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Court Strikes Out Suit Challenging ASO’s Acquisition Of Union Homes

06.07.2025

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a petition challenging the acquisition of Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc by ASO Savings and Loans Plc, marking a significant legal milestone in the consolidation of Nigeria’s mortgage banking sector. In the suit marked FHC/L/CP/739/2023 – Igbrude Moses & 5 Ors....

Adelabu Celebrates Olubadan, Akande On Birthdays

06.07.2025

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has extended warm felicitations to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He also congratulated the former Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, on his 60th birthday celebration. Describing the monarch’s 90th birthday as a majestic milestone, Adelabu celebrated...

Stakeholders Push For Inclusive Reforms At Lagos Constitution Hearing

06.07.2025

Stakeholders from across the Southwest converged on the Water Crest Hotel in Lagos for the Zonal Public Hearing on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, organised by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review. The plenary session, held on Friday, was presided over by Senate Majority Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, who represented Senator Barau Jibrin,...

SUG Leaders Tasked To Join Fight Against Sexual Abuse In Schools

06.07.2025

Student Union Government (SUG) leaders across various higher institutions in Niger State have been urged to collaborate with school authorities in the fight against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) within their campuses. The call was made during a one-day training organised for selected SUG leaders from five tertiary institutions by the Global Promoters for Community...

SPIN Inducts Record Number Of Sustainability Experts

06.07.2025

The Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria (SPIN) has inducted 96 new members into its ranks—the largest cohort in its history—during a landmark ceremony held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Victoria Island. The milestone event, which marked SPIN’s fifth induction since its inception, reinforced the institute’s standing as Nigeria’s foremost professional body for...

Educated Men Are Often Culprits – Garner

06.07.2025

Dr. Antonia Garner, a mental health practitioner and Grand Patron of the Association of Women Against Gender-Based Violence (AWAGBV), has revealed that most victims of psychological and emotional abuse are women, and their abusers are often educated men. She stated this during the unveiling of activities for the group’s upcoming summit scheduled for July 6–8,...

BHIS Now Operational In 203 Bayelsa Hospitals — Agadah

06.07.2025

The Executive Secretary of the Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS), Dr. Zuoboemi Agadah, has revealed that the scheme is currently operational in 203 healthcare facilities across the state. These include 97 hospitals and 106 health centres. Speaking during a visit to the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Yenagoa, Dr....

ACPN To Revolutionize Nigeria’s Healthcare System

05.07.2025

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has unveiled plans to transform the country’s healthcare landscape through innovation and patient-focused care at its 44th Annual International Conference. The conference, themed “Technology Integration, Personalized Care: The Future of Community Pharmacy Practice,” is scheduled to hold from July 22 to 27, 2025, in Awka, Anambra State....

APC Chairmanship: Chieftains Divided Ahead July 24 NEC Meeting

05.07.2025

As the All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for July 24, tension is mounting over who succeeds the former National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who resigned last week citing health reasons. Ganduje, a former Governor of Kano State, served as National Chairman of the party for...

N’Assembly Demands Domestic Ownership Of Global Fund Health Resources

05.07.2025

Chairman of the House Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria Control, Amobi Godwin Ogah, has called for greater transparency and local ownership of Global Fund health resources, insisting that Nigeria must move beyond opaque donor fund management and weak domestic commitment to public health. Ogah made this demand at the three-day Annual Retreat of...

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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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