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2027: Ukwa West Demands Abia Reps Seat

28.10.2025

The Ukwa Equity and Justice Group has demanded that all parties zone their tickets for the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency election in 2027 to the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. In a statement yesterday, Chairman C. Nwachi and Secretary O.S. Michael said the late Chinonyerem Macebuh from Ukwa West occupied the...

Alleged Defamation: Charges Against Natasha Not Abuse Of Court Process –AGF

28.10.2025

The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has faulted claim by Senator Natasha AkpotiUduaghan that the charges filed against her before the Federal Capital Territory High Court and the Federal High Court Abuja, amounts to an abuse of court process. The AGF’s office said the charges were duly...

2027: Ishielu LG Stages 1m Man March For Tinubu, Nwifuru Re-Election

28.10.2025

As political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections gather momentum, residents of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have organised a one-million man march, in support of the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Francis Nwifuru. The rally organised under the aegis of the Peace Agwu Support Group and the Francis...

I’m Being Pressured To Join APC, Says Gov Mutfwang

28.10.2025

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, says he is facing pressure from political figures to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor spoke at an event held over the weekend at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos. Mutfwang noted his decision to remain in the...

Elections: Judiciary Failing To Live Up To Standards –Atedo Peterside

28.10.2025

The founder of ANAP Foundation, Atedo Peterside, has berated the Nigerian judiciary for failing to live up to the required standard and expressed support for an electoral reform that would shift the burden of proof to Independent National Electoral the states in the North, adequately represented,” he added. He described Turaki as a true party...

Terrorism Trial: Kanu Makes U-Turn, Abandons Plan To Enter Defense

28.10.2025

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday made a U-turn on his earlier plan to call witnesses in his defence in his ongoing trial for alleged terrorism at the Federal High Court Abuja. Kanu had written to the court indicating his intention to call witnesses and applied for a witness summons. The...

Tinubu, Obasanjo, Okonjo-Iweala Pay Emotional Tribute To Kolade

28.10.2025

President Bola Tinubu; ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday paid emotional tribute to Dr Christopher Kolade, who passed away on October 8 aged 92. Others were members of the diplomatic community, religious leaders, and cultural figures at a Night of Tribute in honour of the former High Commissioner...

Reps Move To Strengthen Diaspora Engagement With FG

28.10.2025

The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora yesterday launched the Nigerians in Diaspora Response (NiDRes) application and website in conjunction with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). The digital platform is geared towards bridging the communication gaps between the Federal Government and Nigerians living abroad. The launch was held during the First Nigerian Stakeholders’ Engagement...

Ouattara Wins Landslide 4th Term As CIV President

28.10.2025

Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 per cent in a vote which his two greatest rivals were barred from, the electoral commission said yesterday. Nearly nine million voters were eligible to cast their ballot last Saturday in the world’s top cocoa producer, which has resisted coups and...

Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Released From Kuje Facility

28.10.2025

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, have been released from Kuje Prison after four days in detention. Announcing his release yesterday via X, Sowore wrote: “Happening Now: Leaving Kuje Prison in Abuja after being detained there illegally for four days. #FreeNnamdiKanuNow.” He was detained following his re-arrest at the Kuje...

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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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