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De Bruyne: A Magician Poised for One Last Dance

17.05.2025

Ajibade Olusesan Manchester City star, Kevin De Bruyne, could cap off his glittering career at the club with one final trophy when City take on Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday. After nearly 10 years at the heart of City’s midfield, De Bruyne will leave at the end of this season, making...

Terrorists’ Use Of Drones: Fg Developing New Defence Capabilities, Strategies To Counter Threat –Sources

17.05.2025

Worried by the renewed attacks on frontline troops by terrorists in the North East theatre of operation, the Federal Government has intensified efforts aimed at developing new defence strategies capable of detecting and countering armed drones, investigation by Saturday Telegraph has revealed. As part of measures to achieve this, plans have been concluded to...

Tinubu: We’ll Continue To Equip Military To End Insecurity

17.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja inducted two Agusta A-109S Trekker Power Attack Helicopters into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) with a solemn promise that his administration would continue to invest in cutting-edge defence technologies and provide the Nigerian military with the resources needed to end insecurity in the country. He expressed confidence...

Nigeria Got $5.34bn, Highest Payment Globally From Shell In 2024 –Report

17.05.2025

Nigeria got $5.336, 840,193bn from Shell, which is the highest payment of the energy giant globally in 2024. The figure represents a significant rise from the $3.8 billion Shell paid to Nigeria in 2023. The energy major paid a total of $28.095, 510,413bn globally in 2024. Out of the $5.34bn Shell paid to the...

Abbas Cancels Summons Of Alia, Lawal, Speakers

17.05.2025

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has denied that his leadership ever referred any petition against the Governors of Benue and Zamfara States, Hyacinth Alia and Dauda Lawal as well as, speakers of the two states houses of assembly to the Committee on Public Petitions. Abbas also apologised to the Conference of...

Oloyede Has Shown Honesty, Transparency By Accepting Blame For JAMB Glitches –Yusuf Ali

17.05.2025

Professor Yusuf Ali, SAN, the 1st Kuliya Ngeri of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State, has said that the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede has shown candor, honesty, transparency, humanness, and leadership by accepting full responsibility for the acts of others over the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)...

2025 UTME: Reps Identify System Error In Jamb, Watching Resit –Olajide

17.05.2025

As affected candidates begin re-taking their rescheduled Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) exams, the House of Representatives has declared that it is watching closely and will act decisively as the National Assembly and other stakeholders await concrete steps from JAMB and its parent ministry to rebuild confidence in Nigeria’s most critical tertiary admission...

PDP Crisis: ‘Damagum Engaging In Double Standards, To Blame For Secretaryship Imbroglio’

17.05.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders are not happy with the role the acting National Chairman Ambassador Umar Damagum, is playing in the crisis rocking the party. They accused the acting National Chairman of playing double standard, arguing that “he claims to be working with the majority (members of the National Working Committee (NWC)...

A’ibom Adopts Tinubu, Akpabio, Eno As Sole Candidates For 2027 Poll

17.05.2025

The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that the people of Akwa Ibom State have endorsed President Bola Tinubu, himself and the Governor Umo Eno as unopposed candidates in the 2027 general elections. Akpabio stated this yesterday while speaking at the seconnd phase of his constituency empowerment programme for over three thousand beneficiaries and...

Compamy Joins Rice Market, Targets Senegal, Gambia

17.05.2025

A leading multinational agribusiness and manufacturing company, Johnvents has diversified into rice marketing as it made its first shipment of Johnvents Rice to Senegal and The Gambia. The divestment, the Group Managing Director, John Alamu, said it was to strengthen food security and make the same available at the doorsteps of West Africans. 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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