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Late Drama At Anfield As Man City Defeat Liverpool 2-1

08.02.2026

Manchester City defeated Liverpool at Anfield with two late goals from Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva to bring the Premier League title challenge alive on Sunday night, February 8. Silva and Haaland’s penalties snatched victory from the jaws of defeat after Dominik Szoboszlai’s unstoppable 74th-minute free kick. The match began with the usual high intensity,...

FG Inspects N40bn Bauchi-Dindima Road, Records Significant Progress

08.02.2026

The Federal Government has inspected the ongoing rehabilitation of the Bauchi-Dindima Village Road in Bauchi State, expressing satisfaction with the quality and pace of work on the N39.9 billion project. The inspection was carried out by the media team of the Federal Ministry of Works on Sunday along the 35.4-kilometre road linking Bauchi metropolis with...

Cancellation Of Monday’s Sit-At-Home Path To Progress For S’East

08.02.2026

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has commended the cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home, describing it as a path to progress and economic recovery for the South East zone. The apex socio-political youth group in the South East geopolitical zone said the order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) marked a significant...

Nigeria To Recognise Excellence In Public Enterprise Governance

08.02.2026

The Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) is set to announce the inaugural MOFI Excellence Awards, scheduled for Q2 2026. This milestone event underscores MOFI’s commitment to promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance across Federal Government-owned enterprises, MOFI said in a statement issued. The MOFI Excellence Awards are a culmination of the Ministry’s efforts to establish...

Gov Otu’s Chief Of Protocol Dedicates ‘Miracle’ Son After 14 Years

08.02.2026

After what was an emotionally agonizing fourteen years of patient waiting, silent tears, and unbroken faith, joy finally dawned on the household of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Abang, the Chief of Protocol to Cross River State Governor Bassey Edet Otu, with the birth of a baby boy, an event the family describes as “a divine...

Osun ALGON Orders Release Of Vouchers For Workers’ Salaries, Pensions

08.02.2026

The Forum of Local Government Chairmen in Osun State, under the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), has directed senior local government workers, including directors, Heads of Local Government Administration (HLA), and the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), to immediately release vouchers and payment schedules for salaries, pensions, impress,...

Group Petitions FG, Alleges Plot By Kefas To Install Brother

08.02.2026

Tension is mounting at the Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, following allegations that Governor Agbu Kefas was attempting to influence the appointment of his brother, Dr Benjamin Kefas, as the next ViceChancellor of the institution. The allegation was contained in a petition submitted to the Federal Ministry of Education by a group, Concerned Persons with...

HEDA Petitions CJN Over Kwankwaso’s Comment

08.02.2026

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, requesting an investigation into public comments made by a former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, regarding alleged visits to Supreme Court Justices during the legal dispute arising from the 2019 Kano State governorship...

British Council Provides Showcase Spaces For Nigerian Creatives

08.02.2026

British Council Nigeria has taken a significant step to support the country’s creative industry by providing showcase spaces for Nigerian creatives. Speaking during a press briefing held in Abuja, the Program Manager for Arts at the British Council in Nigeria, Uju Dubas Abassi, informed that the organization has identified space as a major challenge facing...

Tinubu Charges Nigerian Youth On Accountability

08.02.2026

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian youths to embrace discipline, accountability, and innovation to achieve a productive life in the country. Tinubu gave the advice at the weekend during the 10th convocation ceremony of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) in Ekiti State, where a total of 7,684 graduands, comprising undergraduates and postgraduate students, were convoked....

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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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