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Priscilla Ojo Responds To Wedding Shoe Trolls

27.10.2025

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla Ojo, has hit back at critics who slammed her for wearing her wedding shoes to a recent event. Priscilla, a social media influencer, noted that her life will go the way she wants, and as long as her family, friends, and honest fans are happy, the opinions of others...

Illicit Drugs: Reps Summon NAFDAC, Police, Others

27.10.2025

The House of Representatives has invited critical stakeholders including the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Federal Ministries of Health and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to submit memoranda ahead of its probe into the prevalence in the use, trafficking and regulation of illicit drugs...

‘Unmet’ Demands: Resident Doctors To Begin Indefinite Strike Nov 1

27.10.2025

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it will begin an indefinite nationwide strike on November 1. NARD President, Mohammad Suleiman, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, saying the strike directive was issued after the expiration of a 30-day ultimatum earlier given to the Federal Government over unresolved demands. This latest action comes...

Osun 2026: APC Youths Differ Over Zoning Agitation Of Guber Ticket

27.10.2025

As primary election of the All Progressives Congress to elect its flag bearer for the 2026 Gubernatorial election draws nearer, youth leaders within the party have engaged in verbal war over the zoning agitation. Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had announced that its primary for the August 8, 2026 governorship election in Osun...

Crypto Activity In Nigeria Surges To $50bn Amid Weak Participation

27.10.2025

The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has revealed that Nigeria witnessed over $50 billion worth of cryptocurrency transactions between July 2023 and June 2024, highlighting the increasing sophistication and risk appetite of local investors many of whom operate outside the traditional capital market framework. Speaking while delivering a lead...

APMT Donates Medical Equipment To Boost Maternal Health

27.10.2025

APM Terminals Apapa has donated vital medical equipment to the Simpson Primary Healthcare Centre in Ebute Metta, Lagos as part of its ongoing commitment to improving maternal health and supporting its host communities through corporate social responsibility. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Frederik Klinke, expressed his delight at the initiative, describing it...

UNICEF, Rotary Partner To Sustain Polio-Free Nigeria

27.10.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Rotary International have reaffirmed their joint commitment to sustaining Nigeria’s polio-free status through renewed collaboration with government and community stakeholders. Speaking at an event in Bauchi to mark World Polio Day, UNICEF Global Special Behavioral Change Manager and Head of World Polio Outbreak Response, Dr Panchanan Achari, said...

Bauchi Gov Pays Homage To New Emir, Pledges Grassroots Support

27.10.2025

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reaffirmed his commitment to grassroots development and traditional institutions during a homecoming visit to his ancestral town of Duguri in Alkaleri Local Government Area. The governor over the weekend, who was received by a jubilant crowd, visited the palace of the newly appointed Emir of Duguri, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed...

Adamawa ADC Crisis Deepens As Two Parallel C’ttees Emerge

27.10.2025

As the internal crisis rocking the leadership of the Adamawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) continues, a new new twist unfolded yesterday as the party’s Zonal Working Committee inaugurated a parallel caretaker executive. The inauguration, which was led by the Assistant National Organising Secretary and North East Zonal Organising Secretary of the...

Tinubu Inaugurates 7 New Projects At UNILORIN

27.10.2025

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated some newly completed landmark projects at the University of Ilorin as part of activities marking the institution’s 40th convocation ceremonies. The projects include the Faculty of Social Sciences Building, a Block of Four Lecture Halls for the Faculties of Social Sciences and Management Sciences, the Department of English Drama Studio...

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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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