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An Eminently Quintessential Elder Statesman – Alaafin Owoade

17.02.2025

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Akanni Owoade, has described the late leader of factional pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Afenifere as, “an eminently quintessential elderstatesman whose life and times could withstand the tests of time.” Oba Owoade in a statement signed by a member of his media team, Bode Durojaiye, yesterday said Adebanjo...

Okpebholo, Obaseki Clash Over Alleged Stolen LGs’ N96b

17.02.2025

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo and his immediate past predecessor Godwin Obaseki are locked in a battle over the alleged theft of over N96 billion local government funds. The money was allegedly misappropriated by the Obaseki government, the suspended local government chairmen and some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders. A statement by the governor’s Chief...

Lalong Charges Plateau Pilgrims To Pray For Nigeria

17.02.2025

Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District and former Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong has charged intending Christian pilgrims from the State to the holy land to pray for the peace of Nigeria and its leaders. Senator Lalong while addressing the intending Pilgrims at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja said the journey to...

Gov Inuwa Appoints Special Adviser On Security, Senior Special Assistants

17.02.2025

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the appointment of Abubakar Aminu Musa as the Special Adviser on Security. The Governor also appointed some Senior Special Assistants (SSA II) to enhance governance, and community engagement in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, who conveyed the governor’s approval, named...

SERAP Gives CBN 48hrs To Reverse Unlawful ATM Transaction Fee Hike

17.02.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) a 48-hour ultimatum to reverse the “unlawful, unfair, unreasonable, and unjust hike in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees. The CBN announced that from March 1 ATM withdrawals made at a machine owned by a bank but outside its branch...

2025 UTME: JAMB Warns Candidates Against Selection Of Exam Towns

17.02.2025

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday warned candidates sitting the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) against “desperately selecting examination towns”. In a statement, the board said it does not select towns for candidates taking the examination or the optional mock examination. It said the clarification was particularly important as 90 per cent...

NEMA Averts Tanker Explosion In Kaduna

17.02.2025

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday said its operatives have successfully averted a potential tanker explosion in Kaduna State following an accident involving a fully loaded Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS) tanker at Romi New Extension, near Command Junction. The incident, which resulted in a significant fuel spill, posed an immediate threat to lives...

LAWMA Warns Property Owners Against Illegal Recycling Scavenging Activities

17.02.2025

…vows to prosecute violators The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has issued a stern warning to property owners, agents and private occupiers in the state, to henceforth desist from illegal recycling and scavenging in unlicensed facilities. It also advised them to halt indiscriminate sorting, dumping, storing and trading of recyclable waste in their facilities and...

Herdsmen Kill 16 Farmers, Throw Corpses In Benue River

17.02.2025

…Families of slain victims search for corpses in tears …Burnt several houses, scores flee homes As more Local Government Areas in Benue State remain under siege due to persistent armed herdsmen attacks and killings, the insurgents are reported to have killed 16 farmers in Kwande local government area and dropped their bodies inside River Katsina-Ala,...

Prioritise Staff Training Or Risk Aviation Safety

17.02.2025

Former Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation, Dr Harold Demuren, has tasked the Federal Government with sustaining the training of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority Staff (NCAA) for safer civil aviation in Nigeria. Demuren who was DG from 2005 to 2013 and achieved the US FAA Category One status for Nigeria because of the quality of...

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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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