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Birthday Fallout: Your Comments Irresponsible, Fayose Blasts Obasanjo

18.11.2025

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has launched a fresh attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This comes barely 48 hours after Obasanjo and Fayose appeared to have settled their long standing political rift. The former governor renewed his hostility in a ‘Thank You’ text message sent to Obasanjo. A statement by Obasanjo’s Media Aide,...

2027: Why We’re Using Atiku’s Office As N’Secretariat – ADC

18.11.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said its new National Secretariat will be a place where ideas that will redefine the next generation of leaders will be taken. At the unveiling of the office in Abuja yesterday, the National Chairman, Senator David Mark, said the ceremony was a clear declaration that the ADC coalition is...

Kanu: Igbo Group Writes Omotosho, Berates UK’s Silence

18.11.2025

The American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) has reminded Justice James Omotosho to be guided in the November 20 judgment on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, that a dead charge cannot kill a living man. In a statement issued by AVID President, Dr Sylvester Onyia, the group reminded...

Agunechemba Set To Take Over Gunmen Camps In Anambra

18.11.2025

Ahead of this year’s Christmas and New Year seasons, the Agunechemba Security Squad has concluded arrangements to take over all the camps of the gunmen in Anambra State. This is coming as the security outfit takes delivery of security cameras and earth-moving machines for effective security operations in the area. Disclosing this in a statement...

Tinubu Says Nigeria’s Aviation Most Viable But Underexploited

18.11.2025

President Bola Tinubu has stated that Nigeria’s aviation industry remains one of the most viable and under-exploited markets in Africa for several reasons, noting that it serves over 220 million people, the largest domestic aviation market on the continent. Speaking at the FAAN National Aviation Conference (FNAC), with the theme: ‘Elevating the Nigerian Aviation Industry...

Budget Line, Prompt Funding Key To Ending NTDs — UNICEF

18.11.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that creating budget line and prompt funding disbursement is key, in ending Neglected Tropical Diseases and will save lives of many people especially among vulnerable groups. UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Bauchi, Nuzrat Rafique, who made this assertion at a media dia-logue in Bauchi, said dedicated budget...

Q3’25: Banks Earn N224bn Via Digital Channels

18.11.2025

Nigeria’s listed banks collectively generated more than N224 billion in electronic banking income during the third quarter of 2025, reaffirming the sector’s accelerating shift toward digital financial services. New industry data comparing Q3 2025 with Q3 2024 shows sustained growth across most tier-1 and mid-tier institutions, signalling the deepening adoption of mobile, online, and card-based...

Fubara: Rivers Safe For Business, Tourism

18.11.2025

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed as untrue allegation that the state is unsafe for business, tourism and meeting point for major events, stressing that there is a deliberate campaign to portray the state as unsafe. The governor, who stated this on Sunday night at the grand finale of the Python Golf Club’s 6th...

Lagos Targets Out-Of-School Children With Upgraded Inclusive Schools

18.11.2025

The Lagos State Government has taken another step toward strengthening inclusive education with the inauguration of newly renovated facilities and the distribution of educational support materials at Aganju Aka Inclusive Nursery and Primary School 2, Okokomaiko. The upgrade, carried out through the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), was formally handed over on Monday....

Adewoyin To Shettima: Stop Parading Yourself As IPMAN’s National President

18.11.2025

Chief Kolawole Adewoyin, the Supreme Court-affirmed National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has warned Alhaji Maigandi Abubakar Shettima to stop parading himself as the National President of IPMAN, saying media propaganda cannot change the rule of law. In a statement, Adewoyin stated that Shettima’s actions amount to contempt of court,...

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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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