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Abductors Give Condition For Ex-Imo Legislator’s Release

15.09.2025

The abductors of former Imo State House of Assembly member Ngozi Ogbu have threatened to execute him on Tuesday if the government fails to withdraw security forces from a particular location in Okigwe. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief was abducted a week ago by gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of...

Kano Electricity Restores Power At AKTH Hospital

15.09.2025

The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), after a series of reports against the power outages at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital resulting in the death of an ICU patient, has restored power to the place. In a statement signed by the Company Spokesperson, Bala Sani, the company clarified that electricity supply to AKTH has since...

Security Operatives Reassure Kwara Residents Of Safety After Omu-Aran Protests

15.09.2025

The Commander of 22 Armoured Brigade, Brigadier General Ezra Barkins, alongside Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, and the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Michael Oganwu, has reassured residents of Omu-Aran in Ifelodun and Isin Local Government Areas of their safety following violent youth protests over rising cases of kidnapping. According...

Uproar In Delta As NDDC Road Collapses After One Year

15.09.2025

Amuokpokpor-Elume community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to return to site and reconstruct the collapsed road it flagged off after one year. The failed road connected all agrarian communities within the Sapele Local Government Area. The appeal came after several complaints were allegedly ignored...

NHGSFP Policy: FG To Feed 50m Pupils In 2026

15.09.2025

The Federal Government says it is working to expand the National HomeGrown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) to 50 million primary school pupils in 2026, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) National Programme Manager Aderemi Adebowale said this in Abuja. She said: “We are working to include early...

FRSC Redeploys Senior Officers For Effective Service Delivery Nationwide

15.09.2025

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Malam Shehu Mohammed, has approved the posting of senior officers for effective service delivery nationwide. This is contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Olusegun Ogungbemide, yesterday Abuja. The Corps Marshal said the posting included a new Corps Secretary, four Assistant Corps Marshals...

DBI Partners Plateau Govt To Unveil State-Of-The-Art Digital Campus

15.09.2025

The Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) has partnered with the Plateau State Government to establish a state-of-the-art campus in Jos, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s digital workforce and driving inclusive socio-economic growth. To actualize the project, Governor Caleb Mutfwang and DBI President David Daser have inaugurated a Joint Technical Working Group (JTWG) to oversee planning, coordination, and...

UNN Restricts All Social Activities After 6pm

15.09.2025

The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has restricted all social activities on the campus after 6 pm daily. Mr Inya Egwu, the Acting Public Relations Officer of the university, who made this announcement in a statement issued on Monday, noted that the curfew became necessary after the murder of Chiebonam Nweze on...

2027: Ovuakporie Backs Oborevwori For Re-Election

15.09.2025

The Immediate past Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretary Nick Ovuakporie yesterday tipped Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to win the 2027 governorship poll by a landslide. In a statement, the governor’s Executive Assistant (Political) praised Oborevwori’s leadership, referring to him as the state’s ‘development Czar’. Ovuakporie said: “Governor Oborevwori’s tenure has been defined by a...

Rabbit Farming Offers ‘Silent Wealth’ For Nigerians, Says NGO

15.09.2025

The All Rabbit Breeders Development Forum (ARBADEF) has said rabbit farming is a viable pathway to wealth creation for Nigerians. Speaking during a two-day capacity-building training in Abuja, the Chairman of the body in the FCT Lois Auta highlighted the growing economic opportunities in rabbit farming and its potential to improve livelihoods. She said the...

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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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