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FG’s Infrastructure Projects To Benefit Sokoto People

17.11.2025

The Minister of State for Works, Barrister Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring its infrastructure development projects benefit the people of Sokoto State. He emphasised the importance of collaboration between the federal and state governments in delivering infrastructure projects. Goronyo made the assurance during a public hearing for the 2026...

Customs Intercepts Lion Cub, Monkeys At Seme Border

17.11.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has intercepted one lion cub and two patas monkeys during a stop-and-search operation along the Badagry–Seme Expressway. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Isah Sulaiman, said in a statement on Monday that the interception occurred at about 2:19 a.m. on Sunday, November 16, 2025,...

Ikorodu City Defeats Plateau United 2-1 To Go Top NPFL Table

17.11.2025

Ikorodu City have moved to the top of the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) table for the first time this season after a 2-1 win over Plateau United at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Sunday, November 16. After a goalless first half, Joseph Arumala gave Ikorodu City a perfect start to the second forty-five...

NELFUND’s Disbursements Reaches N116b For Students’ Fees

17.11.2025

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), on Monday, said it has distributed N116 billion to cover institutional fees and upkeep allowances for students across the country. This is disclosed by the Managing Director of the Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, while speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. This is as the...

Ajadi Congratulates Turaki, Arapaja On Emergence As PDP Chairman, Secretary

17.11.2025

A member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olufemi Ajadi, has congratulated Alhaji Saminu Turaki (SAN) and former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, on their election as the National Chairman and Secretary of the party, describing it as unprecedented. Turaki and Arapaja were elected the National Chairman and Secretary of the...

Crystal Palace Ready To Let Uche Go In January

17.11.2025

Crystal Palace are ready to part ways with Christantus Uche in the January transfer window after a difficult start to life in the Premier League. New Telegraph recalls that the 22-year-old Nigerian midfielder joined Palace on loan from Getafe with a view to a permanent move, but he has struggled to make an impact at...

Concerns Over Recurring Menace Of Vote-Buying During Elections

17.11.2025

How to curb vote-buying during elections, by lawyers Lawyers have expressed deep concerns over the damaging effects of the recurring cases of vote-buying on the nation’s electoral process. As a way out of the menace, the men of the wig and gown called for an enhanced voter sensitization and education. AKEEM NAFIU reports Some senior...

WAMCO’s Maureen Ifada Gets 2025 Nigeria Marketing Awards

17.11.2025

Maureen Ifada, Marketing Director at FrieslandCampina WAMCO, has been named the Nigeria Marketing Amazon at the 2025 Nigeria Marketing Awards, adding yet another major honour to a year marked by exceptional professional recognition. Ifada, who has built a remarkable two-decade career in brand building and consumer marketing, is widely regarded as one of the most...

2,000 School Girls Empowered As ESIF Takes Endometriosis Campaign To Kosofe LGA

17.11.2025

EndoSurvivors International Foundation (ESIF) has flagged off the 2025 edition of its flagship initiative, the FreePeriods Campaign, aimed at promoting menstrual well-being among 2,000 adolescent girls in 10 secondary schools in Kosofe LGA in Lagos State. The campaign is a school-based outreach programme designed to educate young girls about menstruation, menstrual hygiene, and to distribute...

Scanfrost Partners With Hilda Baci On Festive Season Campaign

17.11.2025

Leading home and kitchen appliance brand, Scanfrost, has launched its festive campaign, tagged the #MyScanfrostChristmas Challenge. The campaign fronted by Scanfrost’s brand ambassador, Guinness World Recordbreaking chef and culinary entrepreneur, Hilda Baci, is designed to, “celebrate the joy, warmth and togetherness of Christmas by inviting Nigerians to showcase how Scanfrost appliances make their holiday season...

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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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