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Osun 2026: APC Youths Differ Over Zoning Agitation Of Guber Ticket

27.10.2025

As primary election of the All Progressives Congress to elect its flag bearer for the 2026 Gubernatorial election draws nearer, youth leaders within the party have engaged in verbal war over the zoning agitation. Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had announced that its primary for the August 8, 2026 governorship election in Osun...

Crypto Activity In Nigeria Surges To $50bn Amid Weak Participation

27.10.2025

The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has revealed that Nigeria witnessed over $50 billion worth of cryptocurrency transactions between July 2023 and June 2024, highlighting the increasing sophistication and risk appetite of local investors many of whom operate outside the traditional capital market framework. Speaking while delivering a lead...

APMT Donates Medical Equipment To Boost Maternal Health

27.10.2025

APM Terminals Apapa has donated vital medical equipment to the Simpson Primary Healthcare Centre in Ebute Metta, Lagos as part of its ongoing commitment to improving maternal health and supporting its host communities through corporate social responsibility. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Frederik Klinke, expressed his delight at the initiative, describing it...

UNICEF, Rotary Partner To Sustain Polio-Free Nigeria

27.10.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Rotary International have reaffirmed their joint commitment to sustaining Nigeria’s polio-free status through renewed collaboration with government and community stakeholders. Speaking at an event in Bauchi to mark World Polio Day, UNICEF Global Special Behavioral Change Manager and Head of World Polio Outbreak Response, Dr Panchanan Achari, said...

Bauchi Gov Pays Homage To New Emir, Pledges Grassroots Support

27.10.2025

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reaffirmed his commitment to grassroots development and traditional institutions during a homecoming visit to his ancestral town of Duguri in Alkaleri Local Government Area. The governor over the weekend, who was received by a jubilant crowd, visited the palace of the newly appointed Emir of Duguri, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed...

Adamawa ADC Crisis Deepens As Two Parallel C’ttees Emerge

27.10.2025

As the internal crisis rocking the leadership of the Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) continues, a new new twist unfolded yesterday as the party’s Zonal Working Committee inaugurated a parallel caretaker executive. The inauguration, which was led by the Assistant National Organising Secretary and North East Zonal Organising Secretary of the...

Tinubu Inaugurates 7 New Projects At UNILORIN

27.10.2025

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated some newly completed landmark projects at the University of Ilorin as part of activities marking the institution’s 40th convocation ceremonies. The projects include the Faculty of Social Sciences Building, a Block of Four Lecture Halls for the Faculties of Social Sciences and Management Sciences, the Department of English Drama Studio...

Abuja Igbo Community Decries SEDC Activities 6 Months After

27.10.2025

The Igbo Community in Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FTC) has expressed its disappointment over the silence and near inactivity of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) six months after it was established. The body further lamented what it called the dormancy of the key players in the Commission querying if the establishment was more of...

Lord’s Chosen Church Pays Tribute To Uma Ukpai

27.10.2025

The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry General Overseer Pastor Lazarus Muoka has expressed his condolences to the Christian community over the passing of Rev. Uma Ukpai. Ukpai died on October 6 aged 80. In a statement by the church, Muoka described the deceased as a tireless preacher of the gospel and a mighty vessel through...

Sanwo-Olu Celebrates Ex-Ogun First Lady, Lucia Onabanjo At 100

27.10.2025

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Chief (Mrs) Lucia Onabowale Onabanjo, widow of the late Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, the first civilian Governor of Ogun State, on her 100th birthday celebration. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued yesterdayby his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile, joined family, friends and the people of Ogun...

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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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