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ILO, Partners Move To Bridge Social Protection Gaps In Nigeria

28.10.2025

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and key partners have kicked off an intensive eight-day “Transform Training of Trainers” (TOT) programme in Abuja, the first in Nigeria, to bridge the capacity gaps limiting a more inclusive social protection system. The ILO Country Director for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Dr Vanessa Phala who declared the...

Envoy Appeals To Otu To Sign SOAD Cooperation Agreement

28.10.2025

Resident Ambassador of the State of African Diaspora (SOAD) Nigeria, Princess Evelyn Eyo-Honesty, has charged the Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, to expedite action on the signing of cooperation agreement between SOAD and his administration as done by his Bayelsa State counterpart a month ago. The Ambassador made the appeal yesterday in Calabar, when...

Otti: Road Infrastructure Critical To Economic, Social Devt

28.10.2025

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has explained that his administration’s focus on road infrastructure is one of the key areas of attention because it holds the key to sustainable economic and social development of any society. The governor said while flagging off the construction of the 13.5 Ariam-Usaka Ring Road in Ikwuano LGA, that roads...

UNICEF, FG Urge Journalists To Uphold Ethics In Child Rights Reporting

28.10.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Government of Nigeria have urged journalists to uphold the highest ethical standards in child rights reporting, stressing that responsible storytelling is key to protecting the dignity and well-being of the Nigerian child. This call was made during a two-day training on Ethical Journalism and Child Rights...

2027: Ukwa West Demands Abia Reps Seat

28.10.2025

The Ukwa Equity and Justice Group has demanded that all parties zone their tickets for the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency election in 2027 to the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. In a statement yesterday, Chairman C. Nwachi and Secretary O.S. Michael said the late Chinonyerem Macebuh from Ukwa West occupied the...

Alleged Defamation: Charges Against Natasha Not Abuse Of Court Process –AGF

28.10.2025

The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has faulted claim by Senator Natasha AkpotiUduaghan that the charges filed against her before the Federal Capital Territory High Court and the Federal High Court Abuja, amounts to an abuse of court process. The AGF’s office said the charges were duly...

2027: Ishielu LG Stages 1m Man March For Tinubu, Nwifuru Re-Election

28.10.2025

As political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections gather momentum, residents of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have organised a one-million man march, in support of the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Francis Nwifuru. The rally organised under the aegis of the Peace Agwu Support Group and the Francis...

I’m Being Pressured To Join APC, Says Gov Mutfwang

28.10.2025

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, says he is facing pressure from political figures to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor spoke at an event held over the weekend at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos. Mutfwang noted his decision to remain in the...

Elections: Judiciary Failing To Live Up To Standards –Atedo Peterside

28.10.2025

The founder of ANAP Foundation, Atedo Peterside, has berated the Nigerian judiciary for failing to live up to the required standard and expressed support for an electoral reform that would shift the burden of proof to Independent National Electoral the states in the North, adequately represented,” he added. He described Turaki as a true party...

Terrorism Trial: Kanu Makes U-Turn, Abandons Plan To Enter Defense

28.10.2025

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday made a U-turn on his earlier plan to call witnesses in his defence in his ongoing trial for alleged terrorism at the Federal High Court Abuja. Kanu had written to the court indicating his intention to call witnesses and applied for a witness summons. 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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