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IG deploys 38 police commissioners to state commands, formations

22.03.2025

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate posting of 38 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to various State Commands, as well as Police Formations across the country. While 9 CPs were deployed to state commands, 29 others are scheduled to resume at various police formations. A statement signed yesterday by the Force...

Court orders woman to drop ex-husband’s name after 11 yrs divorce

22.03.2025

A Customary Court at Rumuogba, Rivers State, has stripped Mrs. Kate Ngbor from continuing bearing her former husband’s name with immediate effect. The claimant, Chief Sam Ngbor has in Suit No: OCC/9/2021, sought the court order to restrain his former wife, Mrs. Kate Ngbor from continuing bearing his name. The court, after the submissions from...

Sokoto residents lament closure of VOA radio by Trump

22.03.2025

Communities in Sokoto State have expressed disappointment over the suspension of Voice of America Radio services. The decision, made by US President Donald Trump, has been met with concern from locals who rely on the station for news and information. According to Alhaji Idi Bena, “It has been a source of information about the...

Retired Brigadier Togun: I told IBB not to include Vatsa in his Cabinet

22.03.2025

…says ‘I knew he would act like Bisalla’…insists Vatsa planned to carry out bloodiest coup in World history A controversial figure whose role in the military as an intelligence officer in the Nigerian Army and the Directorate of State Security keeps recurring many years after service, retired Brig.-General Kunle Togun was at various times the...

Abia Assembly Investigates Alleged Elitist Policies At Govt College Umuahia

22.03.2025

The Abia State House of Assembly Joint Committee on Education, Public Petition, and Judiciary has launched an investigation into allegations against the Fisher Education Development Trust (FEDT) over the management of Government College Umuahia (GCU). The probe follows a petition submitted by Mr Chukwudi Onwudinanti, an indigene of Ubani Emede-Ibeku in Umuahia East constituency and...

Rivers Elder Calls For Wike’s Suspension Amid Crisis

22.03.2025

Amid the ongoing crisis in the state, a member of the Rivers State Elders Council, Anabs Sara-Igbe has called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Sara-Igbe who in an interview on Channels Television on Friday faulted the removal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy,...

Emergency Rule: What NASS did was a tragedy –Utomi

22.03.2025

Pat Utomi, a Nigerian professor of political economy and management expert, has described the endorsement of a state of emergency in Rivers State by the National Assembly (NASS) on Thursday as a tragedy, saying that it has made a mess of the democracy many Nigerians fought for. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a state...

Edun, Cardoso synergise for economic growth

22.03.2025

To deepen bond, synergy between the fiscal and monetary authorities, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso met on Friday at Central Bank Headquarters in Abuja . A statement issued by Director of information in the ministry of...

God used me to install Ooni, but he’s looking for my downfall –Oluwo

22.03.2025

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has revealed that God used him to play a vital role in the installation of Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, as the Ooni of Ife. Oluwo said the link he used for Oba Ogunwusi would have been used for his elder brother, Tunji Adeyeye, who was his friend and...

Kanu apologises for unruly behaviour, pleads not guilty to fresh charges

22.03.2025

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu yesterday apologised to Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court and Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN over his misconduct at the last proceedings of his trial on the terrorism charges. Kanu pleaded for forgiveness and promised to be of good conduct throughout the duration...

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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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