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INEC Registers 4,423 New Voters In Anambra

05.02.2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it registered 4,423 new voters in Anambra State within four weeks of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Elizabeth Agwu said this in Awka yesterday. She said the exercise is currently ongoing across the 21 local government areas of the state. She expressed satisfaction...

Lagos Announces 6-Week Traffic Diversion For Apongbon Bridge Repairs

05.02.2026

The Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversion to allow for repair works on the Apongbon Bridge and adjoining roads as the Federal Government begins rehabilitation of deteriorated asphalt sections along the corridor. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi said the repair works will cover the ramp and service lane linking Inner Marina to...

Firm Challenges Court’s Forfeiture Order On Aircraft

05.02.2026

Orlean Invest Africa Limited has formally appealed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja that ordered the seizure and forfeiture of a Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000 aircraft, insisting that the decision was reached without evidence and amounts to a serious miscarriage of justice. Also, the company filed for a stay of execution of...

2027 Politics Won’t Distract Me From Governance–Wike

05.02.2026

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that contrary to public speculations, the 2027 politics that is already gathering momentum will not distract him from delivering good governance. Wike, who disclosed this after inspecting some road projects in Abuja, noted that even the forthcoming FCT Area Councils’ election would not reduce the tempo...

…APC May Postpone Ward Congresses

05.02.2026

There is palpable tension in All Progressives Congress (APC) that the planned Ward, Local Governments and State congresses and National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be postponed due to the poor planning of the exercise. Impeccable sources at the National Secretariat of the party revealed that the aspirants are already confused because...

Maina Slumps, Hospitalised In Abuja

05.02.2026

Former Chairman of the Defunct Pension Reforms Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina on Tuesday slumped outside his office and has been hospitalised in Abuja Emmanuel Nweke, his Media Assistant in a statement, disclosed that Maina lost his balance while attempting to access the office, fell on the staircase, hit his head, and passed out. He...

Tinubu’s Foreign Trips Strategic, Producing Results

05.02.2026

The Hope Alive Initiative (HAI) has picked holes in criticisms against President Bola Tinubu’s foreign trips, insisting that they are strategic engagements already delivering concrete economic, diplomatic and security benefits to the country. In a statement signed yesterday by its Director, Press and Communications, Ernest Omon, the good governance group said contrary to claims by...

Elegbeleye Congratulates Uzodimma On Daily Telegraph Award

05.02.2026

A renowned politician and sports administrator, Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye, has congratulated the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Odidika Uzodimma, on his selection as Governor of the Year (Digital Economy and Skills Acquisition) by the Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited. The award will be conferred on Governor Uzodimma, who also serves as Chairman of the Progressive...

Oyo Rep Advocates Practical Measures To Combat Cybercrime Globally

05.02.2026

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Stanley Olajide, has emphasised the need for practical measures to combat cybercrime across the globe. Hon. Olajide, who represents Ibadan North-west/Ibadan South-west federal constituency of Oyo state, at the national assembly, stated this while speaking at a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...

Rivers Police Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Recover N2.4m Ransom

05.02.2026

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers, whose kidnapping syndicate has been terrorising the residents of Etche Local Government Area of the state. Grace Iringe-Koko, police spokesperson in the state, said the police also recovered the sum of N2,383,000 from the suspects who were arrested following intelligence-led operations by operatives of the...

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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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