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Land Dispute: Court Adjourns Case Against Satguru Maharaj Ji

04.07.2025

An Oyo State High Court Ibadan yesterday adjourned the hearing of a land dispute case involving I.A. COM Nigeria Ltd and Satguru Maharaj Ji till September 24. This followed the nonavailability of some relevant documents from the the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. The company had claimed that Maharaj Ji encroached on its...

Lanre Adedoyin Takes Charge As Rotary District 9112 Governor In Grand Style

04.07.2025

Rotarian Lanre Adedoyin will officially take charge as the District Governor of Rotary International District 9112 in a grand installation ceremony that promises to blend elegance, celebration, and rotary values. The installation ushers in Adedoyin’s Rotary year which commenced on July 1 and runs until June 30, 2026. Rotarians, dignitaries, family members, and guests will...

Cassava Now Key Driver Of Nigeria’s Industrial Devt –Shettima

04.07.2025

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the Federal Government has repositioned cassava production to ensure the crop becomes a key driver of industrial development and import substitution in the country. According to a presidential statement, Shettima said yesterday the government’s agenda for the sector is hinged on leveraging the crop as capital for re-engineering Nigeria’s...

Alkali: Tinubu Should Visit Kolmani Oil Field To Improve N’East Rating

04.07.2025

A leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali, has called on President Bola Tinubu visit the oil field in Komani to improve his rating in the North East. The Komani Oil Field is situated along the Boundary between Gombe and Bauchi States. In a statement issued in Abuja, Prof Rufa’i...

DHQ: Troops Kill Terrorist Kingpins, Arrest 1,191, Rescue 543 Kidnap Victims

04.07.2025

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops killed scores of notorious terrorists and arrested 1,191 others, rescuing 543 kidnap victims between April and June. It said 543 insurgents and their family members surrendered in the course of the operations. The Director of Defence Media Operations Major Gen. Markus Kangye said this yesterday in Abuja. He said:...

Lagos Assembly Set To Establish Modern Correctional Centre

04.07.2025

In a bid to create a more viable and economic environment and as well unburden the prison congestion in the Federal correctional centers in the State, the Lagos State House of Assembly is set to establish a modern correctional service center to make provision for the Administration of custodian and noncustodian measures in Lagos and...

Justice Umokoro Released After NBA Called For His Freedom

03.07.2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) in Bayelsa State has confirmed the release of Justice Ebiyerin Umokoro, who was abducted by unknown gunmen on June 22, 2025. While the circumstances surrounding his release remain unclear as of the time of filing this report, his freedom came shortly after the President of the Nigerian Bar Association...

IGR: Edo Govt Garners N52.6b In Six Months

03.07.2025

IGR: Edo Govt Garners N52.6b In Six Months

FG To Collaborate With Kaduna On Light Rail Devt

03.07.2025

The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Kaduna State Government on the development of a light rail system aimed at easing transportation within the state. The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, made this known in Abuja when the Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, led a delegation to the...

Customs Seals Three Bonded Terminals Over Smuggling, Duty Evasion

03.07.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has sealed three bonded terminals for infractions including duty evasion, smuggling, and other sharp practices. Speaking on Thursday, the Area Controller, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, disclosed that between January and June 2025, the command intercepted 27 containers laden with contraband goods valued at N9.26 billion. Olomu explained that 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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