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NDLEA Advocates Drug Integrity Test Before Admission Of Students Into Fedpoly, Oko

06.03.2026

The State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Anambra State Command, CN Onubogu Charles Orakwue, has called for an introduction of a mandatory Drug Integrity Test as a prerequisite for admission into Federal Polytechnic, Oko, and all tertiary institutions across the nation. According to him, this is a national campaign, which was...

TotalEnergies Forecasts N1.32bn Profit For Q2 2026

06.03.2026

TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has projected a profit after tax of about N1.32 billion for the second quarter ending June 2026, according to its financial forecast submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The company’s profit and loss projection shows that it expects to generate revenue of N169.91 billion during the period, while the cost of...

Ebonyi Police Arrest Seven Suspects In Connection With Kidnappin

06.03.2026

Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping of His Royal Highness Eze Francis Igwe This follows the kidnapping of Eze Francis Igwe on Sunday, March 1, 2026, while on his way to attend church service. In a press release with reference AZ:5200/EBS/PPRO/VOL 9/42, signed by the Public Relations Officer,...

Sokoto AGILE Project Invites Bids For Construction Of 56 Schools

06.03.2026

The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project in Sokoto State has commenced the bidding process for the construction of 28 Junior Secondary Schools and 28 Senior Secondary Schools across the state. The flag-off ceremony for the bidding process will be held at the AGILE office along Garba Nadama Road in Sokoto. Speaking...

Address Worsening Humanitarian Situation In Adamawa

06.03.2026

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has appealed to the Federal Government to sustain the support in addressing the worsening humanitarian situation in the State. Fintiri made the appeal Tuesday when he received the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard Mohammed Doro, who paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yola....

After Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria Signals Interest In Hosting AFRIMA

06.03.2026

Algeria has formally expressed interest in hosting a future edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), marking a significant potential expansion of the African Union Commissionbacked Pan-African music platform into North Africa. The development followed a meeting in Abidjan between Algeria’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellency Mohamed Abdelaziz Bouguetaia and the 9th AFRIMA...

Niger Gov Inaugurates Medical Facilities

06.03.2026

Niger State Governor Umaru Bago has inaugurated remodelled medical facilities at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialist Hospital. The facilities to boost tertiary health services to world-class standards have 60-bed portable cabins, an accident and emergency unit, an intensive care unit, a radio-diagnostic suite housing a mammogram, MRI, CT scan, X-ray, and other scanning rooms, among...

Hundred Feared Missing As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Community

06.03.2026

No fewer than a hundred residents of the Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State are feared missing after suspected Boko Haram insurgents carried out a deadly midnight attack on the town. The incident reportedly forced thousands of residents to flee to the neighbouring Pulka community, where many displaced persons are now...

Akanbi-Alade Urges Stronger Inclusion Of Women In Finance

06.03.2026

The Group Chief Operating Officer of Pathway Holdings Limited, Mrs Dolapo Akanbi-Alade, has called for increased inclusion of Nigerian women in finance as the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD) 2026. In a statement issued on Friday, Akanbi-Alade noted that while International Women’s Day (IWD) highlights the need for gender equality, significant progress requires deliberate...

Reps Approve N140bn SEDC 2026 Budget

06.03.2026

The House of Representatives Committee on South East Development Commission (SEDC) has approved the N140 billion proposed budget of the Commission. The proposed budget was approved after its presentation by the Managing Director Mark Okoye at the budget defence session by the committee yesterday. He said: “We’ve also seen the 2026 call circular as published...

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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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