaking in Kano during the North-West Zonal Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Sumaila, who represents Kano...

FG Lost N379.58bn Revenue In 3 Years To Importers, Says Customs

26.07.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said on Friday that no fewer than 223 companies short-changed the Federal Government to a total bond value of N379 58 billion in the last three years. According to the NCS on Friday, the defaulters did this by violating the conditions of the Temporary Admission Permits (TAP) regime....

Anambra Govt Raid Baby Factory, Rescues Teenagers

26.07.2025

The Anambra State Government on Saturday raided a baby factory disguised as a hospital in Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area of the state. Saturday Telegraph gathered that during the course of the raid, a notorious baby factory syndicate was shut and arrested. Following months of surveillance and intelligence gathering, the illegal facility, operating under the...

NUJ Nat’l Body Slams Kwara Council

26.07.2025

The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the Kwara State Council, led by AbdulLateef ‘Lanre Ahmed, for alleged constitutional breaches and abuse of power in the administration of union affairs. In a strongly-worded letter dated July 25, 2025, and signed by the NUJ National Secretary, Achike Chude, the union’s national...

Health Insurance: Oborevwori reads riot act as commission enrolls 2.6m

26.07.2025

Dominic Adewole ASABA Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has read riot act to healthcare facilities and care-givers that are sabotaging the benefits of the state’s contributory health scheme. The governor, who was displeased with the complaints from enrollees at the state’s Specialist and Central Hospitals in Asaba, Ughelli and Sapele, said sanctions await any erring...

Tinubu Pledges To Settle Gencos Longstanding Debt Claims After Verification

26.07.2025

President Bola Tinubu has pledged to settle the longstanding debt claims by power generation companies (GenCos) after their verification and validation by the government. At a meeting with members of the Association of Power Generation Companies, led by Col. Sani Bello (rtd), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the President assured them of...

Balogun Still Nigeria’s Greatest – Onigbinde At 53rd Memorial

26.07.2025

As preparations heighten for the 53rd posthumous anniversary of late Nigerian football legend, Teslim Thunder Balogun, former Super Eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has declared Balogun as “Nigeria’s greatest footballer of all time.” The tribute comes ahead of the memorial celebration slated for Wednesday, July 30, 2025, where the Balogun family will honour the enduring...

Lions Club Sensitises Market Women On Hygiene In Osun

26.07.2025

The Lions Club of Osun Classic, in collaboration with the Osun Esteem Lions Club, has sensitised market women in Osogbo on hygiene practices and environmental sanitation. As part of the initiative, the clubs distributed waste baskets, dustpans, brooms, and other cleaning equipment to traders at Igbona Market, Osogbo, over the weekend. The outreach aimed to...

Yilwatda’s Emergence: Another Opportunity For APC To Embrace Democratic Values –ADC

26.07.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said the emergence of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as the fourth Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in two years, is an opportunity for the ruling party to embrace the core values of participatory democracy. The party also told Yilwatda, and former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of 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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