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Residents Laud Adeleke’s Govt Over 3.6KM Iwo Dual Carriageway

19.02.2026

…Infra-City Roads Interventions …3.6KM Iwo dual carriageway 50 per cent completed—Osun govt …Says 55.6KM Iwo/Osogbo/Ibadan road is splitted to three contractors for speedy completion The Osun State Government has divided the 55.6-kilometre Iwo/Osogbo/Ibadan road project among three contractors in a strategic move aimed at accelerating its completion and easing transportation challenges between Osun and Oyo...

AGILE, Correspondent Chapel Launch Community Sensitization On Health, Devt

18.02.2026

The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project will partner with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto Correspondent Chapel, to embark on a sensitisation campaign on health education and community development participation across the 23 local government areas of Sokoto State. The State Project Coordinator, Dr Mansur Buhari, announced this during a...

Anambra CP Sues For Peace, Morals As Lent, Ramadan Begin

18.02.2026

Anambra State Police Commissioner Ikioye Orutugu has charged Christians and Muslims to embrace peace and morals during the seasons of Lent and Ramadan. This is coming as the Police Command celebrates this year’s Ash Wednesday and Ramadan seasons at the Headquarters in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area. According to the press release issued by...

The Economics Of Online Prank Culture In S’East Nigeria

18.02.2026

The growth of prank-based content in Nigeria has produced a new class of online entertainers, among them Nwagu Saviour Chigozirim, better known as funnyfreakc. Born in Ohaji-Egbema and of Ehime Mbano origin, the 1998-born creator began publishing short comedic skits during his student years. Educated at Boys Model Secondary School and later at the Federal...

Lalong Mourns Elder Stateman, Mishkom Kangnaan

18.02.2026

Former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Sen. Simon Bako Lalong, has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of elder statesman, Miskoom Thomas Kangnaan. Senator Lalong, in a press statement issued to Journalists on Wednesday in Jos, Plateau State, described the late Miskoom Kangnaan as a revered traditional and community...

APC Ward Congress Commences In Kwara

18.02.2026

Members and stalwarts of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have trooped out across the State for the commencement of the APC Ward Congress. From Adewole, Oju Ekun Zarumi, and Alanamu in Ilorin West, Ibagun in Ilorin East, Alapa in Asa, Share in Ifelodun, and Okuta in Baruten, among others, party...

Teniola Aladese Speaks Against Gender Stereotypes In The Home

18.02.2026

Nollywood actress Teniola Aladese has spoken up against societal expectations that place domestic chores primarily on women. Speaking in a recent interview on the ‘That’s What She Said’ podcast, Teniola questioned why household responsibilities are often viewed as a woman’s duty rather than a shared task. She expressed her frustration at the chauvinistic notion that...

Lagos Govt Reacts To Protest By Korope Drivers On Lekki-Epe Expressway

18.02.2026

The Lagos State Government has reacted to a protest that broke out on Wednesday by some minibuses, popularly known as Korope, drivers on the Lekki–Epe Expressway. Jubril Gawat, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a tweet, stated that the Lekki–Epe corridor has formally transitioned into a Mass Transit and...

Oyebamiji Congratulates Osun Muslims, Christians On Holy Month

18.02.2026

…Sues for Renowned devotion, sober reflection The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), has warmly expressed heartfelt felicitations to Muslims and Christians across the state and beyond on the commencement of this year’s Ramadan and Lent fastings. Oyebamiji called for...

E-Money Gifts Aki SUV At His Birthday Party

18.02.2026

Nigerian billionaire businessman Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as E-Money, has gifted Nollywood actor Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, a brand new car. E-Money, who had earlier revealed that she would be gifting 30 cars to mark his birthday celebration, surprised the comic actor with a brand new Ford SUV at his party on Tuesday,...

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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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