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Bizarre One- Night Stand Merry- Go- Round

24.01.2026

•‘It brings good life; can’t quit anytime soon even after marriage’•Medical Expert: Hook-ups are channels for transmission of HIV, HPB, funga In recent times, the slang “hook-up” has somewhat become a gateway to a coded industry for sex. It’s a subtle way of paying for sex for tech savvy call girls, who are one step...

Tinubu’s Endorsement Won’t Sway South East Voters – ADC Chieftain

24.01.2026

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Comrade Adolphus Ude, has dismissed the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election by South-East governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that the governors lack the capacity to deliver votes in the region. Ude, the National Coordinator of ADC LikeMinds and a founding Deputy...

Afreximbank Terminates Credit Rating Relationship With Fitch

24.01.2026

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), on Friday, announced the termination of its credit rating relationship with Fitch Ratings. In a terse statement, the pan-African multilateral financial institution said the decision “follows a review of the relationship, and its firm belief that the credit rating exercise no longer reflects a good understanding of the Bank’s Establishment...

Insecurity: Fintiri Commends Navy On Civil-military Cooperation

24.01.2026

Adamawa State Governor, Hon. Ahmadu Fintiri has applauded the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Idi Abbas for his visionary leadership and commitment to civil-military cooperation. Governor Fintiri made the commendation on Thursday at the occasion of commissioning and handing over a primary health care centre at Mullah, Hyema Community in Hong Local Government Area of...

N50bn Sukuk Bond’ll Accelerate Kogi Infrastructure Development – Ododo

24.01.2026

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo, said the decision of the state government to approach capital market for a N50 Billion Sukuk Bond was not out of fiscal distress, but out of strategic ambition. Governor Ododo in a keynote address to investors and capital market stakeholders for the proposed Kogi State bond Issuance explained that...

FG Signs Concession Agreement For Police Arraign 7 Suspects Enugu Airport

24.01.2026

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has formally signed the concession agreement for the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. According to a statement yesterday by Mr. Tunde Moshood who is the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the minister, the event marked a major milestone in the Federal Government’s drive...

Police Arraign 7 Suspects Enugu Airport In Kwara For Arson

24.01.2026

Seven suspects alleged of conspiring to set fire on the house of a traditional worshipper, Madam Toyin Asabi Olorisa, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have been arraigned before the state High Court. The suspects are identified as Alhaji Yekini Oloruntele, Alhaji Saliu Usman, Garba Amuda Yusuf, Alhaji Mumini Showa, Imam Isiaq Raji, Alhaji Saliu...

Awujale Stool: Protest Rocks Ijebu Ode Over Alleged Imposition Plot

24.01.2026

A peaceful protest broke out on Friday in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, over alleged plans to impose the next Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland. The protesters marched through Awujale Palace Road on their way to the Ijebu Ode Local Government Secretariat to register their displeasure over the development. The development is coming amid ongoing...

One Officer Per School Won’t Work, NSCDC Warns

24.01.2026

…As TETFund steps in The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has raised fresh alarm over the fragility of security in Nigerian schools, revealing that more than 60,000 of the country’s estimated 81,000 schools were porous and lack basic protection, even as attacks and abductions have reduced in recent times. The Commandant General of...

Drug War: Marwa Sets 2026 Operational Targets For NDLEA Commanders

24.01.2026

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has set the tone for the 2026 operational goals with a high-level strategic meeting with directors, commanders and heads of formations during which he charged them to sustain the current momentum in the war against illicit substances by...

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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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