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NNPP Rejects Yusuf’s Alleged Planned Defection To APC

30.12.2025

The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) yesterday rejected Governor Abba Yusuf’s alleged plans to ditch the ruling party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman Hashim Dungurawa said neither he nor the NNPP National Leader Rabiu Kwankwaso had approved Yusuf’s rumoured defection to the ruling APC at the centre alongside...

NUJ Mourns Death Of Seven Gombe Journalists In Fatal Road Accident

30.12.2025

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has expressed shock and deep sorrow over the tragic death of seven journalists from Gombe State who lost their lives in a fatal road accident. In a statement issued by its National President, Alhassan Yahya, the union described the untimely death of the journalists as a devastating blow to...

Ondo’s N524bn 2026 Budget Key Step To Economic Advancement

30.12.2025

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Enlightenment to the Governor of Ondo State, Comrade Olufemi Lawson, has described the newly signed ₦524 billion 2026 budget as a critical and strategic step towards economic advancement and improved welfare for residents of the state. In a statement on Wednesday, Lawson reacted to the signing into law...

Anthony Joshua Recovering After Crash – Lagos Governments

30.12.2025

The Lagos State Government have issued an update on the road accident involving boxing star Anthony Joshua and three other individuals along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. The incident, which occurred on Monday, December 29, resulted in the deaths of two passengers identified as 36-year-old Ayodele Kelvin Olu, a Nigerian-British citizen, and 36-year-old Gami Sina, a British...

Transport Minister Condemns Killing, Abduction In Gombe

30.12.2025

Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, has condemned the killing of two siblings, Yusuf Daddy and his sister, Faiza, and the abduction of four others in Pindiga town, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State. The minister, in a press statement issued by one of his aides, Umar Alkali, described the incident, which occurred in...

Why Wike Is Attacking Makinde – PDP Professionals

30.12.2025

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders under the aegis of the Conference of Professionals in the PDP (CP-PDP) claim the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, resorted to personal attacks against Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, because he refused to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. In a statement yesterday by...

We’re Prioritising Citizens’ Welfare –Oborevwori

30.12.2025

The Delta State Government yesterday pledged its commitment to the welfare of the people. It also promised to deliver quality projects. Festus Ahon, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, said this on Christmas Day when he received the Executive Council (SEC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ughelli. According to him,...

2027: E-Registration’ll Ensure Internal Democracy In APC, Says Aiyedatiwa

30.12.2025

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has formally flagged off the All Progressives Congress (APC) electronic membership registration exercise, emphasizing that the process is crucial to the growth, credibility, and future planning of the ruling party. Speaking during the flag-off of the APC e-registration training exercise held at the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) hall...

Atiku Pushes For ‘Fresh Passage’ Of Tax Reform Laws

30.12.2025

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the National Assembly’s move to re-gazette the recently passed tax reform laws, saying a fresh passage is the solution to the crisis rocking implementation by January 1, 2026. Atiku, in a statement, described the discrepancy in the gazetted copy of the tax law as a “grave constitutional issue”. He...

Aide Confirms Kano Gov’s Defection Plan To APC

30.12.2025

Abdullahi Rogo, the Director General Protocol to the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has confirmed reaching agreement for the defections of his boss, as well as the leader of Kwankwasiyya, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to APC. Rogo disclosed that Governor Yusuf is expected to announce his decision any moment, having completed consultations...

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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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