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Trubin Heroics Send Benfica into Last 24 After Thrilling Win

29.01.2026

Jose Mourinho’s Benfica pulled off an extraordinary finish in their final UEFA Champions League group-phase match, beating Real Madrid 4-2 at the Estádio da Luz, sending the team into the Champions League play-offs on goal difference over Marseille. Real Madrid appeared on course for a comfortable night after Kylian Mbappé struck twice (30′ and 58′) to...

Arsenal Edge Kairat Almaty 3-2 To Seal Perfect UCL

29.01.2026

Arsenal continued their flawless UEFA Champions League campaign with a 3-2 victory over Kairat Almaty at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night, making it eight wins from eight and marking Mikel Arteta’s 200th win as manager. The Gunners flew out of the blocks and needed just two minutes to take the lead. Kai Havertz, making...

PSG Held By Newcastle As Both Settle For UCL Play-off Spot

29.01.2026

On Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Newcastle United played out a 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes, a result that confirmed both sides’ place in the Champions League play-offs. New Telegraph reports that PSG struck early through Vitinha, who drilled a composed finish from the edge in the eighth minute after being set up...

Enugu Police Arraign Man Over Alleged Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl

29.01.2026

…as State Gov’t vows more crackdown The Enugu State Police Command have arraigned a 42-year-old man, Edwin Eze, before a magistrate’s court for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Mburubu, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. This was even as the Enugu State Government vowed more crackdown on child molesters, reiterating...

FG, World Bank, NGF Collaborate On Basic Education, Primary Healthcare Reform

29.01.2026

The World Bank–assisted Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance (HOPE-GOV) Program of the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning has engaged the Nigeria Governors‘ Forum (NGF) to support the implementation of governance reforms in the management of basic education and primary healthcare across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal...

Abiodun Commissions Afon Township Road, Orders Reconstruction Of Olorunda–Imeko Road

29.01.2026

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday commissioned the Afon Township Road in Imeko-Afon Local Government and ordered the immediate reconstruction of the Olorunda–Imeko Road. The Afon Township Road, originally constructed in 1959 by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was commissioned at a ceremony held in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area. Speaking at the...

Senate Urges FG To Fix Collapsed Bridge, Onitsha-Owerri Road In Anambra

29.01.2026

The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, (FERMA), to undertake an immediate engineering inspection of the collapsed old bridge and all failed sections of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, including Okija section. The Senate also mandated its Committee on Works to oversee all intervention activities concerning the Okija...

Insecurity: 24-Hour Curfew Imposed On Kwara Community

29.01.2026

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the entire Oro-Ago District in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State to enable the troops rout out bandits and kidnappers from the area. The Local Government Chairman, Hadji Abdulrasheed, Femi Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. It would be recalled that Kwara South Senatorial District,...

PS Engages NIWA Management On Waterways Safety, Service Delivery

28.01.2026

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMM&BE), Hajiya Fatima Sugra Tabi’a Mahmood, has engaged the management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on strengthening safety and improving service delivery across Nigeria’s inland waterways. The meeting, held in Abuja, was focused on familiarising the permanent secretary with NIWA’s operations...

Varsity Students Can Write UTME, Warns Against Non-Disclosure

28.01.2026

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked claims circulating on social media that candidates currently enrolled in tertiary institutions were barred from registering for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), describing the narrative as a deliberate distortion of its guidelines. In a statement signed by the Public Communication Advisor (PCA) to JAMB, Dr...

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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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