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Ajadi Urges Leaders To Be Sources Of Joy

25.12.2025

A leading Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant in Oyo State, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has called on political, community, traditional and religious leaders across Nigeria to embrace compassionate leadership, urging them to be sources of joy rather than sorrow to the people they lead, especially during the festive season. Ambassador Ajadi made this appeal...

Foundation Extends Christmas Relief To Widows, Indigents In Okija

25.12.2025

The Abig Nwankwo Foundation has provided Christmas relief materials and cash assistance to widows, widowers, and indigent persons in the Okija community in Anambra State. The outreach, held on December 24, 2025, featured the distribution of bags of rice, cartons of noodles, tomatoes, gallons of groundnut oil, and cash support, aimed at easing the burden...

Abia Govt Takes Full Control Of Electricity Regulation

25.12.2025

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has released the Final Transfer of Regulatory Authority Order to the Abia State Electricity Regulatory Authority (ASERA) as the statutory regulator for electricity sector activities in the State. The Chairman and CEO of the Abia State Electricity Regulatory Authority (ASERA), Mr Emeka Onyegbule, who disclosed this to journalists in...

Edo Assembly Report Indicts Obaseki Over MOWAA, Radisson Hotel Projects

25.12.2025

…Okpebholo Orders Full Implementation of Report Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has received the report and resolutions of the Edo State House of Assembly, which indicted former Governor Godwin Obaseki over the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) and the Radisson Blu Hotel projects. The report was submitted by a five-man committee set up by...

Don Jazzy Claps Back at Infertility Claims Over Past Marriage

24.12.2025

Nigerian music executive and Mavin Records founder, Don Jazzy, has addressed claims circulating on social media regarding his past marriage and alleged fertility issues. The producer became the subject of online debate after an X user made comments about the reason his former marriage ended, alleging it was linked to infertility. The claims sparked a...

NIMASA Assures Stakeholders Of Better Maritime Industry In 2026

24.12.2025

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured that it would re-double efforts in ensuring that 2026 is better for every stakeholder in the maritime industry. The Director General of the agency, Dr Dayo Mobereola, disclosed this while felicitating with stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry during the yuletide. The agency’s Deputy Director/Head,...

Oyo Police Arraign Man For Duping Soun Of N39m

24.12.2025

The Oyo State Police Command has arraigned one Mr Ali Muhammed for allegedly defrauding the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, of N39,500,000 on the pretext of selling him a car by auction by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). The suspect, Ali Muhammed, 45, was arraigned at a Magistrate’s Court in Ogbomoso on December 23...

CNN’s Larry Madowo, Juma Jux, Stonebwoy, ID Cabasa, Others Lead Conversations At Africa Music Business Summit

24.12.2025

African music has gone far beyond talent and creativity. Today, it is a fast-growing global business attracting investors, partners and major industry players from across the world. This growth will take centre stage in Lagos when stakeholders gather for the Africa Music Business Summit (AMBS), a key event of the 9th All Africa Music Awards...

Gov Aliyu Rates High, With 72% Capital Vote

24.12.2025

It is a pleasant surprise to learn that the Sokoto State 2026 Appropriation Bill of ₦758.7 billion prescribes a capital expenditure of 72 per cent and a slim 28 per cent for recurrent cost, otherwise known as operational expenditure. This bill was laid before the State House of Assembly by Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto...

CSP Akerele Bags Award Of Excellence For Outstanding Performance

24.12.2025

The Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Adetayo Akerele, has been honoured with an Award of Excellence in recognition of his outstanding leadership, professionalism and exceptional contributions to governance and public safety in Lagos State. As read in a statement by the Agency’s Director of Press & Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, the honour, presented...

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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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