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Kwara LGs Enjoy Autonomy, Says Ifelodun Council Boss

25.09.2025

The Chairman of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State, Hadji AbdulRasheed Yusuf, has declared that local government councils in the state enjoy full autonomy, with no excuse not to deliver dividends of democracy to the people. Speaking in Ilorin on Wednesday during a media briefing to mark his first year in office, Yusuf attributed...

Kebbi Deputy Gov Seeks Deployment Of Women In Immunization Campaigns

25.09.2025

The Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Umar Abubakar Tafida, has called for the active engagement of women health officers in house-to-house sensitization efforts on immunizations across the state. Speaking at a meeting of the Taskforce Committee on Immunizations in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, Tafida said deploying women officers for mobilization would enhance compliance with...

EU, UNICEF, ILO Commend Gov Otti’s Poverty Alleviation Policy

25.09.2025

Three international development partners, the European Union (EU), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have applauded Abia State Governor Alex Otti for his poverty alleviation policy during the launch of the Supporting Sustainable Social Protection System in Nigeria (SUSI) project in Umuahia. Speaking at the event, the EU Ambassador to...

FG To Provide 5 Million Free Glasses, 25,000 Cataract Surgeries By 2027

25.09.2025

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to provide at least five million free eyeglasses and conduct 25,000 cataract surgeries nationwide by the end of 2027, as part of efforts to improve access to quality eye care and reduce preventable blindness. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, disclosed this during a...

Stakeholders Call For Inclusion Of Men, Boys In Anti-FGM Advocacy

25.09.2025

A female genital mutilation (FGM) consultant, Mrs. Aderonke Olutayo, has called for the active inclusion of men and boys in campaigns aimed at eliminating the harmful practice of FGM in Nigeria. Olutayo noted that the exclusion of men from most FGM dialogues has contributed to the persistence of the age-long tradition in many communities. Speaking...

C’River Community Reconciles After Six-Year Traditional Tussle

25.09.2025

After six years of leadership tussle, peace has finally returned to Henshaw Town in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, as principal actors in the long-standing traditional conflict have reconciled. The crisis, which pitted loyalists of the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area, HRM Etubom Nyong Efiom Okon, against supporters of the late Etubom...

FG Moves To Restart Oil Production In Ogoniland

25.09.2025

…as Tinubu confers posthumous honours on Ogoni 4, 31 years after President Bola Tinubu has said his government is ready to restart oil production in Ogoni land even as he conferred posthumous honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on four late leaders from the region, popularly known as the ‘Ogoni Four”....

Six Rescued As Building Collapses In Lagos

25.09.2025

No fewer than six persons were rescued on Wednesday after a two-storey building collapsed on Modupeola Street, Mangoro, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. Confirming the development in a statement issued on his Instagram handle, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said operatives of the Lagos State Emergency...

Ahead Coronation: Ladoja’s Emergence’ll Modernise Ibadan For Positive Devt –Prof Falola

25.09.2025

A renowned Professor of African Studies, Toyin Falola, has declared that the emergence of Oba Rashidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland will, no doubt, bring modernisation to the ancient city. The Ibadan-born historian who identified the former governor’s political experience, business acumen and status as a statesman and administrator, said the qualities earned...

Bonny Residents Seek NLNG, I0Cs’ Assistance To Tackle Flooding

25.09.2025

Residents of Bonny in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State have called on the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Bonny to come to their aid in tackling flooding. The residents regretted that series of floods have caused damages in Bonny communities and that they need urgent...

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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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