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Housing Minister Backs Abuja Journalists’ Village Project

20.06.2025

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc Ahmed Dangiwa, has given his full support to a proposed Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Nigeria Union of Journalist’s Village in Abuja, a housing scheme planned by the Federal Capital Territory Council. During a visit from the NUJ FCT leadership, led by the Chairman, Ms Grace Ike, Dangiwa praised...

Tinubu’s Visit To Benue’ll Help Address Insecurity –Osun Amotekun Chair

20.06.2025

The Board Chairman of Osun Amotekun Corps, AIG Wale Abbas (Rtd), has said that President Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to Benue State could be a turning point in addressing the persistent insecurity and killings that have plagued the state. President Tinubu visited Benue following the brutal killings of over 200 people last weekend — an...

Glo, PalmPay Announce Huge Benefits For Customers In

20.06.2025

Top fintech company in Nigeria, PalmPay, is working with Globacom, a supplier of digital solutions, to introduce another edition of the “Recharge and Win Bonanza.” Users who buy Glo airtime and data through the PalmPay app have the opportunity to win fantastic prizes as part of this exciting campaign. A joint statement released in Lagos...

National Economic Council Postpones Planned 150th Meeting

20.06.2025

The National Economic Council (NEC) has postponed its earlier meeting scheduled for today. NEC, which is chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has the constitutional mandate to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation, and in particular on measures necessary for the coordination of the economic planning efforts or economic programmes of...

Alleged Terrorism: FG Closes Case Against Nnamdi Kanu

20.06.2025

The Federal Government yesterday closed its case against leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the ongoing trial on allegations bordering on terrorism and treason before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Prosecution Counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), announced this after the 5th prosecution witness (PW-5), identified as EEE for...

Wike: ‘Big Men’ Are Nigeria’s Problem

20.06.2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike yesterday decried the lawless behaviours of some elite class, saying that they are the problem of Nigeria. Wike who said this in Abuja at an event where President Bola Tinubu commissioned several roads, noted that these classes of Nigerians often regarded as “big men” want...

Flood Alert: Relocate To Higher Ground Now – Niger Govt Tells Communities

20.06.2025

As part of plans to avert more flood disaster, the Niger State Government has called on communities living close to river banks and waterways to relocate to higher ground. In a statement by Special Adviser to Governor Umaru Bago on Communications, Media and Strategy, Jonathan Vatsa, in Minna yesterday, the government said there is the...

Tinubu Has A1 In Politics But F9 In Governance, Says Adebayo

20.06.2025

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as a maverick in politics but a total failure in governance. Adebayo, in a statement, noted that Tinubu could easily score A1 in politics but when it comes to governance, he would always score...

Tinubu Can’t Take Sides -APC Chieftain

20.06.2025

The National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, on Friday stated that President Tinubu can’t take sides in the crisis rocking Benue. Basiru remarked on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme stating that Tinubu’s visit to Benue on Wednesday, June 18, should not be used against him. According to the APC...

Bank Of New York To Deepen Access To Nigeria’s Local Debt Market

20.06.2025

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., in collaboration with Standard Bank Group Ltd., is launching global depositary notes backed by Nigerian sovereign debt denominated in naira. A Bloomberg report said the initiative was designed to give international investors streamlined access to the elevated yields available in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. The depositary notes will...

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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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