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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...

Army Holds Training For Junior, Senior Officers In Frontline

28.08.2025

The Nigerian Army Headquarters has organized a capacity-building and leadership training seminar for junior and senior cadre officers of Operation Hadin Kai, the military outfit spearheading the fight against Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents in the North-East. Declaring open the one-day joint security seminar at the Officers’ Mess, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, on Thursday, the Chief...

Adeoti, ADC Chieftain, Hails Osun At 34

28.08.2025

A former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Moshood Adeoti, has congratulated the people of Osun State on the 34th anniversary of the state’s creation. Osun State, created on August 27, 1991, following its separation from the old Oyo State, has grown into a land of rich...

Our Operations Based On Global Best Practices

28.08.2025

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has reassured the public that its operations are guided by professionalism and global best practices. The Service stressed that all convicted inmates in custodial centres across the country are serving their sentences as ordered by competent courts of law. This comes in response to reports claiming that operatives of the...

Equitorial Guinea’s Baltasar Engonga Gets 8yr-Jail Term After Sex Tape Scandal, Embezzlement

28.08.2025

A court in Equatorial Guinea yesterday handed an eight-year jail term for embezzlement to a senior official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga who separately won notoriety for appearing in a series of sex tapes with other officials’ wives. The Bioko provincial tribunal convicted Baltasar Ebang Engonga of diverting money claimed as professional travel expenses for personal use,...

NAPTAN Backs FG Over Closure Of 22 Illegal Colleges Of Education

28.08.2025

The National ParentTeacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) yesterday hailed the shutdown of 22 illegal Colleges of Education by the Federal Government, describing it as a timely and necessary step to safeguard students. Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman Adeolu Ogunbanjo made the remark as part of a reaction to the development in an interview with the...

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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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