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FIFA Fines SAFA For Fielding Ineligible Player

29.09.2025

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for fielding midfielder Teboho Mokoena to play against Lesotho, despite the player’s ineligibility. The match, which took place on March 21, 2025, formed part of the preceding competition for the 2026 World Cup. SAFA’s selection of Mokoena was discovered as...

EDOCSO Seeks Partnership With Edo Sports Commission

29.09.2025

The Coordinator-General of the Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), Leftist Omobude Agho, on Monday led a delegation of members on a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele, to explore areas of collaboration, particularly through football and other sporting activities. Speaking during the visit, Agho explained...

Group Condemns Dangote For Sacking of 800 Workers, Commends DSS, Labour Ministry

29.09.2025

A civil society organisation, Save the Republic, has expressed concern over reports that more than 800 Nigerian engineers and workers were dismissed by the Dangote Refinery after attempts to join a trade union. In a statement signed by its convener, Deji Adeyanju, Esq., the group said the matter raises serious questions about labour rights, fair...

Lions Club Urges Community Support For Education

29.09.2025

…Donates Materials to Osun Pupils The Osun New Era Lions Club, District 404B2, has stressed that government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of education, calling for more community support to ease the burden on parents and promote literacy. The call was made at Community Primary School, Olorunsogo, Dada Estate, Osogbo, during an outreach organised by...

Igbos Still Behind Bars As Ohaneze Demands Release Of Kanu

29.09.2025

Apex pan Igbo organisation, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, has stated that as long as the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is still behind bars, the entire Igbo race is under encasement. This is coming as the body has reiterated its demand to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the release of...

I Abolished Eze-Igbo Title In FCT — Ohanaeze Ex-President

29.09.2025

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, has elected Chief Andrew Okonkwo Ugwu as its new president. Speaking at the handover ceremony on Monday, the immediate past president, Barr. Ifeanyichukwu Obasi-Nweze, declared that he had abolished the Eze-Igbo title in the FCT during his tenure. According to him, the decision was based on findings...

NELFUND Closes 2024/2025 Application Portal Tuesday

29.09.2025

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that the application portal for the 2024/2025 academic session wouldofficially close on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Director, Strategic Communications NELFUND, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, in a statement on Monday, explained that “the closure marks the conclusion of the second full cycle of the scheme and will enable the...

Alaafin’s Grandson, Oyo Speaker, Celebrate PDP Chieftain, Dare Adeleke On Birthday

29.09.2025

The grandson of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Prince Siyanbola Oladigbolu, has joined political leaders and dignitaries in celebrating Hon. Dare Adeleke, Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Federal Constituency Matters, on the occasion of his birthday. The colourful celebration, which brought together prominent figures from politics, traditional institutions, and the business community, was...

Osun Govt Calls For Partnerships To Boost Youth Employment

29.09.2025

The Osun State Government has called on stakeholders across various sectors to collaborate in creating opportunities and innovative solutions aimed at reducing unemployment, particularly among the youth. The appeal was made during a stakeholders’ dialogue organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs in Osogbo, the state capital. Speaking at the event, which brought together government...

Ekiti Residents Shower Encomium On Falegan

29.09.2025

Residents in Ekiti state have expressed deep appreciation to a philanthropist, Hon. Opeyemi David Falegan, for his initiative of cooking gas palliative that took place in six locations in Ado Ekiti at the weekend. Falegan’s foundation was said to have been distributing free cooking gas to civil servants in all 16 Local Governments 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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