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We’re Highly Prepared And Fortified For Gov Election

03.11.2025

The Anambra State Police Command has said it is fully prepared and fortified for the protection of lives and property before, during, and after the Nov. 8 Governorship election in the state. The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Ikioye Orutugu, made this disclosure in a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP...

CPS: NLC Raises Concerns Over Bureaucratic Delays On Retirees’ Benefits

03.11.2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed worries over unending delays in retirees’ efforts to secure their benefits under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Speaking at the BI-Annual roundtable discussion put together by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) in Abuja, President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, said pension savings must be made more responsive...

Adekunle Gold Says Getting Fired Pushed Him to Global Stardom

03.11.2025

Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, Adekunle Gold, popularly known as ‘AG Baby’, has pulled back the curtain on his astonishing rise to global fame. In a candid, revelatory interview with NandoLeaks, the Fuji hitmaker confessed his big break was ignited by an incredibly familiar humiliation: being sacked from his day job. Recounting the ordeal, Adekunle Gold, a...

Retirees Hail Governor For Raising Minimum Pension To N30,000

03.11.2025

The Ondo State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Comrade Johnson Osunyemi, has hailed the Governor for what he described as an unprecedented commitment to pensioners’ welfare. He said the Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, had “restored the dignity” of retirees in the state. Osunyemi made the declaration at the 2025 Pensioners’ Day celebration held at...

Haaland Is on the Same Level as Ronaldo and Messi

03.11.2025

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has said he believes Erling Haaland is on the same level as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. This is as Guardiola boldly declared that Haaland has reached the level of football legends Messi and Ronaldo, insisting the Manchester City goal machine belongs in the same rarefied space after yet...

Alleged Genocide: Gumi Urges Tinubu To Summon US Ambassador

03.11.2025

Ka d u n a – b a s e d Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has asked President Bola Tinubu to summon the United States Ambassador to Nigeria over the threat by President Donald Trump. According to Gumi there is need for a decisive action against the US President Donald Trump following the threat...

Celtic Legend Claims Signing Super Eagles Star Was a Mistake

03.11.2025

Legendary Celtic midfielder, Peter Grant, has opined that his former club made a mistake signing Kelechi Iheanacho instead of young Scottish striker Kieron Bowie from Hibernian. Iheanacho, 29, joined the SPL side as a free agent in the summer. He hit the ground running but has petered out as Celtic have struggled this season. What...

Kanu’s Continued Detention Violates Int’l Law –Fr. Odimmegwa

03.11.2025

A United States–based Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Augustine Odimmegwa, has demanded the immediate release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and said his continued detention violates both Nigeria and international laws. Odimmegwa who also doubles as Coordinator of Rising Sun, a nonprofit organisation based in America, in...

Nat’l Leaders Applaud Philanthropic Impact Of Nwabunike At DIPF 6th AGM

03.11.2025

De Imperial Philanthropic Family has reaffirmed its unwavering dedication to community upliftment across the Southeast as it successfully hosted its 6th Annual General Meeting and Ascension Night on October 30 and November 1, 2025, in Lagos. Under the leadership of its National President, High Chief Dr. (Sir) Darlington Nwabunike (Eze-Nwakaibeya Ogbabalu Aku N’anwu Ojoto), the...

15% Duty On Petroleum Products Will Protect Local Refineries, Attract Investors – Osatuyi

03.11.2025

The former National Operations Controller of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mr Mike Osatuyi, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos yesterday, Osatuyi said the policy would protect local refineries...

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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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