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UniAbuja Gets ₦4bn TETFund, FMOE Boost For Health Sciences Expansion

31.01.2026

The University of Abuja has secured a ₦4 billion grant under the 2026 Special Intervention for Health Professions (SHIP), a joint programme of the Federal Ministry of Education (FMOE) and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The institution emerged as one of six universities nationwide selected for the intervention following a successful competitive application submitted...

UNICEF Celebrates Jigawa As First To Achieve Open Defecation

31.01.2026

..Build 16,600 School Toilets The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said the Jigawa State Government have achieved open defecation problems, becoming a role model for other States to copy. Speaking during a two-day Media Workshop on Wash, Hygiene, Clean Environment programme for Primary Schools in Dutse, Jigawa State, over the weekend, the officer in...

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31.01.2026

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Tasfued Reacts to Allegation Over Honourary Doctorate Degrees

31.01.2026

The management of Tai Solarin Federal University of Education (TASFUED) has cleared the air on the award of honourary degrees to deserving individuals in the country. In a statement issued on Friday titled; “Award Of Honouria Causa By The Tai Solarin Federal University of Education: Putting The Records Straight,” the Registrar and Secretary to Council...

Court Nullifies PDP Nat’l Convention, Sacks Turaki

31.01.2026

A Federal High Court sitting in Iba has nullified the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15, 2025. At the convention held at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, (SAN), was elected as the PDP National Chairman. The convention, which drew delegates from all 36...

…Ibadan Judgment Academic, Can’t Stand – PDP

31.01.2026

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Oyo State judgement, which nullified last year’s national convention that elected the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN led National Working Committee (NWC), is academic as there are pending appeals before the Court of Appeal on the matter. Turaki, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, however...

Customs Hands Over Seized Arms, Ammunition to NCCSALW

31.01.2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) Command, has handed over a cache of seized arms and ammunition to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The items are five pistols of different makes, one Crossman Pump Master rifle, 132 rounds of Remington live cartridges,...

NIMR Alerts Public To Fake LinkedIn Account Impersonating DG

31.01.2026

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos, has alerted members of the public to the existence of a fake LinkedIn account impersonating the Director-General of the Institute, Prof John Oladapo Obafunwa, and being used to send fraudulent messages to unsuspecting individuals. The Media Consultant to the institute, Mr Sam Eferaro, in a statement,...

Ndume Sympathises With Military Over Casualties in Foiled Boko Haram/Iswap Clashes

31.01.2026

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has commiserated with the troops of Theatre Command North East Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ (OPHK), members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and families of those killed during an encounter with Boko Ha- ram/ISWAP terrorists in Sabon Gari village. He also extended his sympathies to the...

NNPC Ltd Unveils Gas Master Plan 2.0

31.01.2026

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has officially unveiled its Gas Master Plan (GMP) 2026, tagged; “NGMP 2026.” The Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Andy Odeh, said in a statement yesterday that the development is part of ongoing efforts to reposition Nigeria’s gas sector as the engine room of national industrialisation, energy...

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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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