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Kogi Has Become Construction Site Under Ododo, Says Fanwo

05.09.2025

The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, has declared that Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has turned the state into a “massive construction site,” with landmark projects springing up across key sectors. Fanwo highlighted the completion of the Audit House, one of the biggest in the country, which is now set for...

Edo Youths Mourn As Chris Emovon Is Laid To Rest

05.09.2025

The atmosphere in Benin City was heavy with emotion yesterday, as family, friends, and sympathisers gathered to pay their final respects to the late Mr. Chris Emovon, a man celebrated for his humility, community spirit, and mentorship to Edo youths. The Service of Songs and Interment took place earlier today, marking a solemn and dignified...

NCS Celebrates Officer Completing Motorbike Journey From Nigeria To Belgium

04.09.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commended the remarkable achievement of Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Akpevwe Ogboru, popularly known as Tracta 2, who completed a 35-day motorbike journey from Nigeria to Belgium, arriving at the Nigerian Embassy in Brussels at 12:47 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The Service described her extraordinary expedition as a...

Gombe Gov Woos Chinese Investors; Secures Interest In Agriculture, Energy, Industrial Devt

04.09.2025

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has received a delegation of Chinese investors under the auspices of the China Overseas Engineering Group Company (COVEC), who have expressed a strong interest in investing in key sectors of the state’s economy, including agriculture, energy, and industrial development. The meeting, held at the Gombe Governor’s Lodge in Abuja,...

NSITF MD Bags Leadership Award, Pledges Continued Support For Workplace Safety

04.09.2025

The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Olúwaṣeun Faleye, has been honoured with the Corporate Health and Safety Environment (HSE) Leadership Award. The award, presented by the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) during the Abuja Safety Summit, recognizes Faleye’s unwavering support for health, safety, and...

Plateau Assembly Halts Annual Textbook Purchases, Graduation Ceremonies In Schools

04.09.2025

The Plateau State House of Assembly has stopped the compulsory yearly purchase of textbooks by schools, insisting that books can be re-circulated among pupils, including siblings, as part of measures to ease the financial burden on families. The resolution followed a motion by Joseph Bukar of Shendam Constituency, seconded by Mathew Kwarpo Sylvanus of Mangu South, during plenary....

Lagos Lawmaker Empowers 250 Constituents

04.09.2025

The Lawmaker representing Eti Osa Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Noheem Adams, has empowered 250 constituents with N100,000 each, totaling N25 million, during the 10th Constituency Stakeholders’ Meeting at Orchid Hotel, Eleganza, on Thursday. Adams, who is also the Majority Leader of the House, said the empowerment is part of his...

Eid Maulud: Ajadi Felicitates Muslims

04.09.2025

A South West stalwart of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi, has congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Eid Maulud), urging political leaders to emulate the Prophet’s teachings. In a statement issued on Thursday, Ajadi called on Nigerians epecially those in leadership positions to reflect on...

WHO Urges Nigeria To Raise Health Spending To 20%

04.09.2025

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Nigeria to increase public health spending to at least 20 percent of total health expenditure in order to build a health system that protects, empowers, and uplifts its population of over 223 million. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Prof. Mohammed Janabi, made the call on Thursday in...

Tinubu’s Wife, Tony Elumelu, Otu’s Wife Empower 500 Traders In C’River

04.09.2025

About 500 market women in Calabar received cash grants on Thursday through the combined efforts of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the Tony Elumelu Foundation, and the wife of the Cross River State Governor, Bishop Eyoanwan Bassey Otu. The initiative, tagged “Women Economic Empowerment Programme,” aimed to support traders with seed capital to grow their businesses and...

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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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