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YOWICAN Distributes Seven CNG Buses Donated By Remi Tinubu

25.10.2025

…insists buses not for politicking The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) has officially distributed seven 18-seater hybrid CNG buses donated by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to its zonal offices across the country. The symbolic handover, which took place during YOWICAN’s National Convention at the National Christian Centre on Saturday...

2023 APGA Presidential Candidate, Umeadi Quits Politics

25.10.2025

The 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Justice Peter Umeadi on Saturday announced his registration from the party and withdrawal from all forms of partisan politics in Nigeria. This is contained in a letter addressed to the Chairman of APGA Ward 1, Nri, in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State,...

Gov Yusuf Grants Executive Order Permitting Four Emirates Councils

25.10.2025

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, in an effort to sustain the Traditional cultural Heritage of the City, has signed an Executive Order permitting the four Emirates Councils to conduct annual Durbar Sallah Festivities. Governor Yusuf, who was speaking while declaring open the maiden Kano Festival, KANFES, on Saturday, said, “We are also proud...

Dangote Refinery, A Game Changer – OTL Chairman

25.10.2025

The Chairman of the Advisory Board, Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Africa Downstream Energy Week, Otunba Tunji Oyebanji, has declared that Dangote refinery is a game-changer in Nigeria. He described it as a watershed and one of the best things that has happened to Nigeria. Speaking during a pre-OTL media conference in Lagos, he noted...

EKSG To Award Contracts For Construction Of 15 Rural Roads

25.10.2025

…Targets completion of 14 by February 2026 The Ekiti State Government said it has concluded arrangements to award contracts for the construction of no fewer than 15 rural roads across the State through the State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) as part of strategies aimed at ensuring food security. The Project Coordinator of...

20 Years After Bellview Crash, Ogun Community Holds Memorial

25.10.2025

…renews call for national recognition Twenty years after the tragic crash of Bellview Airlines Flight 210 that claimed 117 lives in Lisa village, Ogun State, the community gathered in solemn remembrance with a call for infrastructure upgrade and national recognition for the victims. Organised by the Ifesowapo Consultative Forum, the commemorative event drew traditional rulers,...

Sokoto Police Unravel Murder, Robbery Conspiracy In Gada Community

25.10.2025

The Sokoto State Police Command has announced a major breakthrough in the investigation of a gruesome case of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and robbery that occurred in Gidan Kacha village, Gada Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased, Ali Salisu of Darnawa village, had visited Gidan Kacha to see his girlfriend, Rukayya Amadu....

NUJ, NBA Agree To Collaborate In Bayelsa

25.10.2025

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, have agreed to collaborate and work together in order to make the state a better place to live in. The two associations reached an agreement at the weekend in Yenagoa when the NBA executive led by her current...

Citing Of Naval Base In Ayakoro Community Will Checkmate Crimes

25.10.2025

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said that the siting of a naval base in Ayakoro Community in Ogbia Local Government of Bayelsa State is justifiable. According to Ogbuku, it was strategic because of its critical positioning as a gateway “for kidnappers and all those involved in...

Lagos NMA Calls For Policy Reforms To Curb Doctors’ Migration, Improve Welfare

25.10.2025

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Chapter, has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s healthcare system to address policy gaps, poor funding, and the rising emigration of medical professionals. The call was made during the opening ceremony and scientific conference of the 2025 Physicians’ Week, which is expected to improve health budget for better...

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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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