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Oba Of Benin Suspends Two Palace Chiefs Over Prolonged Absence

28.08.2025

The Benin Traditional Council has announced the suspension of two titled chiefs from the Palace of the Oba of Benin due to prolonged absence and failure to perform their traditional duties. In a notice signed by Frank Irabor, Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, the affected chiefs are Chief John Igiehon, the Izuwako of Benin,...

Ex-Edo State University Acting VC, Egbefo Dies Two Weeks After Handover

28.08.2025

Professor Dawood O. Egbefo, the former Acting Vice-Chancellor of Edo State University, Iyamho, has passed away less than three weeks after handing over leadership to his successor. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Amaechi Kelly Quincy, confirmed his death in an official statement, expressing the institution’s deep sorrow over the loss. “Edo State University, Iyamho, announces...

NSITF Advocates Local Content, Prevention, Synergy For Risk Mgt

28.08.2025

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, has called for localized solutions, preventive measures, and synergy as the most effective strategies for risk management. Speaking at the 24th Annual International Conference of the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (CRMI) on Thursday in Lagos, Faleye, represented by his...

Calm Prevails In Ipetumodu As Community Urged To Remain Law-Abiding

28.08.2025

The leadership of the Ipetumodu Progressive Union (IPU) has called for calm and unity among residents of the ancient town following reports of the conviction of the community’s monarch, Oba Joseph Oloyede, in the United States over alleged COVID-19 relief fund fraud. National President of the Union, Dr. Israel Akinjogbin, reassured citizens that the situation...

Canada, ActionAid Launch CAD$15m Women’s Empowerment Project In Nigeria

28.08.2025

Global Affairs Canada, in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria, on Thursday unveiled a renewed five-year project worth CAD$15 million to empower women and girls across Nigeria. The initiative, tagged Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria (RWVL), builds on the successes of the first phase of the Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Project implemented between 2019 and...

Seyi Tinubu Celebrates CYON At 40

28.08.2025

Seyi Tinubu has commended the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON) for nurturing generations of Nigerian youths in faith, service, and community development. Tinubu, who congratulated CYON on its 40th anniversary on Thursday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka, Anambra State, lauded the organization for four decades of dedicated service to God and humanity. Represented by...

FG Steps Up Vaccination As Polio Variant Threatens N’West

28.08.2025

The Federal Government has intensified its vaccination campaign following the emergence of a new polio variant threatening Nigeria’s North West region. Speaking to journalists after Thursday’s National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya noted that the country has made significant progress in...

‘I’m In Charge,’ Faction Chairman Egwuaghide Declares

28.08.2025

The factional Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, Comrade Bernard Joman Egwuaghide, on Thursday insisted that he remains the authentic leader of the union in the state. New Telegraph reports that despite resistance from the Edo State House of Assembly and the heavy deployment of security personnel, which necessitated...

FG, Team Europe Chart New Course For Data Exchange

28.08.2025

In a renewed push to strengthen Nigeria’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), the Federal Government has launched a technical roundtable on the Nigeria Data Exchange Platform (NGDX). The initiative, convened by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy with support from the European Union (EU) and Team Europe partners from Estonia, Finland, Germany, and...

Alleged Rape: Activists Raise Alarm Over Hadiza, Baby’s Safety

28.08.2025

…Demands Justice, Rule of Law A group of activists under the umbrella of the “Talk Initiative” on Wednesday raised the alarm over the security and safety of Hadiza Baffa and her two-year-old baby, who alleged that a former Minister raped her. It would be recalled that Baffa came into the spotlight in mid-2025 following reports...

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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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