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1999 Constitution Incapable Of Addressing Nigeria’s Pluralism –Anyaoku

17.07.2025

Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said Nigeria needs an entirely new constitution to be formulated by elected representatives of its diverse people. Anyaoku, who is the Chairman, National Constitutional Summit said Nigeria’s present 1999 Constitution, as amended, is incapable of addressing the nation’s pluralism. The former Commonwealth Secretary-General, in...

BigBrother Naija Season 10 Winner To Clinch N150m On Oct 5

17.07.2025

MultiChoice Nigeria, yesterday announced that Africa’s biggest reality television show, Big Brother Naija Season 10 will hit the screen soon. It also added that the premiere would hold over two nights from July 26 and 27, stressing that the new season promises 10 weeks of captivating drama, strategic gameplay and unparalleled entertainment, culminating in the...

Oyebanji Signs MoU With REA On Rural Electrification

17.07.2025

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for the implementation of off-grid electricity projects across the state. The agreement is to accelerate energy access to unserved and underserved communities in Ekiti State, and to jumpstart rural economic activities through access to sustainable and reliable...

151 Senior Police Officers Facing Disciplinary Panel

17.07.2025

The Force Headquarters (FHQ) announced yesterday that 151 senior officers are facing a disciplinary committee on cases of alleged professional misconduct. A statement signed by the Force’s spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, read: “In a decisive step towards reinforcing internal accountability and professional standards, one hundred and fifty-one (151) senior police officers are currently facing the...

Cash Support: Zamfara Gov Empowers 8,225 Secondary School Girls

17.07.2025

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has distributed the Conditional Cash Transfers to 8,225 adolescent girls in all the 14 local government areas of the state. Lawal commenced the disbursement of funds for the ACRESAL and Agile Projects at Garba Nadama Hall, J.B. Yakubu State Secretariat in Gusau yesterday. The 8,225 secondary school girls were selected...

2027: Supporting Tinubu’ll Sustain Peace, Stability, Devt In N’Delta –Otuaro

17.07.2025

2027: Supporting Tinubu’ll Sustain Peace, Stability, Devt In N’Delta –Otuaro

MRA Urges FG To Implement ECOWAS Court’s Judgement On Blasphemy Law

17.07.2025

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent measures to implement and give full effect to the April 9 judgement of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, which declared aspects of Kano State’s blasphemy laws a violation of Nigeria’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and...

Buhari An Advocate Of Independent Judiciary, Says JUSUN

17.07.2025

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has described the death of immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari, as a root shock. In a condolence letter to President Bola Tinubu and the family of the former president, JUSUN noted that Buhari stood for an independent Judiciary throughout his lifetime. The letter signed by JUSUN’s President, Comrade...

Wearing Too Much Perfume, Makeup On Kids Poses Cancer Risk –Study

17.07.2025

Dermatologists have warned that parents are putting young children at risk of serious skin conditions by exposing them to toxic beauty products that have been linked to cancer. Findings of the study is presented at the e 105th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) which was held in Glasgow from July 1st...

Hakeem Baba-Ahmed Urges Atiku To Step Aside, Groom Younger Leaders

17.07.2025

…Calls for Atiku to Be a Democratic Elder Statesman, Not Presidential Candidate Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, former Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step away from presidential ambitions and instead focus on mentoring the next generation of leaders. Baba-Ahmed made the statement during an interview...

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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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