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CCDI Backs Compulsory Voting Bill, Says It Will Address Apathy

08.04.2025

The Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) has expressed its support for the proposed legislation titled “Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to Make Voting Mandatory for All Nigerians of Majority Age and for Related Matters.” In a statement by its President, Olufemi Aduwo, CCDI described the initiative as a...

Coalition Protests Cybercrime Act, Other Issues

08.04.2025

A coalition of civil society groups, Take It Back (TIB) and the Talakawa Parliament (TP), on Monday staged a peaceful protest against the Cybercrime Act, describing it as a tool to suppress freedom of expression in Nigeria. The Protesters, in their numbers, stormed the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), carrying banners with inscriptions such...

Reps Summon FCT Minister Of State Over Abandoned Farm Estate

08.04.2025

The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Ancillary Matters has summoned the Minister of State for the FCT, Mariya Bunkure, over the deplorable state of the Fish Farm Estate in Bwari, Abuja. The Chairman of the Committee, Fred Agbedi, made this known during an oversight visit to the estate...

Navy Strengthens Partnership With SIFAX Group

08.04.2025

The Nigerian Navy, Western Naval Command, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening its partnership with SIFAX Group in securing Nigeria’s coastal and maritime environment. In a statement issued on Monday, the Group Head, Corporate Communications of SIFAX Group, Olumuyiwa Akande, explained that the Navy pledged to maintain its vigilance in safeguarding Nigerian waters during a...

Pa Senbanjo Sets For Burial May 1 As Abiodun, Dangote, Otedola, Others Condole With Family

07.04.2025

The burial arrangements have been announced for the late elder statesman Pa Oluwole Senbanjo, who died on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at age 92. Prominent Nigerians, including Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun; Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; and Business tycoon Femi Otedola, are among those that have been trooping in to commiserate with the Senbanjos....

NUJ Stresses Effective Governance To Unlock Rivers Blue Economy

07.04.2025

The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Rivers State has called for effective governance and infrastructural development to unlock the State’s blue economy potential. The Chairman of the Chapel, Amaechi Okonkwo, made the call in his welcome address during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Correspondents’ Week in Port Harcourt. The...

Kwara Govt Charges Vaccinators On Safety

07.04.2025

The Kwara State Commissioner for Livestock Development, Oloruntoyosi Thomas-Adebayo, has charged vaccinators in the ongoing Anthrax Campaign in the State to be safety-conscious and work together as a team to achieve the objectives of the exercise. Addressing the inoculators on Monday in Ilorin, the State capital, the Commissioner, who spoke through the Director of Personnel,...

Video Of Natasha Having Special Bond With 2Face’s Daughters

07.04.2025

Natasha Osawaru, the lover of Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Face, has sparked reactions on social media after she was spotted in a video with the singer’s daughters. In the viral video, it could be seen that the two love birds were on a “Family” getaway with the daughters of the singer....

49th Soil Science Conference Opens In Kano

07.04.2025

The 49th Annual Conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) officially commenced on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Kano State. The event, held in collaboration with the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), centers around the critical theme of national food security. The five-day conference is themed “Promoting Soil...

Steve Crown Announces Engagement To Fiancee

07.04.2025

Nigerian gospel singer, Steve Crown, has announced his engagement to his fiancée, Ruth Thomas, with a divine assertion. Accompanied by a video capturing special moments from the proposal, the singer in an Instagram video shared a glimpse of the engagement ring which shows the identity of Steve Crown’s fiancée. Sharing the video, he followed it...

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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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