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KWSG Winds Down Harmony Holdings For Non-Profitability

25.06.2025

Following their numerous financial crises, liabilities, and the since 2012, Kwara State Executive Council has resolved to revert all public properties in Harmony Holdings and its wobbling subsidiaries back to the Ministry of Finance Incorporated for better management and reduced liabilities. At the meeting in Ilorin, presided over by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Council received...

Kebbi Gov Satisfied With Koko-Dabai Road Project

25.06.2025

Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris has expressed satisfaction with the quality and progress of the ongoing 87-kilometre Koko-Dabai road construction project. While en route to Zuru on Tuesday, Governor Nasir Idris inspected various sections of the ongoing Koko-Dabai road construction project. He stopped at the endpoints of each section to assess the work done by...

Hospitality Company Strengthens Presence In W’Africa

25.06.2025

IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, has announced the signing of Crowne Plaza Lagos Ikeja, a 119-rooms hotel scheduled to open in early 2028 under a franchise agreement with Watercress Hotel International Limited and to be operated by Valor Hospitality Partners, a global leader in integrated hotel management and operations...

Sokoto Mourns Passing Of Renowned Scholar Gidadawa

25.06.2025

The family of Malam Sambo Wali Gidadawa has announced the passing of the esteemed scholar, historian, and custodian of the Sokoto Caliphate’s legacy. The announcement was made through a statement signed by Buhari Maigwandu, Esq., on behalf of the family. Describing their profound loss, the family paid tribute to the late scholar as “a distinguished...

Gov Aliyu Breaks Ground For 500-Unit Luxury Estate Near Sokoto New City

25.06.2025

In a bold move to address the housing deficit in Sokoto State, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has laid the foundation stone for a ₦22 billion luxury housing estate comprising 500 residential units. The ceremony, held near the fast-developing Sokoto New City, marked a significant milestone in the administration’s effort to provide affordable and quality housing for...

Media Interaction: Metuh, Ologbodinyan, Ex-Officio Members Tackle Damagum Over Attack On Ologunagba

25.06.2025

Two former National Publicity Secretaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh and Kola Ologbodinyan, as well as National Ex-Officio members of the party have collectively condemned their acting National Chairman, Amb Umar Damagum, over his attack on the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba. They, however, passed a vote of confidence in the...

Reps Seek End To Insecurity In Plateau

25.06.2025

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee mandated to convene a Special Security Conference on the Security Challenges in Plateau State and Beyond has pledged its resolve to proffer lasting solutions to the insecurity challenges across the country. Chairman of the committee, Hon. Hammed Waheed, who gave the assurance in Abuja during the inauguration of the...

Senate Extends 2024 Capital Budget By 6 Months, Amid Protests

25.06.2025

The Senate, yesterday, extended the capital component of the 2024 Appropriation Act by another six months, amid protests from some lawmakers. The budget was earlier extended for a period of six months, a period of grace which is due to elapse on June 30. However, at the commencement of proceedings yesterday, the Chairman Senate Committee...

Ongoing Constitution Review Exercise In Futility, Says Sagay

25.06.2025

The former chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), has described the ongoing Constitution review process by the National Assembly, as an exercise in “futility”. The legal scholar predicated his position on previous failed attempts by lawmakers at amending the 1999 Constitution. New Telegraph reports that the Constitution amendment exercise by...

Crisis Rocks SDP As Party’s NWC Allegedly Suspends Nat’l Chairman, 2 Others

25.06.2025

The National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of The National Secretariat of Social Democratic Party (SDP), yesterday, erupted into violence as both supporters of the national chairman Shehu Gabam and those loyal to the 2023 presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, clashed and in the process pulled the gate of the national headquarters building in Abuja. The fight,...

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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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