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Police Rescue Two NDDC Kidnapped Staff In Bayelsa

09.03.2025

Operation Puff Adder-led by DSP Chris Nwaogbo has successfully rescued two top staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) who were kidnapped on Friday in Bayelsa State by suspected kidnappers. They were kidnapped along the river on the way to the Ayakoro community in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the hometown...

Ogun Govt Hails FG’s Adoption Of TASUED As Federal University

09.03.2025

The Ogun State Government has commended the Federal Government for its decision to adopt the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) as a federal institution. The state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, said that the move by the Federal Government will bring positive...

Ex-Chairmen Knock Those Threatening To Unleash Violence In Rivers

09.03.2025

Former members of the Association of Local Government Nigeria (ALGON) who are Chairmen from Ijaw-dominated LGAs in Rivers State have condemned what they refer to as empty threats by non-state actors to unleash violence in Rivers State if there is any attempt to impeach the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, following the Supreme Court’s judgement. The...

Multiple Crashes Bring Lagos-Ibadan Expressway To Standstill

09.03.2025

Series of accidents involving two trucks and several other vehicles caused severe traffic congestion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near the NASFAT roundabout on Sunday morning. The crashes, which occurred around 7 am, left motorists stranded and chaos on the road. The emergency responders from the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, the Federal Road...

NCDMB Acquires 20% Equity In 100kbpd Refinery Project

09.03.2025

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has sealed a deal to acquire 20 per cent equity in a 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery project being established by African Refinery Group Ltd, in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd). The share purchase agreement for this investment according to a statement...

Insecurity: We’ll Partner Communities To Tackle Crime

09.03.2025

The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, CP Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, has read riot acts to criminals, especially kidnappers terrorizing different parts of the state. Afolabi said the state police command, security agencies, and the communities have mapped out a strategy to flush criminals from the state. He, however, listed some of the challenges of...

Kwara Police Confirms Murder Of MACBAN Chairman, Abubakar

09.03.2025

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Idris Abubakar, the State Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), who was shot dead on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the entrance of his residence in Oke Ose, Oke-Oyi. A statement by the spokesperson of the Kwara State Police Command, Adetoun...

Govts Alerted On Implications Of Having More Universities Without Adequate Planning

09.03.2025

A professor of history, Akinjide Osuntokun has drawn the attention of government at all levels to the Critical implications of establishing more Universities at both the Federal and State levels without adequate planning and proper Funding. The Don who spoke on Sunday stated that such an act is inimical to the prospect of the future...

Mustapha Mourns Bishop Atoyebi

09.03.2025

The lawmaker representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, Senator Saliu Mustapha, has joined the Christian community in mourning the passing of Bishop Emeritus Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, who passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025. In a condolence message, Mustapha described the late Bishop as a selfless spiritual leader whose service to the Catholic Diocese of...

Ogun Approves Reconstruction Of Additional 11 Roads

09.03.2025

The e Ogun State Government has approved 11 roads, spread across the three senatorial districts in the state, for reconstruction. The approval which was part of the outcome of the State Executive Council the meeting held over the weekend, presided over by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Notable among the roads is the Akute Bridge to Agbado...

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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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