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Owolabi Salis Listed In Wikipedia As First Nigerian Astronaut

13.08.2025

Nigerian-American lawyer and Astronaut, Chief Owolabi Salis, has been officially listed by Wikipedia among the universally recognised lists of people who had successfully travelled to the outer space. The listing following official recognition by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), globally acclaimed online media, Wikipedia. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) described space flight as any flight...

No Going Back On CBT Module For WASCCE, SSCE –FG

13.08.2025

The Minister of Education Tunji Alausa yesterday insisted that the 2026 the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would be computer based. He made the declaration during an interaction with media executives. According to him, under the proposed arrangement, candidates for these two examinations will no longer be...

Sen. Alli Hails Tinubu On Abass-Aleshinloye’s FCC Appointment

13.08.2025

Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has congratulated former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Oyo State, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, on his appointment as a member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) by President Bola Tinubu. This is contained in a statement issued by his Media Office and made available to...

NUJ FCT Chair Hails Oyetunde’s Appointment As FRCN Lagos Bureau Chief

13.08.2025

The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, Comrade Grace Ike, has congratulated Mrs Abimbola Oyetunde on her appointment as Bureau Chief for the FRCN Network News Annexe in Lagos and Deputy Director of News. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Comrade Ike said the appointment underscores Dr Oyetunde’s exceptional leadership, unwavering...

Victory Faces Backlash After Mocking Thelma

13.08.2025

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 housemate, Victory, has come under intense backlash after a Wednesday morning altercation with fellow housemate Thelma Lawson, during which he mocked her status as a single mother. The drama began when Thelma criticised Victory, calling him “A clown” who lacked discipline and claiming she could go the rest of...

NAFDAC Confiscates Products Worth Over 1.5b At Trade Fair

13.08.2025

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized over 10,ooo cartons of fake tomato paste and cosmetic products at the Lagos Trade Fair Market. According to the agency, the development occured during NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team’s five-day operation at the cosmetics section of the market. The Director of Investigation and...

Borno Police Arrest 1,541 Suspects For Various Crimes

13.08.2025

…recover exhibits worth N27m The Borno State Police Command, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested 1,541 suspects for various offences related to social vices among youths and other related matters like prostitution, drug dealings and consumption, trafficking in persons, thuggery and gangsterism, among others. The Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Borno State Command, which was officially...

Works Ministry To Collaborate With Engineers On Infrastructure Devt

13.08.2025

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and the Federal Ministry of Works have pledged to strengthen their collaboration in key areas aimed at advancing the welfare of Engineers and driving infrastructural development across the country. This commitment was reaffirmed during a courtesy visit by the President of the NSE, Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala, FNSE, to...

How Nigerians Are Surviving High Cost-Of-Living Crisis

13.08.2025

In the bright afternoon Lagos sun, Mr. Chibuzor Ibe parks his tricycle and rests inside a small roadside shop in Isheri, quietly catching his breath after hours of work. His palm is filled with rumpled notes — mostly N200 and N100 bills — a small pile that draws admiring glances from passers-by. To anyone watching,...

TFA Tasks FG On Alarming Rate Of Out-Of-School Children

13.08.2025

A non-governmental, non-profit and advocacy organisation based in the United States (US), Tilova For Africa (TFA), has decried the increasing number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, urging the government to act swiftly to arrest the ugly situation. While primary education is officially free and compulsory, in the country, many children, especially in the northern region,...

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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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