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Paul Picks Joshua Mistake As Tensions Rise

17.12.2025

American boxer and influencer Jake Paul has insisted that Anthony Joshua made a mistake by agreeing to a weight restriction for their fight. Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) is meeting the larger Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) in the heavyweight division on Friday night in Miami. Joshua must hit 245 pounds, the first weight rule of his career,...

I Called Buhari To Secure 2018 World Cup Bonus

17.12.2025

Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has revealed that he reached out to the office of the late Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to secure players’ bonuses following the 2018 World Cup in Russia, after months of delays by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). On Tuesday’s episode of The Obi One Podcast, Mikel revealed that...

Customs Intercepts N2.28bn Undeclared Foreign Currencies At Lagos Airport

17.12.2025

Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted undeclared foreign currencies worth about N2.28 billion from an Austrian national at the Lagos airport. The Customs Area Controller, MMIA Command, Comptroller Chidi Nwokorie, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lagos while briefing newsmen on the seizure. Nwokorie said the suspect, identified...

Madrid Hand Nigerian Coach New Contract

17.12.2025

Real Madrid World have extended the contract of Nigerian coach Ayere Sylvester for another year following a successful first spell with the global football brand. According to PUNCH Sports Extra, the renewal was agreed after Ayere’s work as an assistant manager and coach in Dubai, where he led global programmes and oversaw the training of thousands...

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17.12.2025

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Atiku Mourns Ex-CJN Ibrahim Tanko, Describes Death As Monumental Loss

17.12.2025

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has expressed sorrow over the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, describing his passing as a monumental loss to the Nigerian judiciary, the legal profession and the nation at large. In a condolence message shared on his official platform, Atiku said the late jurist’s...

Oyebanji Lauds Filmmakers For Historical Epic ‘Ekiti Parapo War’

17.12.2025

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has praised filmmakers, Lateef Adedimeji and Adebimpe Oyebade for their ongoing production of the Ekiti Parapo War film, saying it’s a major cultural initiative preserving Ekiti’s rich heritage. Governor Oyebanji, who visited the movie locations in Ado Ekiti expressed his admiration for the project’s historical accuracy, scale, and attention to...

Akpabio’s Aide, Borokini Becomes Youngest Knight In Church Of Nigeria

17.12.2025

Senior Legislative Aide to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and former Whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Toluwani Borokini has been conferred with the prestigious title of Grand Commander of the Order of Saint Christopher, making him one of the youngest knights in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). The investiture...

N’Delta Youth Urges Tinubu To Sustain Stability In Defence Leadership

17.12.2025

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to sustain stability within the leadership of the defence sector, warning that unnecessary changes could disrupt ongoing security operations across the country. In a statement on Wednesday signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, the group said continuity in the defence leadership was...

EEDC Gives Reason For Recent Drop In Power Across S’East

17.12.2025

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EEDC) has attributed the recent decline in power supply across the South-East to low system frequency caused by gas constraints affecting electricity Generation Companies. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the company’s group head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, explained that the gas-related challenges had forced the Transmission Company of...

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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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