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Otaru Of Auchi Closes Hausa Market, Abolishes Ransom Payment

02.03.2026

The Otaru of Auchi kingdom, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Aliru Momoh, Ikelebe III, on Sunday, announced the closure of Hausa Market at Idanilace Village, while abolishing payment of ransom by relatives of kidnapped victims to stem the tide of incessant kidnapping in the area. The Otaru-in-Council,...

Court Awards N2.2m Fine Against Firm Over Wrongful Dismissal Of Staff

02.03.2026

Justice Sanda Yelwa of the National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, has ruled that the termination of one, Bodunrin’s employment by Chi Limited was wrongful and contrary to the terms of his contract. In a judgement, the judge held that once parties reduced the terms of employment into writing, they are strictly bound by those terms....

TCN’s Minority Shareholders Urge SEC To Enforce Pronouncements, Rights

02.03.2026

A group representing minority shareholders of the Tourist Company of Nigeria (TCN), the parent company of the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, has appealed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to enforce its pronouncements over the lingering dispute in the firm. The minority shareholders, who had earlier faulted a suit challenging SEC’s findings and directives,...

Late Emir Of Gusau Foundation Distributes Foods, Clothes To Orphans, Others

02.03.2026

The Late Emir of Gusau Ibrahim Bello Foundation has distributed food items and clothes to over one thousand orphans and the less privileged under the Gusau emirate during Ramadan and Sallah palliatives. Speaking during flag off ceremony of the palliative distribution at Gusau Palace, the wife of Zamfara State Governor, Huriyya Dauda Lawal, commended the...

Women’s Groups Defend Umahi Over Ohiri’s Allegations

02.03.2026

Four women groups have come to the defence of the Minister of Works Dave Umahi, following Tracy Nicholas Ohiri’s allegations that he owes her N250 million for a contract executed 12 years ago. Umahi has come under intense attacks on social media after the businesswoman also accused him of making sexual advances to her. But...

Merger Negotiations With Kwankwasoled Group On Our Behalf Void –NNPP

02.03.2026

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has warned political parties against alleged merger negotiations involving its 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and his Kwankwasiya Movement ahead of the 2027 elections, insisting that they are not members of the party. The party’s Founder and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr Boniface Aniebonam made this known yesterday...

Group Salutes CCB For Inviting Justice Tsoho

02.03.2026

Opposition Watch Nigeria (OWN) yesterday hailed the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)’s invitation of the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Justice John Tsoho over allegations of undeclared accounts and age falsification. On Friday, the group called for Justice Tsoho’s investigation by the CCB and possible prosecution by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)...

Senate Leader Pledges N200m Annual Research Fund For Ekiti Varsity Lecturers

02.03.2026

Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has promised an annual donation of N200 million in research fund for lecturers for the next five years for Federal University of Technology and Environmental Science (FUTES) Iyin-Ekiti lecturers. The representative of Ekiti Central made the announcement at the weekend during the maiden matriculation of the newly admitted 1,564 FUTES students....

Shekarau Hails Adebayo’s Vision For Nigeria

02.03.2026

Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau has praised Adewole Adebayo for having the same vision for Nigeria’s progress as him. Speaking when he received the Social Democratic Party (SDP) chief during a condolence visit over the death of his elder brother, Shekarau recounted how their relationship began. He said his first encounter with Adebayo was...

Ondo APC Backs INEC’s New Timetable, Attacks ADC

02.03.2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State chapter, yesterday attacked the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for rejecting the revised 2027 election timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The opposition party last week claimed that the timetable contains “boobytraps” designed to aid President Bola Tinubu’s return power returned unopposed. But Ondo APC expressed...

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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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