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How Tinubu Saved APC From Global Backlash

08.06.2025

…Int’l community accuses party of muzzling opposition The sealing of the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on May 26, irked the international community, Sunday Telegraph gathered. The secretariat was sealed, according to the FCTA, because the PDP was owing a ground rent of over...

Wizkid Opens Up On His Wish For Nigeria, Africa

07.06.2025

Award-winning Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has opened up on how he wishes for Nigeria and the African continent to be better governed. Speaking at the premiere of his documentary “Wizkid: Long Live Lagos” at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Friday, Wizkid emphasised that governance is one...

Edo Islamic Council Expresses Appreciation To Gov Okpebholo

07.06.2025

The Edo State Islamic Council has expressed profound gratitude to Governor Monday Okpebholo for his generous donation of rams, cows, and bags of rice to Muslims across the state in celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir festival. In a statement issued in Benin City, the Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Abdulazeez Igbinidu, said the gifts enabled many...

Iwuanyanwu’s Daughter Bemoans State Of Nigeria’s Economy, Insecurity

07.06.2025

Group Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Champion Newspapers Limited, Dr. Nwadiuto Iheakanwa, has decried the current state of Nigeria’s economy, lamenting the hardship caused by the high cost of living and surging inflation. Speaking at the 2024 edition of Champion Newspapers’ annual awards and recognitions in Lagos on Saturday, Iheakanwa said Nigerians are grappling with...

Nnamdi Kanu Has No Case To Answer, IPOB Tells FG, Int’l Community

07.06.2025

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is a prisoner of conscience with no case to answer. The group condemned the Nigerian government and the international community over what it described as the continued prosecution of Kanu on false charges of treasonable felony and terrorism, calling it a...

Turnah Commends Ogbuku’s Developmental Strides In N’Delta

07.06.2025

The Acting Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, George Turnah, has commended Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for his developmental strides across the region, particularly in Bayelsa State. Turnah, speaking during a closed-door meeting with Dr. Ogbuku in Bayelsa, also expressed deep appreciation to...

Community Leader Advocates Unity In Advancing Oil Commission’s Mandate

07.06.2025

A community leader and development advocate, Mr. Femi Meshe, has called for unity and focus in advancing the mandate of the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC). This comes following the recent appointment of Prince Biyi Poroye as Chairman of the commission by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. OSOPADEC oversees the management of 40 percent...

Cross River Diaspora Commission Congratulates Usoro Akpabio

07.06.2025

The Cross River State Diaspora Commission has congratulated Ms. Usoro Akpabio on her appointment as the new Managing Director of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC). In an official letter signed by the Commissioner, Mrs. Barbra Eta, the Commission described Akpabio’s appointment as timely and strategic, expressing confidence in her ability to lead the SSDC at...

Emir Sanusi II Donates N10m To Kano GSM Market Fire Victims

07.06.2025

The Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi II, has donated ₦10 million to victims of the fire that ravaged over 300 shops at Dan Sulaika Plaza in the Farm Centre GSM Market, Kano, on Friday. Emir Sanusi made the donation during a sympathy visit to the market on Saturday, where he met with traders affected...

ICPC Arraigns Ex-Appeal Court Staff Over Job Scam

07.06.2025

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former staff member of the Court of Appeal, Munirat Abdulazeez, in court over her alleged involvement in a job racketeering scam. The Director, Public Enlightenment and Education of the agency, Demola Bakare, made this disclosure in a press statement issued on Saturday,...

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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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