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Oyo Police Foil, Arrest Armed Robbery Suspect, Recover Tanker

17.03.2026

…apprehend four cattle rustlers in Ibarapa Oyo State Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robber along the Ogbomoso–Ilorin Expressway. According to the State Public Relations Officer, Ayanlade Olayinka, preliminary investigation revealed that a joint patrol team comprising Police operatives and local vigilantes encountered armed robbers at Egbeda Village via Ogbomoso. The hoodlums had blocked...

NDDC Moves Against Project Vandalism In N’Delta Communities

17.03.2026

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has declared its readiness to ensure that vandals no longer have their way in vandalising critical infrastructure projects in the communities that make up the Niger Delta region. The NDDC made the resolve at a one-day capacity-building programme for stakeholders on community ownership and protection of the NDDC project...

REA-Lotus Bank ₦100bn MoU Hits First Milestone With ₦7.4bn 7MW Ebonyi Mini-Grid Project

17.03.2026

Barely weeks after the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and Lotus Bank signed a landmark ₦100 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the partnership has begun to yield fruit as Ventura Logistics Services has secured ₦7.4 billion in financing to deploy renewable energy infrastructure across eight key sites in Ebonyi State. This funding, backed by the Distributed...

NGX Gains N1.97trn As BUA Cement, Zenith Bank Lead

17.03.2026

The Nigerian equities market extended its bullish momentum on Monday, March 16, as investors pushed the benchmark index higher, lifting the total market capitalisation by about N1.97 trillion at the close of trading. Data from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) showed that the market capitalisation rose from N127.36 trillion on Friday to N129.33 trillion today,...

AGN Bags Prestigious Award At Grand Unveiling of The Compatriots Newspaper

16.03.2026

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has been honoured with a special recognition award during the unveiling ceremony of The Compatriots Newspaper held at the NERDC Conference Center, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. The colourful event brought together dignitaries, media practitioners, and stakeholders from different sectors who gathered to witness the official launch of the new publication...

Remi Surutu Rallies Support For Tinubu’s Re-Election Bid

16.03.2026

Nollywood actress Remi Surutu has declared her full support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in the forthcoming 2027 general election. Surutu, who spoke during the launch of EKO57, a support group that was designed to mobilise public support for the president’s second term. Speaking at the event, Surutu dismissed concerns about public criticism, citing...

UNICEF Urges Journalists To Protect Children’s Identity

16.03.2026

Journalists have been charged with protecting the rights of children by avoiding the disclosure of their identities in reports, in order to prevent them from being exposed to the public. The appeal was made during a two-day training workshop organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation on Ethical...

FG Uncovers Smear Campaign Plot Ahead Of Tinubu’s UK Visit

16.03.2026

The Federal Government yesterday raised the alarm over an alleged plot by an embattled mining firm, Jupiter Ltd, to orchestrate what it described as a campaign of calumny against Nigeria during the ongoing state visit of President Bola Tinubu to the United Kingdom. The plot, according to the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD), is...

Inflation Drops Slightly To 15.06% In February

16.03.2026

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased marginally to 15.06 per cent in February 2026. According to the report, the CPI rose to 130.0 in February 2026 from 127.4 in January, reflecting a 2.6-point increase within the month. The report noted...

UNICEF Calls For Urgent Upgrade Of Public Schools

16.03.2026

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on government authorities to urgently upgrade public schools across Nigeria in order to salvage and restore the declining standard of education in the country, especially in the northern region. UNICEF expressed concern that the deteriorating condition of public schools continues to affect the quality of learning 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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