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Kano Police Ban Celebration Over Security Concerns

28.03.2025

The Kano State Police Command on Friday announced a total ban on all Durbar activities for the 2025 Eid-El-Fitr celebrations in the state. Citing security threats and the need to maintain public order, the State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori, explained that intelligence reports indicated plans by certain elements to exploit the event for disruptive...

Adighije: Repositioning N’Delta Power Holding Company Ltd With Passion

28.03.2025

The Nigerian power sector has long been a source of concern for many citizens. Despite various attempts at reform, finding a lasting solution to the challenges plaguing this crucial sector has remained elusive. While many believe that the transformation of the sector is a task best suited for men, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has...

Constituents Distance Selves From Rep’s Call For NASS Takeover

28.03.2025

The people of Benue South Senatorial District have distanced themselves from a petition presented on the floor of the House of Representatives by Philip Agbese, the member representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, which called on the National Assembly to take over the functions of the Benue State House of Assembly. During a motion dissociating themselves from...

Rivers: Police Quiz N’delta Group Leader For Allegedly Inciting Protest

28.03.2025

Police have interrogated the Niger Delta Congress (NDC) President Nubari Saatah for allegedly inciting the public to protest against emergency rule in Rivers State. In a statement yesterday, police spokeswoman SP Grace Iringe-Koko said Saatah was invited “due to the NDC’s persistent and emphatic calls for public protests within Rivers State”. However, said Saatah was...

Kano Govt Launches Urban Renewal Project

28.03.2025

The Kano State Government has launched an ambitious Urban Renewal Project aimed at improving transportation and infrastructure across the State. The State Commissioner for Works, Marwan Ahmad, disclosed this while addressing Journalists in Kano on Thursday, noting that the project includes the rehabilitation of six major roads. “These projects have already commenced, with contractors actively...

Traders Protest At Lagos Assembly Over Demolition Of Shops

28.03.2025

Scores of traders from the demolished Owode Onirin spare parts market on Friday staged a protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly, expressing their grievances over the demolition of their shops. The protesting traders, carrying placards with various inscriptions, accused the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) of demolishing their shops without prior notice....

EFCC Declares Aisha Achimugu Wanted

28.03.2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday declared businesswoman and Nigerian socialite Aisha Achimugu wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering. This is contained in a press statement issued by the anti-graft agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale on its official X handle. New Telegraph gathered that the agency summoned the socialite to appear...

Nigeria Faces Over 17m Housing Deficit – Report

28.03.2025

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s housing sector have raised concerns over the country’s severe housing deficit, which now exceeds 17 million units, driven by rapid urbanization, population growth, and rising construction costs. Speaking during the presentation of a report titled “The Nigeria Housing Report: The State and Future of Housing in Nigeria,” organized by the Sixteenth Council...

Seat Reservation Bill ‘Will Empower Women –Deputy Speaker

28.03.2025

The House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has called for support for seat reservation in parliament bill, saying it will empower women to take their rightful place in the corridors of power. Kalu made the appea at a dinner organised in his honour by the Osasu Show Foundation (TOS Foundation), United Nations (UN) Women,...

Delta Nursing Student Faces Sanction Over Viral First Lady’s Video

28.03.2025

The Delta State College of Nursing Sciences has issued a disciplinary query to a student, Osato Edobor, for allegedly recording and posting an unauthorized video on social media during the visit of Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, to the State. According to a letter signed by the provost of the institution, Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne, and...

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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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