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Oyo Govt Pledges Support For Slain Journalist’s Family

16.09.2025

The Oyo State Government has pledged support for the family of slain journalist, Mr. Ojo Peter, who was killed by yet-to-be-identified armed robbers in Ibadan, the state capital. Peter was reportedly killed on August 18, though news of his death only emerged three weeks later. Acting Governor, Chief Bayo Lawal, gave the assurance during a...

Yusuf’s Commitment To Justice Reforms, Welfare Gaining Ground – AG

16.09.2025

The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Haruna Isa Dederi, has said the state government’s commitment to justice reforms and improved welfare for workers is already yielding results. Speaking during an inspection of newly completed offices for over 70 newly recruited staff deployed to the ministry, Dederi said the initiative reflects Governor...

SIFAX Donates ICT Centre, Market To Ogun Communities

16.09.2025

SIFAX Group has commissioned a series of community projects aimed at improving the social, economic, and spiritual lives of residents in Isade-Elero and Pampa-Isade, Ijebu North-East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The newly inaugurated projects include the Chief Samson Afolabi Centre for Information and Technology Services, a 100-seater ICT hub, the Isade Central Mosque,...

Otuaro Plans Quality Furniture, Woodwork Training For PAP Beneficiaries

16.09.2025

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, on Monday visited the Julius Berger Nigeria Plc Associated Furniture Producers (AFP) Showroom and its industrial factory in Abuja, as part of efforts to deepen the implementation of the programme’s objectives. Otuaro also visited PrimeTech, an international firm specialising in sustainable design and construction...

N11,000 Charged Airlines Per Flight By NAMA Grossly Inadequate – DG

16.09.2025

The Director General of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Farouk Umar, has described the ₦11,000 currently charged airlines per flight by the agency as grossly inadequate and unsustainable given prevailing economic realities. Umar made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing stakeholders at a retreat organised by the House of Representatives Committee...

NCDC Takes Off As Nasarawa Govt Donates Temporary Office, Housing

16.09.2025

Chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum and Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has pledged to rally the support of his colleagues for the smooth take-off of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), with headquarters in Lafia. Governor Sule made the pledge on Tuesday while donating a fully furnished temporary office accommodation to the...

NAPTIP Rescues Eight Trafficked Children In Delta

16.09.2025

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday said it has rescued eight children suspected of having been stolen from northern states and trafficked to the south. This was contained in a statement issued by NAPTIP’s spokesperson, Vincent Adekoye, titled ‘NAPTIP rescues eight suspected stolen children from a popular orphanage...

Eradiri Urges Tinubu To Send Subsidy Funds To Devt Agencies, Not Governors

16.09.2025

Former Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Engineer Udengs Eradiri, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to bypass state governors and channel subsidy removal funds directly to development agencies across the country. Eradiri said routing the funds through agencies would ensure that the benefits of subsidy removal reach Nigerians faster and support the...

Flood Destroys Homes In Adamawa, Renders Many Homeless

16.09.2025

Following the Federal Government’s prediction of severe flooding in certain states, dozens of residents in Adamawa State have evacuated their homes due to severe flooding. New Telegraph reports that the rain, which began by 4 am and lasted till 12 noon on Tuesday, left residents of Damilu battling to save their family members, as their...

Edo Forum Of Patriots Applauds Ize-Iyamu’s Appointment As UBTH CMD

16.09.2025

The Edo Forum of Patriots (EFP) has applauded the appointment of Prof. Idia Ize-Iyamu as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Edo State. In a statement signed by Amb. Aiyamenkhue Edokpolo, Representative of the Board of Trustees, and Hon. Pascal Ugbome, Chairman of the Transition Management...

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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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