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RCCG Youth Gift Over 2,000 Children Back-To-School Items

19.09.2025

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Youth Province 1, Festac, has launched a large-scale Back To School Drive that equipped more than 2,000 children with learning essentials ahead of the new academic term. According to a statement issued on Thursday, the outreach cut across all parishes under the province, where pupils were handed schoolbags,...

Ubi Franklin Explains Why Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy May Never Collaborate

19.09.2025

Nigerian music executive, Ubi Franklin, has revealed why fans may never see a collaboration between Afrobeats’ globally celebrated ‘Big 3’, Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy. Speaking on a recent episode of the Afropolitan Podcast, Franklin stated that the industry dynamics and the superstars’ positions as the leading faces of Afrobeats make them more rivals than...

Reserved Seats Bill, Pursuit For Inclusive Governance Not Tokenism

19.09.2025

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said that the bill seeking to create reserved seats for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly is not an act of tokenism but a pursuit to increase women’s political representation for a more inclusive governance and equitable society. Kalu, who...

Amotekun Bursts Kidnap Syndicate, Arrests Armourer In Ondo

19.09.2025

The Ondo State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, has arrested one of the armourers of kidnappers and suspected kidnappers who have been terrorising different parts of the state. The Commander of the security outfit, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, who disclosed this on Friday, said the men of the command arrested 51 suspected criminals in the state forests...

…Says Hamzat Remains Trusted Ally At 61

19.09.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has celebrated his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on his 61st birthday. He praised him for his long years of dedicated and meritorious service to Lagos State and Nigeria. The governor described Hamzat, who clocks 61 today, as a trusted, dedicated and committed public officer who is passionate about the...

Sanwo-Olu Seeks Deeper Ties With UAE

19.09.2025

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday expressed his administration’s willingness to deepen bilateral ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to drive growth and development. He said this during a courtesy visit by the Consul-General of UAE, Salem Aljaberi. Sanwo-Olu, represented by his deputy Obafemi Hamzat, expressed willingness to partner with the UAE for mutual...

Nigeria Ready To Host Africa’s First C’Wealth Games In 2030, Says Tinubu

19.09.2025

Presidential Bola Tinubu has said that the country was ready to host the first Africa’s Commonwealth Games in 2030. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, the President gave this assurance yesterday while welcoming the Commonwealth Sport Bid Evaluation Committee to Abuja at the Presidential Villa. He reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to hosting an inclusive,...

Banana Island, Lekki, Ikoyi Hit As Lagos Halts Land Reclamation Projects

19.09.2025

The Lagos State Government yesterday ordered the immediate suspension of all reclamation projects across the state, citing grave environmental and social risks posed by indiscriminate land reclamation. In a statement, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab expressed concern over the proliferation of unregulated reclamation works on wetlands, floodplains, and lagoons in...

D’Tigers Drop To 53rd Position

19.09.2025

Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, has suffered a significant drop in the latest world rankings released by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), slipping from 42nd to 53rd position. The new ranking, published in September, comes after a busy summer of global basketball competitions, including the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket tournament in Angola, where D’Tigers reached...

Ondo Makes Sexual Harassment Punishable By Dismissal

19.09.2025

The Ondo State Head of Service (HoS) Bayo Philip, yesterday said the new extant rules guiding the public service in the state have dismissal and criminal prosecution for offence of sexual harassment in the service. He said this yesterday in Akure during the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Retired Heads of Service and...

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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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