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Matawalle Decries Spate Of Security Threats In Africa

25.08.2025

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has condemned the spate of insecurity facing African nations, saying the continent is faced with what he described as serious and evolving security threats. Speaking at the opening of the Africa Chief of Defence Staff Conference in Abuja on Monday, Matawalle, who represented the Minister of Defence,...

Kingmakers Elect New Monarch For Emure

25.08.2025

Kingmakers in Emure, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, have elected Prince Bankole Adeyefa as the new Elemure of Emure-Ile in the council area. Prince Bankole replaced his father, Oba Simeon Adedubaje Adeyefa, who joined his ancestors earlier in the year. The outcome of the selection process was announced by the head of the...

FCTA Defends Impounding Vehicles With Fake Tinted Glass Permits

25.08.2025

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday defended its clampdown on vehicles with tinted glass permits, insisting that many of the permits in circulation are fake and linked to criminal activities. Speaking during a Citywide Sanitation Operation, the FCTA Director of Security Services, Adamu Gwary, who was represented by the Director of Command and...

Lagos Restates Commitment To Tackling Out-of-School Children Menace

25.08.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reducing the number of out-of-school children, insisting that education must remain the cornerstone of human development and national progress. The Governor, represented by his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made this pledge at the 27th Quarterly Meeting of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)...

Anambra Police, Agunechemba Arrest Notorious Car Thief, Recover Vehicle

25.08.2025

The combined team of the Anambra State Police Command and Agunechemba Security Squad has arrested a notorious car thief known to have been behind several car snatching incidents in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The suspect has been on the run for the past months, avoiding the searchlight of security operatives...

World Bank President Will Attend CCDI’s Nigeria Economic Policy Session

25.08.2025

The Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI), in partnership with the University of Washington, is set to convene a high-level policy session during the forthcoming World Bank and IMF Boards of Governors Meetings in Washington, D.C. The CCDI, in a statement issued by its President, Olufemi Aduwo, and Chairman of the African Countries Group...

Royal Rumble: I’m Consenting Authority Over Akure North Communities

25.08.2025

The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, on Monday, said he has the right to appoint monarchs and minor chiefs in towns and communities in both Akure North and South local government areas of Ondo State. Addressing a press conference at his palace on Monday, the immediate past Chairman of the state Council of...

Ex-Striker, Ideye Rebukes Reports On Jailing Broke Footballers

25.08.2025

Former Super Eagles Striker, Brown Ideye, on Sunday, rejected news reports that he called for the incarceration of broke, retired footballers. Ideye, who advised players on financial dependency, has been accused of being insensitive to the ordeal of former Nigerian footballers. In a statement titled ‘Setting the Record Straight’, the former Super Eagles player said, “Let...

FG Loses 43% Of Projected Revenue Last Decade

25.08.2025

…Advocates revenue shift The Federal Government consistently realised less than its projected revenue, recording an average shortfall of 43% over the decade, Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Victor Muruako, on Monday, revealed. Citing examples to back its assertions, Muruako said in 2017, the government projected ₦5.084 trillion but realised only ₦2.658 trillion, representing...

Enabulele Sure Of Team Edo Success

25.08.2025

The Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele, has expressed confidence that Team Edo will record an outstanding performance at the 9th National Youth Games (NYG), billed to hold in Asaba, Delta State, from August 26 to September 6, 2025. Speaking through his Media Officer, Mr. Edoko Wilson Edoko, Enabulele described...

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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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