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Court Grants Emefiele N2bn Bail

16.06.2025

On Monday, Justice Halilu Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court granted bail at ₦2 billion to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yusuf granted the bail after Emefiele was arraigned on an eight-count charge in which he is accused of among others, unlawfully acquiring a...

CAN Condemns Benue Massacre, Calls For Urgent Action

16.06.2025

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has strongly condemned the horrific wave of violence that recently swept through Benue State, resulting in the tragic loss of over 200 lives in a series of coordinated attacks. President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh in a statement on Monday in Abuja, lamented that the the “senseless killings” in...

IGP Arrives Benue, Deploys More Tactical Team

16.06.2025

Following recent wave of killings in Benue State where nearly 250 people were killed by suspected herdsmen, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun has arrived the state on Monday June 16. This is contained in a brief statement posted by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) official X handle. “IGP arrives Benue, orders for...

CPPE: Israel/Iran War Portends High Risks For Nigeria’s GDP

16.06.2025

A key member of the Organised Private Sector (OPS), Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), has said the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran portends high risks for Nigeria’s economy with an imminent surge in the price of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, gas and related products in the near term. In addition,...

KAZOBA Nat’l EXCO Inaugurates Electoral C’ttee For 2025 Elections

16.06.2025

The National President of the Kazaure Old Boys Association (KAZOBA), Sadiq Nama’aji Alfindiki, has officially inaugurated the association’s Electoral and Transition Committee to oversee the conduct of forthcoming national elections and ensure a seamless leadership transition. The inauguration marks the beginning of the electoral process following the expiration of the current national officers’ four-year tenure....

Tension In Osun As APC, PDP Officials Plan Council Takeover

16.06.2025

A fresh crisis is brewing in Osun State as local government executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lay conflicting claims to the control of council areas, following a recent court decision Recall that the Court of Appeal, on February 10, 2025, reinstated APC council executives previously sacked by...

Mbah’s Support Soars As Enugu First Lady Concludes State Tour

16.06.2025

The First Lady of Enugu State, Mrs. Nkechiyere Mbah, has concluded her familiarisation tours across the three senatorial zones of the state during which she received massive support and warm receptions from royal fathers, women groups, professional bodies, youths and political stakeholders. This was even as she promised to empower more women and prepare them...

Obi Slams Tinubu For Not Visiting Benue Amid Killings

16.06.2025

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, on Monday condemned President Bola Tinubu for not visiting Benue state amid the incessant killings. In a statement shared on his official X handle, Obi pointed to incidents in India and South Africa as examples of what good leaders...

Stop Issuing Threats Against Tinubu, Maharaj Ji Warns Baba-Ahmed

16.06.2025

Satguru Maharaj Ji has warned a former spokesman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, to stop issuing threats targeted at President Bola Tinubu, saying “there is a very big difference between President Bola Tinubu and Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” Referring to some recent accusations against President Tinubu by Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Maharaj Ji said: “He...

Anambra Guber: Why Tinubu’s Not Backing Soludo, By Ekwunife

16.06.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate for the November 8 Anambra State governorshippoll Uche Ekwunife insists President Bola Tinubu has not endorsed Governor Charles Soludo for a second term. Speaking at the Anambra Central Senatorial District Stakeholders’ meeting in Awka yesterday, the exlegislator labelled the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 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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