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Nigeria Doesn’t Need Foreign Influence For Credible Polls

19.01.2026

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Monday Ubani, has insisted that Nigeria has the institutional capacity to conduct credible elections without external interference, stressing that what is required is the political will to do the right thing and a strengthened legal framework. Ubani, who spoke during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos, expressed...

Lagos SFU Boss CP Dung Retires From NPF

19.01.2026

The 32nd Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Lagos, CP Rose Dung, has formally retired from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) after attaining statutory retirement age of 60. This was contained in a statement signed by the Unit’s spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, yesterday in Lagos. He said Dung’s retirement ceremony which took place on...

NFIU Lauds MDAs, Institutions’ Role In Freeing Nigeria From Grey List

19.01.2026

Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Hajiya Hafsat Bakari, has commended Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and key institutions of government for their roles leading to removal of the country from the grey list. In a statement personally issued yesterday, Hafsat noted that, while the NFIU had been at the forefront of ensuring...

Rising Poverty Could Undermine Credibility Of 2027 Elections, HURIWA Warns

19.01.2026

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a civil rights organisation, yesterday warned that worsening poverty levels across the country could pose serious risks to the credibility of the 2027 general elections, urging governments at all levels to adopt policies that improve living standards rather than deepen hardship. In a press statement issued yesterday...

Sadio Mané Wins AFCON 2025 Golden Ball After Inspiring Senegal

19.01.2026

Senegal’s talisman Sadio Mané has been named the Golden Ball winner at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, earning recognition as the tournament’s most outstanding player after captaining the Teranga Lions to a hard-fought triumph. The veteran forward played a central role throughout the competition, combining leadership, creativity and decisive contributions that helped Senegal...

Weak Governance, Others May Hinder New Tax Laws’ Implementation

19.01.2026

One of the world’s leading credit rating agencies, Fitch Ratings, has said that factors such as, “weak governance, a large informal sector, capacity gaps and enforcement challenges,” may negatively affect the Federal Government’s ability to implement new tax laws which came into effect on January 1, 2026. C o m m e n t i...

SIFAX Chair Hails Customs CG At Birthday For Economic Growth

19.01.2026

The Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi for his exemplary leadership and farreaching contributions to Nigeria’s economic growth and global trade standing. In a goodwill message issued on behalf of the board, management and staff of group to celebrate his birthday,...

Fire Outbreak Razes 50 Shops In Sokoto’s Old Market

19.01.2026

A fire outbreak gutted 50 shops and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in Sokoto’s Old Market yesterday. Fortunately, no lives were lost in the incident, although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has commiserated with the victims of the fire outbreak, pledging the state...

Federal Workers Protest Delay In Payment Of Wage Award Arrears

19.01.2026

Federal workers yesterday protested against the continuous delay in payment of arrears of the N35,000 wage award, saying that it is unacceptable. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Ibrahim Abbas, said there could be no reason that can be acceptable for the long delay in clearing the three months arrears of...

Business Owners Decry High Energy Costs, Insecurity, Multiple Taxes

19.01.2026

Small business owners have urged the Federal Government to implement more effective and accessible interventions to ease rising operating costs, inflation and policy inconsistencies nationwide. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, they decried the worsening insecurity, multiple taxation and irregular power supply had weakened revenue generation across key sectors...

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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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