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Macron: France’ll Intensify Counter-Terror Assistance To Nigeria

08.12.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to strengthen France’s support for Nigeria in tackling terrorism and other security challenges, following a discussion with President Bola Tinubu. In a tweet yesterday, Macron said he had conveyed France’s solidarity with Nigeria in the face of “various security challenges, particularly the terrorist threat in the north”. The French...

Police, Vigilante Team Arrest Suspected Bandits At Edo Hotel

08.12.2025

Security operatives in Edo State have apprehended several suspected bandits and kidnappers at Donchi Donchi Hotel along Odighie Road in Agbede, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The arrests were reportedly made around 3 p.m. on Saturday following an intelligence alert about unfamiliar individuals who had checked into the hotel. According to community...

FG Secures Release Of 100 School Children Abducted In Niger

08.12.2025

FG Secures Release Of 100 School Children Abducted In Niger

Bazara Tech Unveils AI Platform To Transform Corporate Banking

08.12.2025

In a major development for Africa’s financial technology sector, homegrown innovator Bazara Tech Inc. has officially launched Manovar, an artificial intelligence-powered corporate banking and platform poised to redefine how banks serve business clients across the continent. The announcement, made in Lagos this week, introduces what industry experts are calling a “game-changing” solution designed to tackle...

I’ll Raise UK Film Industry Level To Elevate Africa Status, Says Aareola

08.12.2025

Nigerian filmmaker Tomiwa Tobiloba Aareola has said his mission is bigger than personal success, it is about redefining how Africa is perceived on global screens. The director, editor and cinematographer, who is making significant strides in the United Kingdom and Ireland, told New Telegraph that his career is driven by a deep sense of responsibility...

2021 Audit Report: Ijaw Group Faults Reps’ Invitation Of PAP’s Boss

08.12.2025

The Ijaw Youths Network has faulted the House of Representatives for tackling the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, over alleged financial irregularities highlighted against the agency in the 2021 audit report of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. According to the group, it is curious that the House Committee...

Insecurity: Politicians Fueling Division In Nigeria, Says Utomi

08.12.2025

…suggests use of drones to monitor Nigeria’s highways A political Economist, Prof Pat Utomi, has said Nigerian politicians are responsible for the divisions in the country. He also called for the use of drones to monitor Nigeria’s highways as part of efforts to tackle insecurity. Utomi, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency...

Renovation Works In Ogun Schools In Line With Govt’s Policy

08.12.2025

Ogun Sstate Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, said the renovation aligned with the state government’s school facility rehabilitation programme. He noted that the state government, under the leadership of Governor Dapo Abiodun is intentional about education by deliberately and scientifically rehabilitating the state education facilities. He said: “We cannot do this...

Kano: Ganduje’s Hisbah Begins Recruitment Of 12,000 Guards

08.12.2025

The independent Hisbah Guard initiated by former Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje has begun the recruitment of 12,000 personnel. The immediate past All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman initiated the move to rehabilitate the 12,000 State Hisbah personnel reportedly fired by Governor Abba Yusuf. Baffa DanAgundi, who is behind the recruitment, said the initiative was...

Coup D’etat In Benin Republic Assault On Democracy –Atiku

08.12.2025

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the reported coup d’etat in Benin Republic yesterday is an assault on constitutional order. Atiku in a statement, said the era of military interference in governance is long over in Africa and the West Africa sub-region. He said: “It is concerning that these coups are happening around election...

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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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