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Emmanuel College ’88 Set To Hold 2025 AGM In Port Harcourt

02.10.2025

The 1988 set of Emmanuel College Old Students’ Association, Owerri, Imo State, will hold its Annual General Meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from Friday, October 3, to Sunday, October 5, 2025. A statement on Thursday by the association’s National Public Relations Officer, Frank Okafor, stated that the meeting would focus on issues affecting the...

Otti Threatens Lawsuit, Demands Retraction Of ‘Defamatory’ Posts

02.10.2025

Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has threatened legal action against Hon. Barr. Eze Chikamnayo, also known as Iyierioba Chikamnayo, sued over what he described as “Defamatory and malicious” publications against him on Facebook. In a letter dated October 2, 2025, and signed by his counsel, Dr Sonny Ajala (SAN), Otti demanded a written retraction,...

Coal Mining One Of Nigeria’s Fastest Growing Sectors –Tinubu

02.10.2025

President Bola Tinubu says coal mining is becoming one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing sectors. According to him, coal mining recovered dramatically from a 22 per cent decline in the first quarter to 57.5 per cent growth in the second quarter, becoming one of the fastest-growing sectors. Tinubu said this in his national broadcast to mark Nigeria`s...

Group Extends Medical Outreach To Osun Communities

02.10.2025

A non-governmental organisation, Victory Support Foundation, in collaboration with the Southwest Progressive Group, has organised a free medical outreach across multiple Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Osun State, while declaring support for Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), a gubernatorial aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC). The event, held at the APC Party Secretariat along...

NCDMB Identifies Key Skill Areas For Capacity Building

02.10.2025

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has identified strategic skill areas it will prioritize in its capacity-building initiatives to maximize job creation opportunities in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Executive Secretary of the Board, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, disclosed this in Cape Town, South Africa, while delivering a keynote address at the ongoing...

Exempt Health Colleges From 7-Year Ban On New Institutions’ Establishment, Provosts Urge FG

02.10.2025

The Association of Provosts of Colleges of Health Technology and Nursing Sciences has called on the Federal Government to exempt their institutions from the 7-year ban on the establishment of new polytechnics and allied institutions, warning that the policy could deepen the shortage of healthcare professionals in Nigeria. The appeal was contained in a communiqué...

Oshoala Emerges Player Of The Month in Saudi League

02.10.2025

Super Falcons star and Nigerian forward, Asisat Oshoala, has wasted no time making her mark in Saudi Arabia, as she was crowned the Saudi Women’s Premier League Player of the Month for September following an explosive start with Al Hilal. The 30-year-old forward, who moved to the Riyadh club from Bay FC in September, topped...

Yakubu Gowon University Honours Deputy Police Commissioner

02.10.2025

The Sultan Maccido Institute of Leadership at the Peace and Development Centre, Yakubu Gowon University (formerly University of Abuja), has honoured Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and academic, Dr. Akeem Adedeji, in recognition of his hard work, selfless service, and dedication to human development. Speaking at the event, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mathew Adamu, commended...

El-Fasher-Darfur’s Capital Trapped Between Hunger, Death

02.10.2025

Sometimes, she goes two full days without food, breaking her fast with nothing more than a cup of juice, only to resume the cycle for another two days. This is how Amina Mohammed Ali survives in El-Fasher, Darfur. In early September 2025, Amina fled to the Al-Daraja Al-Oula neighbourhood, west of the city. There, she...

Kano Chamber Of Commerce Warns Business Community To Be Cautious

02.10.2025

The Kano Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Industry (KACCIMA) has commenced a serious enlightenment campaign to educate its members on the Federal Government’s newly introduced tax reform policy, urging the business community to be cautious in order not to fall victim to its implications. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday, the President of the...

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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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