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DSS Arrests 54 Bandits, Gunrunners In Kaduna

28.04.2025

…gov hails Tinubu over Ajayi’s appointment The Kaduna State Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) has carried out 34 operations in the state, leading to the arrest of 54 suspects, including serving security operatives, and the recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunitions. This is as the Kaduna State Governor,...

Kaduna Govt To Meet ASUU Over Strike-Perm SEC

28.04.2025

The Kaduna State Government has expressed its willingness to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve all contentious issues that led to the strike action embarked upon by the Kaduna State University (KASU) lecturers. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Rabiu Yunusa made the promise at a press...

Oyo Govt To Boost Economy With Adire

28.04.2025

The Oyo State Government has promised to boost the state’s economy through the promotion of Adire industry, saying all is set for the maiden Adire Expo in Ibadan. Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, stated this at a stakeholder’s meeting in Ibadan. He said the highly anticipated cultural event will hold on June...

LG Polls: Accord Party Offers Free Forms To Women, PwDs

28.04.2025

The Accord Party in Lagos State has announced free nomination forms for female aspirants and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in the July 12 local elections. The Chairman of Lagos State Accord Caretaker Executive Committee, Mr Dele Oladeji, disclosed this in the party’s Election Guidelines and Timetable, released on Sunday in Lagos. Oladeji said chairmanship and...

Ned Nwoko To Oborevwori: Don’t Bring Old PDP Habits Into AP

28.04.2025

The senator representing Delta north, Ned Nwoko, has asked the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, to leave behind the “old habits” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he begins a new political journey in the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement addressed to the governor following his recent defection, Nwoko warned that...

Hajj: Kaduna Pilgrims Undergo Mandatory Medical Screening

28.04.2025

The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Agency has began medical screening to all its intending pilgrims who are expected to perform this year’s Hholy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The agency’s spokesperson, Malam Yunusa Abdulahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Kaduna that the screening exercise began yesterday across the state. He said:...

Africa Waits As AU Announces 2025 AFRIMA Awards Host City

28.04.2025

Excitement is building across Africa and around the world as the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Committee of AFRIMA get ready to announce the host city for the 2025 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on May 13, 2025 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sunday Telegraph recalls that the last...

UNICEF, WHO Decry Declining Funding For Global Health

28.04.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have expressed concern over funding cuts to global health, revealing that over 15 million vulnerable children are unable to receive vaccinations. Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing worldwide, putting lives at risk and exposing countries to higher costs in treating diseases and responding...

It’s Punishable Offence For Civilians To Wear Military Uniform

27.04.2025

The Nigerian Army has warned against the unauthorised wearing of military uniforms by civilians, saying offenders are liable to arrest and prosecution. The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Gold Chibuisi, who read the riot act during a roundtable with defence correspondents in Abuja, encouraged those who love the Army to apply for enlistment or recruitment instead....

First Lady’s Initiative Empowers 500 Women In Edo

27.04.2025

The Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), presented empowerment items to 500 Edo women. Senator Tinubu, who was represented by the Coordinator of the Office of the First Lady, Edo State, Edesili...

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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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