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CPC Group Begs Tinubu To Retain HYPREP Boss

09.09.2025

The Forum for Former State Chairmen of defunct Congress for Progressives’ Change (CPC) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to retain Dr. Mike Nwielaghi as the Chairman of the Ogoni Clean-up Project (HYPREP). The forum made the appeal in a letter dated September 5, 2025, to the President titled, “Open Letter to President Bola Ahmed...

Excessive Salt Consumption Steadily Raising NCD Burden

09.09.2025

Salt may be the most common ingredient in Nigerian kitchens, but doctors and public health experts have warned it is also quietly fueling a health crisis. From high blood pressure to strokes, heart disease and kidney failure, excessive salt consumption is steadily raising Nigeria’s burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—a danger that experts say is entirely...

‎Security Agencies Intensify Operations, Record Major Gains In August – FG

09.09.2025

‎The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s security and law enforcement agencies sustained a high level of operations in August 2025, resulting in significant arrests, recoveries, and the disruption of criminal networks across the country.‎‎The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, disclosed this in Abuja at the second edition of the Monthly...

FG Moves To Avert Oil Workers Strike As PENGASSAN, TUC Threaten Solidarity Strike

09.09.2025

The Federal Government is currently in a frantic move to avert a national strike by oil workers across the country, as the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in a dramatic then on Monday, threatened to join the action if Dangote Refinery and...

Olubadan Designate, Ladoja To Visit Alma Mater, Ibadan Boys High School

09.09.2025

…Promises to teach Physics and Mathematics Olubadan designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has promised to pay a royal visit to his alma mater, Ibadan Boys High School, after his coronation as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. He stated this in his Bodija residence, Ibadan, while hosting the management of the school led by the Principal, Dr...

New Customs Boss Assumes Duty In Kebbi, Pledges Robust Anti-Smuggling Drive

09.09.2025

The new Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, Mr Mahmud Matawalle Ibrahim, has assumed duty with a pledge to strengthen anti-smuggling operations, revenue generation and border control. Speaking during an official taking over of the leadership in Birnin Kebbi, Matawalle Ibrahim, expressed appreciation to the Comptroller General of NCS, Bashir...

NUT Donates Lesson Plans To Enhance Teaching Standards In Sokoto

09.09.2025

The Sokoto State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining unscheduled visits to schools across the state throughout the 2025/2026 first-term academic session. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Ahmad Ladan Ala, made this known while addressing five inspection teams at Sheikh Abubakar Gummi Memorial College before their departure to monitor...

Gov Declares War On Informants, Vows To Root Them Out

08.09.2025

Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu has declared war on informants who collude with bandits. Describing them as “worse than bandits” due to their role in enabling crimes that have devastated communities across the state. According to Governor Aliyu, informants’ actions are particularly egregious because they often belong to the same community as the victims. “It’s...

Kwara Govt Releases 2025 BECE Result

08.09.2025

…Enrolment has risen by 27% under Gov Abdulrazaq: Olohungbebe The Kwara State Government has released the results for the 2025 BECE, with pass rates in core subjects like Mathematics and English, surging by many points among the students. According to official data from the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, the results also showed...

I Hope My Daughter Makes Better Choice

08.09.2025

Nollywood actress, Annie Macaulay, has taken to her social media page to reflect on her journey so far, with the hope that her daughter makes better choices in life. Annie, in a post shared on her Instagram page, reflected on her marital journey and recent separation from music icon, Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia. In a picture...

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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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