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UNESCO Lauds Otti’s Educational Policy, Offers Support

11.03.2026

Governor Alex Otti‘s radical transformation of the education sector has drawn the admiration and support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The Head of Office and Country Representative of UNESCO to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Dr Jean-Paul Ngome-Abiaga, acknowledged Abia government’s far-reaching efforts in education, from recruitment of qualified teachers and infrastructure...

Stakeholders Seek Entrenched Agricultural Training For Rivers Youths

11.03.2026

Stakeholders in Rivers State have called for a more focused agricultural training for Rivers youths in order to aid the state in achieving food security and creating jobs for the unemployed. The stakeholders argued that allegations of unpaid allowances and administrative lapses by some beneficiaries of the programme should not stand against the state’s quest...

Oyo Police Arrest Three Armed Robbery Suspects, Recover Stolen Items, Gun

11.03.2026

Following its intelligence-led policing and proactive stop-and-search operations, men of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested three suspects who had been on its watchlist for armed robbery, recovering a series of stolen items and a gun. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ayanlade Olayinka, “operatives on patrol at the General Gas Area,...

N’Delta Stakeholders Raise Alarm Over Exclusion from Oil Assets Ownership

11.03.2026

Stakeholders from the Oil and Gas bearing Communities across the Niger Delta have expressed deep concern over what they described as the continued marginalisation of oil-producing communities in the ownership, control, and economic benefits of Nigeria’s oil and gas resources. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by His Highness Dr Benjamin Style Tamaranebi...

Johnvents Appoints Kiekie, Stan Nze, Others As Ambassadors

11.03.2026

A content creator, Bukunmi Adeag-Ilori, popularly known as Kiekie, has been unveiled as an ambassador of Johnvents 3-in-1 Chocolate. Aside from Kiekie, Stan Nze, and Maryam Booth were also unveiled as the new ambassadors of Johnvents Foods, a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) subsidiary of Johnvents Group. Giving reasons behind the appointment of the personalities, the...

Adamawa Trains Adolescent On How To Manufacture Menstrual Pads

11.03.2026

The Adamawa State Government, in support of the EU, has set up a machinery to train adolescent girls on how to manufacture usable menstrual pads. The EU – SARAH Focal Person in Adamawa State, Mr Ahmed Yero, disclosed this during the EU-SARAH Initiative media tour at the Hajiya Lami Ahmadu Fintiri PHC Clinic in Jambutu,...

Nigerian Flying Eagles Star, Daga Sentenced To Six Months

11.03.2026

Super Eagles midfielder, Daniel Daga, has been sentenced to six months in prison following a conviction for a non-consensual sexual act. The 19-year-old joined the five-time Norwegian champions in January 2025 and has since made seventeen appearances, scoring three goals. Daga has also represented Nigeria’s Flying Eagles at the 2023 and 2025 FIFA U20 World...

Ondo Govt Bans Night Cyclists, Scavengers

11.03.2026

The Ondo State government has banned commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada, from operating from 7 pm to 6 am in the state, as part of activities aimed at checking insecurity rocking the state. The Commander of the state Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, who announced this, said that all motorcyclists who want to...

New FCT Council Chairs Pay Courtesy Visit To Wike In Abuja

11.03.2026

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has congratulated the six newly elected Area Council Chairmen, promising to work hand in hand for the development of the nation’s capital. Wike gave this assurance on Wednesday, in Abuja, during a visit from the council leaders to his office to collect their Certificates of...

Customs Intercepts Contraband Worth N478m In Kwara

11.03.2026

…Generates N2,5bn Through Excise Activities In Two Months The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command, has made a series of seizures valued at over N478 million, warning smugglers that the State would no longer serve as a safe corridor for illegal trade. The Acting Customs Area Controller of the Command, Deputy Comptroller Najeem Akanmu...

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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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