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NAHCON Board Introduces New Reforms, Redeploys Staff Back To Ministries

06.09.2025

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and its Board of Directors have approved the redeployment of some of its Staff Back to their original Ministries and Parastatals. Fatima Binta Usara, Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations Officer, said in a press release that the minor shake-up in the Commission workforce followed the resolution of...

Firm Slams N10bn Defamation On CSO

05.09.2025

MSM Group Limited has filed a N10 billion defamation suit against a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Oduduwa Transparency Network, and its president, Mahmud Adebayo, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. The lawsuit follows a press conference held on August 6, where Adebayo alleged that MSM Group was being used by a former Group...

Fulani Terrorists Kill Five Farmers, Abduct One In Benue

05.09.2025

…Insurgents cut off left ear of a five-year-old boy, 15 missing Suspected Fulani herdsmen terrorists have launched a fresh attack on the Turan community in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, leaving five farmers dead, with one other abducted and taken to an unknown destination. The violent attack sent scores of residents, including...

WHO Lifts Global Public Health Emergency On Mpox

05.09.2025

Following a steady decline in cases and deaths of MPox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other affected countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared that the disease no longer represents a global Public Health Emergency (PHEIC) New Telegraph recalls that the WHO declared a “public health emergency of international concern” on...

NDLEA Arrests 26 Suspected Traffickers, Recovers 41,410.53kg Of Drugs

05.09.2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, has arrested 26 suspected traffickers, with a total of 41,410.53 kilogrammes of various narcotic drugs. The State Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who disclosed this in Benin City, Edo State, while presenting the August 2025 progress report, noted that the command intensified operations, leading to numerous arrests,...

Nwifuru Forward Bill On Education Devt Trust Fund To Ebonyi Assembly

05.09.2025

Ebonyi State Government has approved the executive bill on the establishment of the Education Development Trust Fund to the State House of Assembly for further legislative actions. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Barrister Ikeuwa Omebeh, made this disclosure in Abakaliki at the weekend while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the Executive Council...

Senator Alli Commiserates With Ex-NCC Boss, Akande, Over Father’s Death

05.09.2025

Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has expressed deep sorrow and sympathy over the death of Pa Amos Adetunji Akande, father of Prof. Adeolu Akande, former Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Pa Akande, a revered patriarch and community leader, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the age of 90. In a condolence...

Edo Govt Distances Self From Ossiomo Power Outage

05.09.2025

…We’re having technical breakdown – firm As the power outage continues to cripple government and private businesses in Benin City, Edo State, in the last five days, the State Government has distanced itself from the cause of the outage. The Ossiomo Power plant, a private power-generating and distribution company, has been a source of power...

Kwara Monarch Seeks Foreign Investors To Open Up Domain

05.09.2025

The Oloro of Oro Kingdom in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye Titiloye Olufayo II, has embarked on a foreign mission to woo investors to his community, with a view to unlocking new development opportunities. The monarch, who announced his arrival in North America through Washington before proceeding to...

Abuja Varsity Students Demand Return Of Sacked VC

05.09.2025

Students of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), now known as Yakubu Gowon University, are calling on President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Professor Aisha Maikudi as Vice Chancellor. They described her brief tenure as transformative and unfinished, citing her bold reforms, inclusive governance, and visionary steps that repositioned the institution. The students argue that reinstating Prof....

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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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