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Anambra Guber: Govt House Not Your Birthright, Ekwunife Tells Soludo

13.08.2025

Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Uche Ekwunife, has told Governor Charles Soludo to get ready to hand over power to Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu after the election. She reminded the Soludo that the Government House, Awka was not his birthright. Ekwunife was...

Shettima Inaugurates New Cally Air Aircraft, Hails Otu’s Initiative

13.08.2025

Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday inaugurated two new Cross River State–owned Cally Air aircraft, praising Governor Bassey Otu for the initiative’s forward-looking investments in aviation and other critical sectors. Speaking at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, where he represented President Bola Tinubu to inaugurate two newly acquired Cally Air aircraft on behalf of...

World Elephant Day: Wild Africa Seeks End To Human-Elephant Conflict

13.08.2025

As the world marks World Elephant Day, wildlife conservation organisation, Wild Africa, urges Nigeria to intensify efforts to protect its dwindling elephant population by mitigating rising human-elephant conflicts which often leads to crop raiding, injuries, and fatalities on both sides. Wild Africa in a statement said Nigeria’s new National Elephant Action Plan (NEAP) identifies human–elephant...

Ondo Govt Orders Coroner’s Inquest Into UNIMED Registrar’s Death

13.08.2025

The Ondo State government has ordered coroner inquests into the circumstances leading to the death of Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adeniran, the late Registrar of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo. Forty-one-year-old Adeniran, the late former Registrar of UNIMED, was reported to have died under circumstances shrouded in mystery. The request comes amid growing controversy...

Factional Assembly Demands FG’s Full Security Takeover Of Zamfara

13.08.2025

The Zamfara State House of Assembly under the leadership of Bashar Aliyu Gummi yesterday urged the Federal Government to intervene in the deteriorating security situation in the state. It condemned Governor Dauda Lawal’s approach to the handling of the security situation, claiming that there is no coordination. The factional Assembly therefore asked the Federal Government...

How Airstrikes Killed 592 Terrorists, Destroyed 372 Assets

13.08.2025

Targeted airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) killed 592 fighters and destroyed a total of 372 enemy assets in the last eight months of sustained counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations across theatres. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, made the disclosure in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, during a courtesy...

FG Presents FCOP To Air Tanzania Company Limited

13.08.2025

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, presented the Foreign Carrier Operation Permit (FCOP) to Air Tanzania Company Limited, at the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development headquarters, Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, represented by Mr Ahmed Mohammed, said the initiative aims to enhance...

Lagos Driver On Run After Fatal Crash Kills Tricycle Operator, Injures Two

13.08.2025

A tricycle operator lost his life and two passengers were seriously injured on Tuesday in a head-on collision with a Toyota Venza at Egbe Bridge summit, inward Ikotun, Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed that the driver of the car, with registration number GWA 659 RD, fled the scene immediately after...

Nigeria Ready To Partner With Other African Countries

13.08.2025

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has assured that Nigeria is ready to partner with Namibia and other African nations to build an energy sector that will empower the African people and drive shared prosperity. Speaking on Tuesday on behalf of Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, during a Local Content...

Plateau Muslims Offer Special Prayers For APC Chairman, Nentawe

13.08.2025

Muslims in Plateau State on Tuesday gathered at the Jos Central Mosque to offer special prayers for the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, and for the peace and progress of Nigeria. The prayer session, which began with a recitation of the Holy Qur’an, was led by the Chief...

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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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