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FG Releases ₦43.3bn For Health Workers, Begins Fresh Recruitment Drive

01.11.2025

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving the welfare of doctors and other health workers, with over ₦43.3 billion already disbursed or in process for payment to address outstanding arrears, allowances, and training funds. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako who made this disclosure at a high-level...

UNILORIN VC Congratulates New NUJ Correspondents Chapel Exco

01.11.2025

…hails former chairman Garba on impactful tenure The Vice Chancellor of the University of ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has congratulated members of the newly elected Executive Committee of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), led by Mr Biola Azeez, the State Editor of the Nigerian...

Characterization Of Nigeria As Religiously Intolerant Doesn’t Reflect Our Nat’l Reality, Tinubu Replies Trump

01.11.2025

President Bola Tinubu has said that characterization of Nigeria as being religiously intolerant did not reflect the country’s national reality. The President said this in direct reaction to the allegation of genocide against Christians in the country and characterization of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by President Donald Trump of United States of...

Troops Intensify Clearance Operations Across Taraba

01.11.2025

…Nab Suspects In Benue Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (Section 3) have intensified clearance operations across Taraba State, resulting in the destruction of bandits’ camps in some of the locations, the Nigerian Army said on Saturday. A statement signed by the 6 Brigade’s Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, said the ongoing kinetic...

Nigeria Is A Step Away From A Closed State, Says Nweke, Soyombo

01.11.2025

…Politicians control the police; democracy is threatened Professor of Political Economy, University of Abuja, Ernest Ereke, has warned that Nigeria is “a step away from a closed civic space.” He spoke during the public presentation of the 2024 Journalism and Civic Space Status Report by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in Lagos,...

Lillian Afegbai- I Faced Several Rejections From Producers

01.11.2025

Nollywood actress, producer, and entrepreneur Lilian Afegbai has steadily carved a place for herself as one of the most vibrant voices in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Beyond her radiant on-screen presence, Afegbai has evolved into a storyteller with a deep passion for purpose, growth, and impact. New Telegraph reports that the talented actress discussed her Nollywood...

UNILAG To Issue Certificates In Entrepreneurial Studies To Graduates

01.11.2025

In a bid to nurture a university environment that produces graduates who are not only employable but also capable of creating employment, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has disclosed plans to train and issue certificates in entrepreneurial studies to its graduating students. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Folashade Ogunsola, who stated this at...

EFCC Probes N10miillion Extortion Claims Against Oladips

01.11.2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced it is investigating the allegations by Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Olademeji, popularly known as Oladips, that its operatives extorted N10 million from him during his detention in November 2024. Oladips claimed that despite spending five days in custody, no incriminating evidence was found on him, but he was...

Nollywood Actress, Eve Esin Found Love At 43

01.11.2025

Nollywood actress, Eve Esin, has recently opened up about a deeply personal journey, one of faith, resilience, and finding love when many thought it was too late. The award-winning actress recently revealed that she legally tied the knot at 43 and later held her traditional wedding just a day after her 44th birthday. Her testimony,...

Teebillz apologises to family amid grief over mother’s death

01.11.2025

Nigerian music executive, Tunji Balogun, popularly known as Teebillz has apologised to his children, their mothers and family members for past emotional harm, describing the June 2024 death of his mother as a catalyst for personal reckoning. Speaking in an Instagram post on Friday, Teeblilz wrote: “After all the pain and loss, losing my mother...

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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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