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C’River Hosts AfSNET 2026 As Otu Signs Agreement With Afreximbank

08.09.2025

Cross River State has secured the hosting rights for the 6th African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AfSNET) Investment Conference, scheduled for 2026 in Calabar, following the signing of a Hosting Agreement with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The historic agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2025 in Algiers, Algeria. Governor...

$2.1m Fraud: Court Sets Date For Sentencing Of Ex-NNPCL GM, Okoronkwo

08.09.2025

A U.S. District Court in California has set December 1, 2025, as the date for the sentencing of Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a 58-year-old former General Manager at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), who was convicted of taking a $2.1 million bribe from a Swiss oil firm. Okoronkwo was indicted in January 2024 by...

Shettima Condemns Borno Attack, Says Justice Must Be Served

08.09.2025

Following the death of at least 63 people, including five soldiers, in the Darajamal community, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has offered deep condolences to the bereaved families, assuring them that the Federal Government is committed to bringing the perpetrators to justice. This is as he reiterated that...

Odunwire’s Achievements Signal New Era For Nigerian Gaming

08.09.2025

Odunwire, the public name of Adeeyo Odunayo, has emerged as one of Nigeria’s most accomplished gaming figures, with a series of achievements that have placed him at the forefront of Africa’s growing digital entertainment industry. His journey, marked by consistency and innovation, reflects both personal success and the broader potential of African gamers on the...

FCT Resident Doctors Begin 7-Day Warning Strike

08.09.2025

The National Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (NARD-FCT), on Monday September 8 began a seven-day warning strike over what it described as the collapse of the nation’s capital health system. In a communique issued by its President, Dr George Ebong, joined by other executive members, the resident doctors described the FCT health system as...

Why Kidnapping Persists In Nigeria, By Lawyers

08.09.2025

AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers have expressed outrage at a recent report by a global organisation, SBM Intelligence, which revealed that a staggering sum of N2.57 billion was paid as ransom by 4,722 people kidnapped across Nigeria between July 2024 and June 2025 “The report by the global organisation, SBM Intelligence, that no fewer than...

Adeboye To Legal Practitioners, Others: Be Merciful, Seek God’s Mercy

08.09.2025

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has urged individuals particularly those of the legal practition, to seek God’s mercy and be merciful. Adeboye made the call yesterday at RCCG National Headquarters during the September Thanksgiving and prayer service, tagged ‘Divine Mercy’ for legal practitioners at federal, state and...

Security: Mbah Moves To Strengthen Forest Guard, Raises Minimum Pay To N80,000

08.09.2025

Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has approved a comprehensive restructuring of the Enugu State Forest Guard as part of his administration’s drive to strengthen security in the state. The reform includes an upward review of salaries of the operatives to a minimum of N80, 000 in line with the state’s new minimum wage. The governor...

BHCPF: FG mobilises N192bn For Primary Healthcare As Cost Rises

08.09.2025

The Federal Government yesterday said it had disbursed more than N192 billion to strengthen primary healthcare facilities across Nigeria since the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) began disbursements in 2019. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Muyi Aina, said this in an interview with...

…Begs NUPENG To Suspend Planned Strike

08.09.2025

The Federal Government yesterday appealed to the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to suspend its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin today. The Minister of Labour and Employment Muhammad Dingyadi, who made the appeal, urged the union to reconsider its decision, warning that shutting down the petroleum sector would severely cripple...

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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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