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At UNILAG’s Convocation Lecture, Expert Identifies Lack Of Policy Coordination As Bane Of Nigeria’s Education Devt

20.01.2026

The Founder/Executive Director, Slum2School Africa, Mr Orondaan Otto, yesterday disclosed that Nigeria’s greatest weakness in education was not lack of effort or policy documents, but rather lack of continuity, coordination and legally protected national direction. Therefore, he called for a clear, compelling, long-term national vision for education, one that is not owned by a government,...

Ondo Health Tech Students Protest Poor Facilities, Extortion

20.01.2026

Academic activities were paralysed yesterday at the Ondo Stateowned College of Health Technology in Akure when students of the institution protested alleged extortion and the poor state of infrastructure within the institution. The students, who gathered at the school’s main entrance in their hundreds as early as 7am, barricaded the gate with a bonfire while...

Suswam, Ortom Differ Over 2019 Benue Guber Election Results, 10 Years After

20.01.2026

Barely 10 years after the conduct of the 2019 governorship election in Benue State which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Chief Samuel Ortom winner and elected governor of the state, his predecessor, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has said that his successor won only in three out of seven local government areas in Benue North...

IPOB Debunks Involvement In Enugu Police Officers’ Murder

20.01.2026

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reiterated its peaceful strategy in pursuing its agenda with regard to the recent killing of two police officers in Enugu, insisting that IPOB and ESN operatives do not target Nigeria security forces. The group described the allegation as “misinformation and fabricated propaganda spread by the Nigerian government and...

Nigeria’s Non-Oil Exports Rise By 11.5% To $6.1bn

20.01.2026

Nigeria recorded her highest record in the non oil export value netting $6.1billion at the end of 2025 fiscal year, representing a year-on-year increase of about 11.5 per cent over and above the $5.46 billion recorded in 2024. The record confirmed on Mon‑ day in Abuja by the Executive Di‑ rector/ Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria...

Tinubu Confers GCON On Gilbert Chagoury

20.01.2026

President Bola Tinubu has conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Gilbert Chagoury, the Lebanese-Nigerian businessman. The GCON is Nigeria’s second-highest national honour, next to the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR), reserved for presidents. The honour was conveyed through an Instrument of Conferment of National...

FG Intensifies Efforts To Address Housing Deficit, Urban Devt Challenges

20.01.2026

The Federal Government yesterday said it is intensifying efforts to address Nigeria’s growing housing deficit through a new national housing strategy focused on land reforms, urban renewal, and publicprivate partnerships. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, said this while declaring open the 14th meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing...

IMF Aligns With World Bank, Raises Nigeria’s 2026 Growth Forecast To 4.4%

20.01.2026

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Nigeria’s economic growth forecast for 2026 upward to 4.4 per cent, from an earlier estimate of 4.2 percent, signalling increased confidence in the country’s medium-term economic outlook. The projection aligns with the report released last week by the World Bank, which also put the growth forecast at 4.4...

Adeleke Recreating, Expanding Iwo Central Business Districts –Spokesman

20.01.2026

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke is the first governor to recreate and expand the Iwo central business districts through the integrated dualisation of Odo Ori-Post Office road as a strategy to boost the economic development of the town. Olawale Rasheed, spokesman for the governor, said this while receiving the new leadership of the Federation of...

Araba Of Ibadanland Hails Ladoja As Oyo Obas Council Chair

20.01.2026

The Araba and Oluisese of Ibadanland, Araba Ifalere Odegbemi Odegbola II, has congratulated the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Arusa I, on his emergence as chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs. Speaking on behalf of Isese worshippers across Ibadanland, Odegbola expressed profound joy and optimism for the future of...

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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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