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Hormuz Disruption’ll Hit Food Prices, Hammer World’s Most Vulnerable

11.03.2026

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz caused by the Middle East war may lead to an increase in food costs and intensify cost-of-living pressures for the world’s most vulnerable people, the United Nations warned yesterday. The strait is the only sea passage from the Gulf towards the Indian Ocean, through which nearly a...

Southern Atlantic University Set For First Matriculation

11.03.2026

…Commends Tinubu The founder of Southern Atlantic University, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Bassey James, has expressed deep-seated gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for the approval of the Institution, the first in Ibibio land. Pastor Bassey James, who made the remarks while addressing Journalists yesterday, also announced that the budding institution will hold its first...

Truck Carrying Two Containers Overturns on Otedola Bridge

11.03.2026

A truck carrying two 20-foot containers overturned on the Otedola bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday, 11 March, 2026, resulting to heavy gridlock on the busy road. The incident occurred inward the Lagos secretariat axis after the Mack truck reportedly developed a battery or mechanical fault. During an attempt by a private recovery...

Nat’l Social Registry To Admit Vulnerable Households

11.03.2026

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to open the National Social Registry (NSR) to cover vulnerable households across the federation. The augmentation of NSR is among the major national reforms through the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, known as the One Humanitarian–One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS). The...

Osimhen Breaks Nigerian Record After UCL Heroics

11.03.2026

Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen has made history by setting a new all-time UEFA Champions League record for a Nigerian player. The Super Eagles striker reached the milestone after playing a decisive role in Galatasaray’s narrow first-leg victory over Liverpool. Osimhen provided the crucial assist in the 1–0 win, taking his tally to eight goal involvements...

UNILAG Reaffirms Continuation Of Semester Exams

11.03.2026

…ASUU suspends indefinite job boycott, follow The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has reaffirmed the continuation of the ongoing first semester examinations, which began on Monday. This is coming against the backdrop of the indefinite job boycott declared on Tuesday by the university chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over...

Abbas Mourns Ex-Super Eagles Coach, Onigbinde

11.03.2026

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has mourned a former head coach of the Super Eagles, Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde. Abbas, in a condolence message issued through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, described Chief Onigbinde as a renowned football administrator and elder statesman. Abbas noted...

Oluremi Tinubu To Champion TCI Campaigns

11.03.2026

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has been nominated to champion the Technology Commercialisation Initiative (TCI) campaigns across the country. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, made this disclosure at the Presidential Villa while on a visit to the Wife of the President, where he announced that the Ministry was to...

FG, World Bank Vow To Sustain Irrigation, Food Security Projects

11.03.2026

The Federal Government and the World Bank have pledged continued support to the ongoing collaboration to sustain irrigation, power generation and food security projects across the country. This disclosure was made in Abuja at the official flag-off and the second meeting of the project’s Steering Committee held in Abuja on Tuesday, March 10. Speaking at...

Tinubu’s Policies Repositioning Nigeria For Long-Term Economic Growth –Group

11.03.2026

A group, the Centre for a Better Society in Nigeria, has commended some of the policies introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying such policies represented bold structural shifts capable of repositioning Nigeria for long-term economic growth. In a statement after a recent conference held at its headquarters, the organisation’s president, Vincent Ibhaze expressed strong...

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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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