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NDLEA Arrests 26 Suspected Traffickers, Recovers 41,410.53kg Of Drugs

05.09.2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, has arrested 26 suspected traffickers, with a total of 41,410.53 kilogrammes of various narcotic drugs. The State Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who disclosed this in Benin City, Edo State, while presenting the August 2025 progress report, noted that the command intensified operations, leading to numerous arrests,...

Nwifuru Forward Bill On Education Devt Trust Fund To Ebonyi Assembly

05.09.2025

Ebonyi State Government has approved the executive bill on the establishment of the Education Development Trust Fund to the State House of Assembly for further legislative actions. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Barrister Ikeuwa Omebeh, made this disclosure in Abakaliki at the weekend while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the Executive Council...

Senator Alli Commiserates With Ex-NCC Boss, Akande, Over Father’s Death

05.09.2025

Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has expressed deep sorrow and sympathy over the death of Pa Amos Adetunji Akande, father of Prof. Adeolu Akande, former Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Pa Akande, a revered patriarch and community leader, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the age of 90. In a condolence...

Edo Govt Distances Self From Ossiomo Power Outage

05.09.2025

…We’re having technical breakdown – firm As the power outage continues to cripple government and private businesses in Benin City, Edo State, in the last five days, the State Government has distanced itself from the cause of the outage. The Ossiomo Power plant, a private power-generating and distribution company, has been a source of power...

Kwara Monarch Seeks Foreign Investors To Open Up Domain

05.09.2025

The Oloro of Oro Kingdom in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye Titiloye Olufayo II, has embarked on a foreign mission to woo investors to his community, with a view to unlocking new development opportunities. The monarch, who announced his arrival in North America through Washington before proceeding to...

Abuja Varsity Students Demand Return Of Sacked VC

05.09.2025

Students of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), now known as Yakubu Gowon University, are calling on President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Professor Aisha Maikudi as Vice Chancellor. They described her brief tenure as transformative and unfinished, citing her bold reforms, inclusive governance, and visionary steps that repositioned the institution. The students argue that reinstating Prof....

Ekiti Community Loses N5bn Farm Produce To Bad Roads, Storage

05.09.2025

Ekiti State people at Ilejemeje Local Government said they have lost over N5 billion of their farm produce to bad roads, poor storage in the last two years to poor roads and storage facilities. They said that Iludun Ekiti had been cut off completely from the road Ido Ekiti axis to the town. A spokesman...

NASENI, AfriLabs Launch N250m Innovate Naija Challenge To Support Local Inventors

05.09.2025

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), in partnership with AfriLabs, has officially launched the InnovateNaija Challenge, a groundbreaking initiative designed to discover, empower, and fund the next generation of Nigerian innovators. With a total cash prize of N250 million, the challenge aims to catalyse the growth of local inventions in science, engineering,...

Kano CJ Releases Six Inmates Held Without Prosecution

05.09.2025

The Kano State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Dije Abdu-Abok, has ordered the immediate release of six inmates who had spent the longest period in custody across correctional centres in the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NIS), Kano State Command, Musbahu...

Shettima: Tinubu Remains Committed To Economic Diversification

05.09.2025

Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday stressed the Bola Tinubu government’s commitment to economic diversification. This is as the Federal Government is considering a task team to conceptualise and operationalise good architecture to standardise the country’s architectural framework. Speaking at the Presidential Villa, Shettima cited the President’s recent trip to Brazil, which resulted in the signing...

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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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