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Positive Reports Boost Military Actions – CDS

24.04.2025

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has said that positive reports from journalists serve as boosters for security personnel. Musa, who spoke at a one-day workshop for journalists, tasked media professionals on the importance of patriotism in their reporting. Represented by the Deputy Director of Training Maritime at the Defence Headquarters, Commodore Shuibu...

Kwara South Leaders Hail Tinubu For All-Inclusive Appointments

24.04.2025

A group under the aegis of the Traditional Rulers and Leaders of Thought in the Kwara South Senatorial District of Kwara State has strongly defended all the appointments made so far by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, saying that they align with and respect the Federal Character Principles. In a veiled reference to accusations by some...

Sokoto Urged To Aid Reintegration Of Ex-Boko Haram Fighters

24.04.2025

The Special Adviser on Security to the Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Usman (rtd), has urged the State government to enhance its support systems to complement the military’s ongoing counterinsurgency operations. His call is aimed at ensuring the successful reintegration of 390 repentant Boko Haram members who have completed the Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (DRR)...

Tinubu’s Govt Set To Revitalize Jos Inland Dry Port

24.04.2025

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Pius Ukeyima Akutah, has disclosed that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is committed to completing and revitalizing the long-abandoned Jos Inland Dry Port located in Heipang, near the Yakubu Gowon Airport in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Akutah made this known...

Zamfara Speaker Condemns Parallel Sitting By Suspended Members

24.04.2025

The Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Isma’il Moriki, has condemned the sitting held on Wednesday by a faction of suspended lawmakers, led by the factional Speaker, Bashar Aliyu Gummi. Speaking to newsmen in his office on Thursday, Bilyaminu stated that the sitting was illegal, as the members involved are currently under...

FG Announces Schedule For Youth Economic Intervention

24.04.2025

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD), has announced the schedule for the Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP). The programme aims to support youth farmers, as well as food and agro-allied entrepreneurs in Nigeria. According to the ministry, the application period for the programme will end on May 31,...

Teachers, Others Protest Over Unpaid Allowances In FCT

24.04.2025

Primary school teachers and members of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) on Thursday stormed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to protest unpaid allowances. It will be recalled that the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and ALGON in the FCT have shut down public primary schools and essential services across the six Area...

PenCom Recovers N1.58bn From Defaulting Employers

24.04.2025

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) yesterday announced the recovery of N1.58 billion from defaulting employers. D i r e c t o r- G e n e r a l Omolola Oloworaran made the anoucement in Kano during the First Run 2025 Consultative Forum for States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to her,...

APC Welcomes Oborevwori, Assures Support, Cooperation

24.04.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday in Abuja, assured Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of its support and cooperation as he formally defected to the party. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, gave the assurance in a statement while welcoming the governor to the APC. He said the APC was highly elated by...

Finally, FG Designates Tinubu Airport As Alternative To Abuja Airport

24.04.2025

The Federal Government yesterday designated the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport Minna as the official alternative to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo made the declaration during the inauguration of commercial flight operations by Overland Airways from the airport. He said plans were on to deploy...

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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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