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FJSC Confirms Kabir Akanbi As Supreme Court Chief Registrar

17.03.2025

The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has approved the appointment of Kabir Akanbi as the Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court effective February 13. The confirmation was contained in a statement issued by Dr Festus Akande, the Director of Information and Public Relations, Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...

Tinubu Has Given Nigeria’s Major Challenges Good Fight –Northern Group

17.03.2025

A northern interest group, Gamji Heritage, has commended President Bola Tinubu for giving some of the major challenges facing the country a good fight in the last 22 months. President-General of the group, Malam Ahmed Abdullahi, gave the commendation while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja. NAN reports that Gamji...

Diphtheria Kills 1,319; 42,000 Suspected Cases Reported

17.03.2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak. It said this in its latest situation report from the National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) published yesterday via its official website. The NCDC said that over 42,000 suspected cases had been reported across...

Ijebu Ode LG Chair Backs Grassroots Devt, Appoints Aides

17.03.2025

In line with his commitment to effective governance, the chairman of Ijebu Ode Local Government, Ogun State, Dare Alebiosu, has appointed consultants, supervisors and Special Advisers (SAs), while emphasising the importance of grassroots development. Alebiosu commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for his developmental strides and for supporting the state’s local councils. He said the new appointees...

SERAP Sues Akpabio Over Natasha’s Suspension

17.03.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for his failure to reverse Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension. The Senate suspended Akpoti-Uduaghan and withheld her salary and allowances for allegedly violating the parliament’s rules after she rejected her new sitting arrangement. Her suspension came after the representative of the Kogi...

Clark, Adebanjo: Two legends death could not kill (1)

17.03.2025

Tyranny of death and the indomitable spirit of mankind Death, shame on you. You have always killed the body, not the soul; never the legacy. Such is the fate of the last two men standing, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark and Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who died few days from each other. Death and mankindLet us now...

SEC Cracks Down On Market Offenders

17.03.2025

In a decisive regulatory clampdown, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the registration of Mainland Trust Limited and imposed an immediate suspension on Centurion Registrars Limited, citing repeated non-compliance with regulatory directives. SEC, in separate circulars, reaffirmed its commitment to enforcing market discipline, stating that both firms had failed to resolve multiple complaints...

Award On NDDC Testament To Impactful Developmental Strides

17.03.2025

George Turnah, has described an Interventionist Agency of the Year 2024 Award bestowed on Niger Delta Development Commission as a testament to the Commission’s impactful developmental strides across the Niger Delta region. Recall that NDDC, under the visionary leadership of its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Ogbuku, was at the weekend honoured with...

Wike’s Utterances, Actions Having Damaging Effect On PDP

17.03.2025

The Conference of Professionals in the People’s Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has said the attack on the National Working Committee (NWC) by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike is unbecoming of a high-ranking party member. Protem National Coordinator Obinna Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday, said Wike’s utterances and actions are having...

FG Moves To Fast-Track SDGs Implementation At All Levels

16.03.2025

As the country continues regional consultations on the 2025 Voluntary National Review (VNR), the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs (SSAP-SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has emphasised the need for stakeholders to intensify efforts towards the achievement of the SDGs by 2030. She stated this in her Keynote Address, delivered on her behalf by Bala...

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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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