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ASUU Mulls Court Backing To Prevent Govt’s Policy Reversals

31.12.2025

There are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was considering exploring the option of a binding legal instrument to ensure the interim agreement recently reached with the Federal Government was honoured and implemented. The ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, while confirming that both parties agreed to January 2026 as the commencement date...

After 20 Years Of African Street Culture, Carnival Calabar 2025 Ends In Style

31.12.2025

The 2025 Carnival Calabar has come to an end with colourful parades, rhythmic dances and massive street celebrations as the Cross River capital marked two decades of Africa’s biggest street party. The 20th anniversary edition brought together thousands of revellers, performers and visitors from across Nigeria and beyond, with participating bands rolling out elaborate costumes,...

NTDA DG Tasks On Creative Platforms To Drive Tourism

31.12.2025

The Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA), Dr Ola Awakan, has tasked Nigerians and stakeholders in the cultural tourism and creative ecosystem of the country to focus more on sustainable tourism growth through deliberate efforts at creating and strengthening platforms that showcase the nation’s rich cultural and creative assets. Awakan disclosed this while...

Borno PDP Faction Backs Wike

31.12.2025

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State, under the Umbrella of PDP Stakeholders National Working Caretaker Committee (PDPNCC), has thrown its weight behind the faction of the party at the centre loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike. The group praised the former Rivers State governor...

Tooth Loss Drives Memory Decline More In Adults –Study

31.12.2025

Tooth loss may do more than make eating difficult; it could also accelerate memory decline, according to a new study from Hiroshima University. Researchers found that ageing mice missing their molars experienced measurable cognitive decline even when their nutrition remained adequate. The findings, published in Archives of Oral Biology, shed light on the direct neurological...

US Bombing: Nigerian Military Recovers Boosters In Sokoto, Kebbi, Offa

31.12.2025

In a post-airstrike search after the United States forces inflicted extensive damage on a forest enclave in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, troops of 8 Division, Sector 2 of Operation Fasan Yamma, alongside the Combat Intelligence Brigade (CIB) VII, have recovered missile related debris in Kebbi, Offa including Sokoto, after a search was...

Ogun Assembly Ex-Deputy Minority Leader Defect From PDP To APC

31.12.2025

A lawmaker representing Abeokuta South 1 state constituency, in the Ogun House of Assembly Lukman Atobatele, yesterday, announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) The lawmaker who was the former Deputy Minority Leader announced his defection in a letter read by the Speaker of the House,...

…As Nwoko Raises Concern Over Infrastructure Deficit In Delta

31.12.2025

Sen Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) yesterday tackled the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), over long-standing infrastructure deficit in Delta. The management of the NDDC led by its Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, had appeared before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission to defend its 2025 budget expenditure. However, Nwoko representing Delta...

Insecurity: Group Cautions Against Over Reliance On Military Action

31.12.2025

The Kaduna State chapter of the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) Network, has cautioned against relying solely on military action to address insecurity, saying such an approach is inadequate to end violent extremism. The group, known as the PAVE Network, made the call yesterday during a press briefing in Kaduna, where it reviewed the...

PAP: Salvation Seeks Stakeholders’ Support For Tinubu, Otuaro

31.12.2025

The National Chairman of Phase 2 of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Mr Ibena Salvation, has called on leaders and beneficiaries of the programme to support President Bola Tinubu and the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Burutu Otuaro, to deepen ongoing reforms. Salvation expressed appreciation to President Tinubu for appointing Otuaro as Administrator of the Amnesty...

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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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