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Tinubu Campaigners, APC, PDP Leaders Honour Obanla At 60

11.01.2026

Prominent indigenes of Ondo State, as well as different groups campaigning for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), converged on Auga-Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government to honour a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Bode Obanla, as he turned 60 years old. Led...

Abducted Oyo APC Stalwart Released After A Month In Captivity

11.01.2026

A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo State, Wale Oriade, has regained freedom after spending over a month in captivity. Oriade was abducted by gunmen while leaving his office located at the Akala Expressway area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, around 7 pm on December...

Aminu Tambuwal @ 60: Tribute To Boss, Mentor

11.01.2026

The 10th January 2026 has come and gone, but it’s a red-letter day in the lives of thousands. Rt. Hon. Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR who turned 60th on this day was born. He is trained lawyer, administrator and a parliamentarian extraordinaire, who has impacted and continues impacting on the lives of people. To him,...

Police Confirm Suspected Bandits’ Planned Attack In Oyo

11.01.2026

Oyo Police Command has confirmed a threat message by some faceless bandits to attack the residents of Oloka Community in the Ikoyi Ile area of Oke Ogun, where five forest guards were shot and killed last Tuesday. The threat was contained in two handwritten letters in Yoruba and English Languages, which were dropped in front...

Tinubu Hails S’Eagles Over Quarter-Final Win

11.01.2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday hailed Super Eagles of Nigeria for their commanding 2-0 victory over Algeria in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Saturday January 10. Sunday Telegraph had earlier reported that the Nigeria booked a place in the semi-finals with a commanding performance at the Grand Stade de...

A’Ibom: Ibeno Community Drums Support For Fg On Coastal Highway

11.01.2026

The people of Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have staged a solidarity rally to demonstrate their support for the Federal Government’s Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project passing through their territory. They also hailed the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, for standing firm and speaking the truth on the disputed oil-rich Stubbs Creek Forest...

Durotoye: How We’ll Change The System In 2027

11.01.2026

Speaking on The Exchange Podcast, hosted by Olufemi Soneye, Fela Durotoye described Nigeria’s recent election cycles as part of a long-term political awakening that is steadily weakening entrenched power structures. “In 2019, we tapped the system,” Durotoye said. “We knocked on it and discovered it wasn’t as invincible as we were told.” He explained that...

Lagos–calabar Coastal Highway To Be Tolled – Umahi

11.01.2026

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be tolled as soon as completed and inaugurated, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, said yesterday in Lagos. Umahi made the emphasis during an inspection tour of the project. ”I must emphasise that this road is going to be tolled and by the contractor, it is part of the...

S’east APC Leaders Endorse Tinubu For 2nd Term

11.01.2026

South East political leaders of the All Progressives Congress,(APC) extraction on yesterday in Enugu endorsed President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for a second term in office. Rising from the APC South East stakeholders meeting at the Hotel Presidential Hotel Enugu, tagged ” Izu Umunna”, the party leaders declared that it was in the long term strategic...

Rivers: Tension As Assembly Insists On Fubara’s Removal

11.01.2026

The insistence by the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to proceed with the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara has heightened political tension in the state, with stakeholders opposed to the move mobilising the people to resist it. Despite moves by persons loyal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Presidency to stop...

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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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