Local news – Page 1518

2027: Address Hunger, Hardship Before Embarking On Early Campaigns, ACF Tackles Politicians

11.04.2025

The Northern socio-cultural and political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has charged politicians who are already campaigning for the 2027 general elections to put a stop to it, asking them to first tackle the prevailing hunger and other socioeconomic problems bedevilling the people. The Forum said the time for campaigns has not yet come,...

Federal Pensioners Faults Call For NUP’s Executives Dissolution

11.04.2025

The leadership of the Federal Civil Service Pensioners (FCSP) branch has condemned recent calls for the dissolution of the national executive of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) by a group identified as Concerned FCSP. This was as the FCSP urged all pensioners to focus on supporting the leadership of NUP, which it said has...

New Telegraph’s Award Justifies Our Efforts In Human Capacity Devt –Eno

11.04.2025

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has said that human capital development was one of the key pillars of his ARISE Programme in the state. Eno, who spoke yesterday, when he received an award for the Governor of the Year 2024, (Human Capacity Development) from the Management of the Daily Telegraph...

Soludo Warns Native Doctors Against Polluting Rivers With Rituals

11.04.2025

Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has warned against polluting streams and rivers by native doctors engaging in ritual practices. Soludo gave the warning while addressing the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) supporters in Awka yesterday. He urged residents to support the state government’s efforts to rescue, reclaim, and rid the state of crimes. The governor...

Alleged N1bn Fraud: Kwara’s Ex-Gov Ahmed, Banu Trial Continues

11.04.2025

A former Chairman of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Lanre Daibu, has told a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin that the N1 billion loan got from the Board in 2013 was used by the then state government to augment payment of salary of workers and pensioners being owed. Daibu, who is...

We Won’t Be Distracted, We’ll Rebuild Labour Party, Usman Assured Leaders

11.04.2025

The Acting National Chairperson of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Nenadi Usman, has assured party leaders and members of the commitment of her committee to rebuild and grow the party for victory. In a message she personally signed, Usman said Wednesday’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and stakeholders’ engagement marked a significant moment in the...

CP-PDP: Removal Of FCT From TSA Invitation To Financial Recklessness

11.04.2025

The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CPPDP) yesterday condemned the removal of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA), saying it: “Is an invitation to unaccountability and recklessness in the management of the resources of the Territory”. In a statement by protem National Coordinator, Obinna Nwachukwu, the group...

Tinubu Lauds Dangote’s Industrialization Efforts On Birthday

11.04.2025

President Bola Tinubu has lauded Africa’s foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, founder and President of the Dangote Group, for his industrialisation efforts on his birthday. According to a release by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President celebrated the life of a visionary whose resilience and unwavering commitment to Africa’s economic transformation have redefined...

Sexual Harassment: SSANU Rejects Panel Report Clearing FUOYE VC

11.04.2025

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Western Zone, yesterday criticised Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) Governing Council for exonerating Vice-Chancellor Sunday Fasina of sexual harassment. A senior female staff worker had accused the professor of sexually harassing her, but the panel set up by the school to probe the allegation cleared Fasina after...

Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against FG

11.04.2025

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has struck out a N50 billion suit filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government. In a ruling yesterday, Justice Ekwo struck out the suit for lack of diligent prosecution. At the hearing, neither Kanu nor...

1 … 1,516 1,517 1,518 1,519 1,520 … 2,343

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...

Latest news

Nigeria Oil Production Rises to 1.8mbpd Amid Local Demands

Startup leverages AI to bridge maternal healthcare gap

Nigeria’s Economic Reforms Yielding Positive Results

Coronation Insurance Revenue Grows 51% in 2025 Financials

Latest News

2027: Address Hunger, Hardship Before Embarking On Early Campaigns, ACF Tackles Politicians

Federal Pensioners Faults Call For NUP’s Executives Dissolution

New Telegraph’s Award Justifies Our Efforts In Human Capacity Devt –Eno

Soludo Warns Native Doctors Against Polluting Rivers With Rituals

Alleged N1bn Fraud: Kwara’s Ex-Gov Ahmed, Banu Trial Continues

We Won’t Be Distracted, We’ll Rebuild Labour Party, Usman Assured Leaders

CP-PDP: Removal Of FCT From TSA Invitation To Financial Recklessness

Tinubu Lauds Dangote’s Industrialization Efforts On Birthday

Sexual Harassment: SSANU Rejects Panel Report Clearing FUOYE VC

Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against FG

Must Read

The Battle for Africa

I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

Popular Posts

I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

You may have missed it

Nigeria Oil Production Rises to 1.8mbpd Amid Local Demands

Startup leverages AI to bridge maternal healthcare gap

Nigeria’s Economic Reforms Yielding Positive Results

Coronation Insurance Revenue Grows 51% in 2025 Financials

Experts Urge Govt Support for Nigerian Tech Sector Growth

NSIA profits plunge 91% as FX windfall disappears in 2025

Follow Us on Social Media

Themes