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CAN Urges Faith, Unity For Nigeria’s Renewal In 2025

03.01.2025

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged Nigerians to embrace faith and unity for the renewal of the nation. In its New Year message, CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh reflected on the challenges faced in 2024, including economic difficulties and security concerns, while acknowledging God’s sustaining grace. He encouraged all Nigerians to return to...

2025’ll Be Landmark Year Of Goodwill –Adeboye

03.01.2025

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has released his prophecies for the year 2025. The cleric revealed the prophecies at the December 31, 2024 cross over service the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp, at Ibadan Expressway. The preacher prophesied that 2025 would be a landmark year...

Northern Groups Slam Niger Republic’s Tchiani, Demand Apology For Tinubu

03.01.2025

Two well-known northern organisations, the Northern Elders Progressives Group and the Arewa Youths Coalition for Peace and Political Development, have called on General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the head of the Niger Republic‘s military, to issue an apology to President Bola Tinubu for claims that Nigeria and France are conspiring to destabilise the nation. In a statement...

Ebonyi Commissioner Offers Free Enrollment Of 50 Indigents Into HIS

03.01.2025

No fewer than 50 persons comprising elderly, women, men and children of Okposi community in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have been enrolled free into the State Health Insurance Scheme (HIS) courtesy of the Commissioner for ICT Hon Uzor Tochukwu Okorie. In a similar vein, Okorie has equally offered scholarship to 10 indigent...

Labour Minister, Dingyadi Loses Mother

03.01.2025

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Alhaji Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has lost his mother, Hajiya Hawa’u Abubakar Dingyadi, in Bodinga Local Government of Sokoto State. Hajiya Hawa’u passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at the age of 94, after a prolonged illness. The funeral prayer was held on Friday, January 3, 2025, at 9:00...

Adeleke Has Saved Lives With Modern Facilities In Osun PHCs – OSSHMB Chair

03.01.2025

The Osun State Hospitals Management Board (OSSHMB) has said that rehabilitation of the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the state by Governor Ademola Adeleke has reduced maternal, child morbidity and mortality rate in the state. The OSSHMB Chairman, Dr Kingsley Akinroye, who made this remark in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos, applauded the...

Oil Block Exclusion: N’Delta Group Warns Of Renewed Militancy

03.01.2025

Niger Delta stakeholders have frowned on the exclusion of their companies from the ownership of oil blocks by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). In their letter to President Bola Tinubu through their lawyer Blessing Agbomhere, the group warned of the possibility of renewed militancy in the region if the “unlawful” exclusion of their...

NNPC Ltd To Obasanjo: We Hold You In High Esteem, Visit PH, Warri Refineries

03.01.2025

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has said that it holds former President Olusegun Obasanjo in high esteem. It also said that the dedication of the ex-President to national development and his right to speak on matters of national importance are both deeply respected. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr. Olufemi Soneye,...

2022 APC National Convention: Buhari Was Neutral — Ex VON DG

03.01.2025

Against the position of the former Political Adviser to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Office, Senator Babafemi Ojudu that Buhari did not support the aspiration of President Bola Tinubu, the former Director General of the Voice of Nige- ria (VON), Osita Okechukwu has said that the former President was neutral. Okechukwu, in his statement...

Why Telcos Are Seeking 100% Tariff Hike, By MTN CEO

03.01.2025

The Chief Executive Officer of the nation’s largest tele- communications company, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, has revealed why his firm and others are seeking a 100 per cent tariff increase, but it remains uncertain whether the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) – the telecom regulator, will approve the proposal. Speaking during an interview on Arise TV...

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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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