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KWSG Seeks DSS Collaboration To Curb Social Vices

24.05.2025

As part of efforts to combat rising anti-social activities in Kwara State, the Commissioner for Social Development, Hajia (Dr.) Mariam Nnafatima Imam, has called for stronger collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS). During a recent courtesy visit to the DSS Director, Mr. Michael Oganwu, in Ilorin, Hajia Imam highlighted the Ministry’s commitment to...

NGO Blames Avoidable Deaths On High Cost Of Medical Care

24.05.2025

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Niyi Akinleminu Foundation (NAF), has decried the rising cost of healthcare services in both public and private hospitals, attributing it to the increasing number of avoidable deaths in Nigeria. Founder of the NGO, Otunba Akinleyimu Olowoniyi, a United Kingdom-based indigene of Idanre in Ondo State, said the foundation was established...

FG Reads Riot Act to Airlines Airlifting Passengers Without Visas into Nigeria

24.05.2025

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has stated that airlines airlifting passengers into Nigeria without a valid entry visa, landing and exit cards would be penalised. Tunji-Ojo made the remarks at a stakeholders sensitisation programme on the implementation of the E-Visa, Landing and Exit Cards on Friday in Lagos. According to the minister, Nigeria...

Adebayo Dismisses Crisis In SDP, Says Party Running Peacefully

24.05.2025

The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the last general elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo has stated that contrary to news circulating in the media, the party is running normally and peacefully. Adebayo’s comments come few days after the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, announced that three vacant positions of...

Ohanaeze Youth Hail Tinubu’s Appointment Of Danfulani As NAIC Boss

24.05.2025

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Youth Council Worldwide has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Hon. Yazid Shehu Danfulani as the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC). In a statement, the group’s National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, described the appointment as a round peg in a round hole, saying it reflects Danfulani’s...

Police Disburses Over N22.9bn To Families Of Fallen Officers

24.05.2025

In a landmark move to honour the service and sacrifice of its personnel, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has disbursed a total of ₦22,978,602,488.25 to the families of 8,311 fallen officers who died in the line of duty between 2018 and 2024. This welfare initiative, described as one of the most comprehensive in the history...

UNA-Nigeria Unveils Abuja Branch, Inducts 37 Members

24.05.2025

The United Nations Association of Nigeria (UNA-Nigeria), under the leadership of Prof. Oluremi Olutimo, has unveiled its Abuja Branch, inducting 37 members, including Executives at Bingham University in Nasarawa State. The occasion, which was held during the week, marked a significant milestone in the branch’s journey, symbolised by the formal presentation of the UNA-Nigeria flag...

Group Urges Police To Delist Philanthropist From Wanted List

24.05.2025

A civil society organisation, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has urged the Nigeria Police to delist the name of a United Kingdom-based Nigerian philanthropist, Chief (Mrs) Dorcas Adeyinka from that of wanted Nigerians and respect her fundamental human rights. The President of the group, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, who made this appeal during...

Tension, Triumphs, Tussles: Inside Apc’s Just-concluded Local Council Primaries In Lagos

24.05.2025

The just-concluded Local Council Election Primary of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has left in its wake a mixture of celebration, discontent, and political intrigue, painting a vivid portrait of grassroots democracy in Nigeria’s commercial capital. Held across the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development...

UNN Alumni Sapele Chapter Hosts Thanksgiving, Reaffirms Commitment To Community, Education

24.05.2025

It was a day of gratitude, reflection and renewed commitment as the University of Nigeria, Alumni Association (UNAA) Sapele Chapter, gathered on Sunday, December 22, 2024, for a thanksgiving celebration held at the Chapel of the King of Kings Abeke road Sapele and the reception at the Orion Hotels Sapele, Delta State. The event brought...

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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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