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Anambra Govt Seal Church Over Ritual Practices

17.02.2025

The Anambra State Government has sealed off a popular church known as River Bethsaida run by Pastor Onyebuchi Okocha, also known as “Onye Eze Jesus”, over alleged involvement in controversial “Oke-ite” traditional practice. New Telegraph gathered that the church located in Amafor village, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state was sealed...

Court Jails Man For Trafficking 1.3kg Of Tramadol To Cyprus

17.02.2025

Justice Yellim Bogoro of a Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Okenwa Kelvin Uchenna, to five years in prison for attempting to export 1.3 kilograms of tramadol, a psychotropic substance, to Cyprus. The judge handed down the sentence after Uchenna pleaded guilty to a threecount charge of conspiracy, unlawful export and...

Stop Relying On Foreign Aid, Okonjo-Iweala Urges African Leaders

17.02.2025

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on African leaders to stop depending on foreign aid and focus on domestic resources to drive economic growth. While speaking on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) meeting in Ethiopia, Okonjo-Iweala advised that foreign aid should be considered a thing of...

EU Commits To Adoption Of Clean Cooking Methods In Nigeria

17.02.2025

Disturbed that only 30 per cent of Nigeria’s population was adopting clean cooking methods, the European Union (EU) has said it was supporting Nigeria’s energy transition through sustainable cooking solutions that were cleaner and affordable, particularly in rural areas. The EU noted that prioritising clean cooking solutions would help to reduce reliance on fuel, and ...

Katsina LG Poll: APC Sweeps All 34 LGAs

17.02.2025

Katsina LG Poll: APC Sweeps All 34 LGAs

Only 9 Northern States Have Slots Available For Mock UTME –JAMB

17.02.2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said only nine northern states; Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, and Yobe, have available slots for candidates willing to sit for this year’s optional Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This came as the spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Sunday...

How Orji Kalu Championed Agricultural Development In Abia –Ex-SSG Eme Okoro

17.02.2025

Former Secretary to the Abia State Government (SSG), Dr Eme Okoro, has shed light on how former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu made efforts to boost agriculture during his administration (1999-2007). Okoro stated this in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, where he lamented the persistent neglect of the agricultural sector by Nigerian leaders. When asked if...

Ndume Urges FG To Investigate Claim USAID Funded Boko Haram

17.02.2025

The Senator representing Borno South in the 10th Senate, Ali Ndume, has called on the Nigerian government to thoroughly investigate the claims of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, funding Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations. Ndume’s call came against the backdrop of an allegation made by Pennsylvanian Republican lawmaker, Scot Perry that...

Aviation Minister’s Visit To Ethiopian Airlines Facilities Fuels National Carrier Project Revival

17.02.2025

The visit of Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, and his delegates to Ethiopian Airlines facilities in Addis Ababa, has led to insinuations that the Federal Government may still have the intention of reviving the suspended Nigeria Air projected, which Keyamo and others have termed “not transparent” and one “skewed against the...

Proposed Truck Ban’ll Cost Fuel Tanker Owners N300bn –NARTO

17.02.2025

The Federal Government’s plan to ban 60,000-litre capacity tankers from highways because of the rising cases of accidents involving fuel tankers could cost tanker owners N300 billion investments, the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has warned. NARTO President, Yusuf Othman, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, blamed bad road...

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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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