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Agbomhere Emerges Edo Ecological Mgt Commission Chairman

15.10.2025

Former South South Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Blessing Agbomhere, has emerged as Chairman of the Edo State Ecological Funding and Management Commission. While swearing in Agbomhere in Benin City, the Edo State capital, the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, charged him to spearhead efforts toward addressing the state’s worsening ecological...

Abia Takes Over Reconstruction Of Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Fed Highway

15.10.2025

Abia State Government has taken over the reconstruction of the remaining 25 km Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal highway after the federal government declined its completion. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who announced the State government intervention, named other roads slated for flag off to include, 13 km Ariam Usaka ring road, the 9.35km Ihechiowa...

TCN Embarks On 10-Day Maintenance In Gombe

15.10.2025

Business operators and residents in Gombe State have been informed that ten days of irregular electricity supply as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) works on its major transmission substation in the state. In a press release issued on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, TCN announced that the maintenance will run from October 14...

Davido Announces Nigerian Stops For 5IVE Tour

15.10.2025

Nigerian Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has announced that his 5ive Tour will return to Nigeria, with performances scheduled across several cities, including Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Enugu, Ibadan, and Lagos. In a post shared on X on Tuesday, the multiple award-winning singer said the Nigerian leg of the tour will kick off...

MTN Unveils Engine Of Nigeria’s Digital Economy To Innovation Leaders

15.10.2025

In a landmark event for Nigeria’s tech community, MTN Nigeria recently hosted 50 delegates from the Nigeria Innovation Summit for an exclusive tour of its state-of-the-art Dabengwa Data Centre in Ikeja, Lagos. The visit offered a rare glimpse into the critical infrastructure powering the nation’s digital ambitions. The tour, a highlight of the summit’s third...

Nigeria Needs $23bn To End Energy Poverty, Says Shettima

15.10.2025

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has said that Nigeria would need over $23 billion to expand energy access and connect millions of Nigerians still living in energy poverty. Shettima spoke yesterday during the flag-off of the Nigeria Renewable Energy Innovation Forum (NREIF) 2025, held in Abuja. He noted that Nigeria’s energy transition presents an investment...

Adamawa Govt Reaffirms Commitment To Nurture Next Generation Through Sports

15.10.2025

The Adamawa State Government has reaffirmed its undiluted commitment to nurturing the next generation through sports and youth programmes. The State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Barrister Wali Yakubu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in his office, said “our goal is to give Adamawa youths a sense of hope, pride, empowerment and purpose...

S’Court Strikes Out EFCC’s Appeal Challenging Acquittal Of Ex-NIMASA Official

15.10.2025

The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), effectively bringing to an end, its attempt to overturn the acquittal of Dismass Alu Adoon, a former aide to ex-Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpolobokemi. The panel of the apex court was...

Nwifuru Pledges Full Support For 1,200-Bed Neuropharma Hospital Project

15.10.2025

Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has pledged the full support and cooperation of his administration for the successful establishment of the 1,200-bed, high-tech Neuropharma International Hospital Project in the state. Governor Nwifuru gave this assurance while receiving a delegation from Neuropharma Group Ltd of Bulgaria and its Africa Office in Rwanda, led...

Ekerefe Commends Ogbuku’s Transformation Strides, Rallies Support For Dickson

15.10.2025

Comrade Ebilade Ekerefe, a Niger Delta activist and former Spokesman of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has commended Dr Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, for ushering in what he described as a new era of purposeful leadership, saying that it is visible in all nooks and crannies of...

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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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