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Security Stepped Up Ahead Of Soludo 2nd Term Inauguration

15.03.2026

Security operations and sensitisation campaigns have been stepped up ahead of the second term inauguration of Governor Charles Soludo coming up Tuesday. Similarly, activities towards the ceremony commences today with an interdenominational church service at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Awka, which would be followed by the inauguration proper. According to two separate statements signed...

Group Tasks Tinubu To Guarantee Crude Oil Supply To Local Refineries To Curb Rising Fuel Prices

15.03.2026

The Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise the direct supply of crude oil to domestic refineries, particularly the Dangote Refinery, as part of urgent measures to mitigate the rising cost of petrol linked to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The association made the appeal amid...

Ortom Charges Benue Youths To Shun Political Thuggery

15.03.2026

The immediate past Governor of Benue State and Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Samuel Ortom, yesterday urged youths to shun violence and resist attempts by individuals to use them as political thugs. Chief Ortom advised while speaking at the burial of elder statesman and former Chairman of the PDP...

Nigeria’s Food Import Bill Rises By 265% To N7.65trn In 3 Years

15.03.2026

Nigeria’s food import bill has surged to N7.65 trillion in 2025, highlighting a growing dependence on foreign food supplies and raising fresh concerns about the country’s long-term food security. Latest Foreign Trade Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that spending on imported food and beverages has climbed sharply in recent years...

APC Accuses ADC Of Misleading Nigerians On Poverty Rate Report

15.03.2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of deliberately misleading Nigerians over a recent report on the country’s rising poverty rate, insisting that ongoing economic reforms by the Federal Government remained necessary for long-term national recovery. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, described...

APC Convention: N’central Leaders Back Yilwatda For Re-election

15.03.2026

Ahead of the forthcoming National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), some party chieftains from the North-Central zone have thrown their weight behind the National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, urging delegates to support his reelection. The party leaders, who spoke with Sunday Telegraph on condition of anonymity, said Yilwatda had stabilised the ruling party within...

PDP Crisis: Wike’s Faction Upbeat

15.03.2026

The faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in the leadership imbroglio in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seems determined to dictate the terms of reconciliation with the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led faction. The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party had after its expanded meeting on Wednesday, decided to...

Ondo Rejects Alleged Dissolution Of State Executive Committee

15.03.2026

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, has dismissed the claims that its State Executive Committee(SEC) had been dissolved, describing the purported directive as misleading and lacking constitutional backing. The Chairman of the party, Hon Dupe Aisida, said the leadership of the party in the state remained intact and fully operational, insisting that no...

CBN Orders One ATM Per 7,500 Payment Cards By 2028

15.03.2026

As part of efforts to boost access to cash, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated that all banks and card issuers must deploy at least one Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for every 7,500 payment cards issued. According to the, “Guidelines on the Operations of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in Nigeria,” issued by the...

Drops Affidavit Requirement For Dormant Account Reactivation

15.03.2026

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dropped the mandatory requirement for affidavits when customers seek to reactivate dormant accounts. In a circular dated March 12, 2026, and issued to banks and other financial institutions, the apex bank stated that it had “rescinded the requirement under Section 8.0 (ii) for the mandatory use of affidavits...

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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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