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Otuaro: Salvation Speaks Against Misinformation

07.12.2025

The Phase 2 leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has dismissed as false and misleading reports claiming that the National Assembly threatened to arrest the programme’s Administrator, Dennis Brutu Otuaro. In a statement on Sunday, the National Chairman of PAP Phase II, Ibena Rufus Salvation, said the comment allegedly credited to the Leader of...

Ganduje’s Independent Hisbah Commences Recruitment

07.12.2025

The Independent Hisbah Guard, an initiative conceived by former Kano State Governor, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has begun its recruitment exercise to engage 12,000 prospective guards. The idea for the new outfit emerged after the reported dismissal of 12,000 personnel from the Kano State Hisbah Board by the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. Alhaji...

TheCable Lists GOtv Boxing Night Jam Among December’s Top Events

07.12.2025

Leading online newspaper, TheCable, has listed GOtv Boxing Night Jam Festival as one of the standout events to attend in this year’s festive, placing the hybrid boxing and music show among the December’s top entertainment attractions. Scheduled for Boxing Day, December 26, at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, blends live professional boxing with musical and comedic...

Sabon Birni LG Chair Denies Reported Mosque Attack

07.12.2025

The Chairman of Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Ayuba Hashimu, has debunked reports circulating on social and mainstream media claiming that armed men attacked a mosque and killed an Imam alongside several worshippers. Hashimu described the report as entirely false, insisting that no such incident occurred anywhere within the local government. “The...

Egypt vs Nigeria Friendly Rescheduled to December 16

07.12.2025

The highly anticipated international friendly between Egypt and the Nigerian Super Eagles has been shifted to December 16, according to Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Vice President Khaled El-Darandaly. Sunday Telegraph reports that the fixture, originally set for December 14, will now take place two days later to align with FIFA’s official release date for national-team...

EU-Funded CHAIN Project Launches Agri-Food Value Chain Crash Course

07.12.2025

The EU-funded Cooperation for Holistic Agriculture Innovation Nests in Sub-Saharan Africa (CHAIN Project) has kicked off a two-day crash course on agri-business and value chain development at Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State. Declaring the programme open, the Coordinator and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Robert Onyeneke, urged the Federal Government...

Transform Risks Into Opportunities, CILRM President Urges Professionals

07.12.2025

The President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria (CILRM), Dr. Harriet Akubuiro, has called for proactive strategies that convert risks into opportunities rather than waiting to react after damage has occurred. Speaking at the institute’s 15th Annual Risk Professionals International Conference in Lagos, Akubuiro...

Nigeria Condemns Coup Attempt In Benin Republic

07.12.2025

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has strongly condemned the attempted coup in the Republic of Benin, describing it as a dangerous act of destabilisation and a direct assault on democracy, constitutional order and the will of the Beninese people. The failed coup, led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri, unfolded in the early hours of Sunday when...

Air Force Fighter Jet Crashes In Niger

07.12.2025

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet reportedly went down near Karabonde in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday evening. In a viral video trending on social media, the two Nigerian Air Force Pilots reportedly survived an Alpha Jet Crash, the brief post stated, alongside a 57-second video. An eyewitness and resident,...

Troops Rescue 14 Captives After Fierce Firefight In Enugu, Benue

07.12.2025

Troops of Sector 1, Joint Task Force South East, Operation UDO KA (OPUK), have executed another precision strike against criminal elements, successfully extracting 14 kidnapped victims in a rapid, high-impact raid within the Orokam Forest corridor linking Udenu LGA of Enugu State and Ogbadigbo LGA of Benue State. The Army spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele,...

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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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