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Islamic Clerics Urge Political Leaders To Leave Office With Positive Impact

01.03.2026

Islamic clerics have urged Nigerian political leaders to leave office with positive impacts, reminding them they would answer for their actions and omissions. They spoke at the 7th Annual Ramadan Programme organised by the Abdulwahid Islamic Foundation in Lagos on Sunday. The programme, with the theme “Leaving a Legacy: Family and Community Impact,” drew scholars,...

Foundation Vows To Cement Gaps Between Police, Citizens

01.03.2026

A non-governmental organization, CLEEN Foundation, has launched intervention meetings on citizen engagement towards strengthening police-community dialogue across the most-hit states in the North, including Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, and Zamfara, with a view to identifying immediate demands by the police and other sister agencies, as well as citizens, for better security services. Speaking in Gusau, the...

Put Interest Of Nigerian Citizens First, Angaye Urges Politicians

01.03.2026

Professor Gesiye Angaye, has urged Nigerian Political Leaders to put the interest of citizens of the country first raising concern over what he described as a deep moral and governance crisis in Nigeria. Angaye who is a Professor Economics and former Commissioner for Planning and Budget in Bayelsa State, said the country is facing rising...

NDLEA Arrests Wanted Drug Kingpin

01.03.2026

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of Reginald Peter Chidiebere, “a wanted drug kingpin”, who went into hiding for 13 years. In a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA said Chidiebere was first arrested in 2013 for cocaine trafficking and arraigned before Justice Ayokunle...

Sokoto State Microfinance Development Agency (SOSMEDA)

01.03.2026

The Sokoto State Government plans to introduce additional empowerment programmes to improve women’s socio-economic wellbeing. Hajiya Fatima Ahmad Aliyu, the Governor’s wife, announced this during an Iftar session with women leaders and government officials. The event aimed to mark Ramadan, foster unity, and pray for the administration’s success and peace in the state and country....

Foundation, Oxford Open Leadership Scheme For Africans

01.03.2026

The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation has opened applications for the sixth cohort of its flagship AIG Public Leaders Programme (PLP), a leadership development initiative delivered in partnership with the University of Oxford. The foundation’s Executive Vice-Chair, Ofovwe Aig Imoukhuede, disclosed this in a statement, stating that the programme is designed to equip high-potential public sector leaders across...

Oyebanji Congratulates Legal Icon, Olanipekun On Global Recogn

01.03.2026

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated legal luminary and former President Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on his recognition in the Chambers and Partners Global 2026 Rankings as a Senior Statesman in Dispute Resolution. Governor Oyebanji in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode said the...

Two- Month Old Baby Rescued As Police Nab Abductor In A’Ibom

01.03.2026

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to safeguard lives and protect vulnerable members of the public. DSP Timfon John Police Public Relations Officer Akwa Ibom State Command in a press statement said “On February 26, 2026, at about 0828hrs, one Peace ‘F’, in company of her mother,...

Electric Busses To Charge Minimal Fare From March – Otti

01.03.2026

In line with the people oriented policy, Governor Alex Otti has announced the commencement of minimal fare charges after the expiration of the free ride and test run period of the state owned electric busses transport scheme. The Governor said at the February media chat that beginning from March 1, travellers would pay as little...

Disregard Fake Exco List In Circulation

01.03.2026

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described the circulation of various lists containing different names of purported members of the new Executive Committee of the party at the Wards and Local Government Area level as fake documents being circulated by some mischievous elements against the overall interest of the...

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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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