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Akpabio Receives Victorious Elegant Angels Academy

24.11.2025

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio last Tuesday night hosted players and officials of Elegant Angels Football Academy who emerged the winners of the justconcluded 10th Senate President’s Cup 2025 in Abuja. The team was led to the reception by the Executive Chairman of Ikono LGA, Engr. OtoObong Okon Essien, who spearheaded the academy’s formation. The...

HID Awolowo Foundation Adjusts Timing For National Dialogue

24.11.2025

The HID Awolowo Foundation has announced an adjustment to the format of its forthcoming National Dialogue on Women in Politics: Thirty Years After Beijing, scheduled for tomorrow. The event will now hold, same day, in a hybrid format, accommodating both in-person and virtual participation. A statement signed by the Foundation on Saturday said the adjustment...

Missing N6trn: Court Orders FG To Publish NDDC’s Forensic Audit Report, Name Those Indicted

24.11.2025

Justice Gladys Olotu of a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered President Bola Tinubu to direct the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to widely publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion meant to implement the abandoned 13,777 projects and in...

Falz Questions Tinubu Over Kidnap Rescue Update

24.11.2025

Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, better known as Falz, has raised concerns over the whereabouts of the abductors involved in the recent kidnappings in Kwara and Niger States, following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announcement that the victims had been rescued on Sunday, November 23. Taking to his social media in reaction to President Tinubu’s...

Arsenal Beat Tottenham 4–1 As Eze Scores Hat-Trick

23.11.2025

On Sunday evening, Arsenal moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League (EPL) after a 4–1 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Sunday Telegraph reports that the victory followed Arsenal‘s new signing, Eberechi Eze, who scored a brilliant hat-trick at the Emirates Stadium. Eze, who joined Arsenal from Crystal Palace in the summer, was...

Former PSC Chair Okays State Police

23.11.2025

A former Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Chief Simon Okeke, has declared strong support for the establishment of state police, insisting the move is essential to addressing Nigeria’s worsening security challenges. Okeke, who described Nigeria’s centralised policing structure as an aberration for a federal system, made the remarks in Abuja during the public...

Nigeria Traumatised, Ruled By Sacred Cows, At Crossroads Of Faith

23.11.2025

The Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has said Nigeria has become a traumatised nation, trapped in a system dominated by “sacred cows” and standing at a dangerous crossroads of faith, justice, and national unity. Delivering his homily on Sunday at St. Luke’s Catholic Parish, Kubwa, during the celebration of the Solemnity...

Financial Institutions Crucial To Workers’ Security

23.11.2025

The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barr. Oluwaseun Faleye, has said the success of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS) relies heavily on collaboration with financial institutions, labour unions, governments, and other key stakeholders. Faleye stated this at the 12th Triennial Delegates Conference of the Association of Senior...

Boko Haram Attacks Borno Community, Set Gouses,

23.11.2025

On Sunday, Boko Haram fighters stormed a community in Borno State at about 1:15 am on motorcycles, shooting sporadically and forcing people to flee their homes before setting buildings ablaze. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, who confirmed the development in a telephone interview, said there were no casualties. He said, “On the...

NIMASA Unveils PPP Model For African Maritime Decarbonisation In Brazil

23.11.2025

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has unveiled a pioneering Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for African maritime decarbonisation with the launch of the Nigerian Maritime Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (NMCEMS) at the 2025 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 30) in Balem, Brazil. The agency presented the initiative at a side...

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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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