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Protest In Lagos As Nigerian Shiites Decry Killing Of Iran’s Supreme Leader

03.03.2026

A large group of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) took to the streets of Lagos on Monday, expressing outrage over the reported death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated military strikes by the United States and Israel. The demonstration, one of several across Nigeria, brought heightened tensions and unease...

2027: Guber Aspirant Advocates Unity Among APC Leaders In Badagry

03.03.2026

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Samuel Mawuyon Ajose, has urged the party leadership in the Badagry division to come together and embrace unity. Ajose, popularly known as SMA Gold, gave this advice during a stakeholder’s meeting involving APC leaders in all three Local Government and LCDAs in Badagry. The meeting...

Zamfara Gov’s Wife Rounds Up Distribution Of 50,000 Ramadan Packages

03.03.2026

Zamfara State First Lady, Huriyya Dauda Lawal, has successfully concluded the 2026 statewide Ramadan food package distribution tour with the offer of 50,000 food packages to vulnerable households across 14 local government areas of the state been marked as a humanitarian intervention. The statewide outreach, which culminated in a closing ceremony in Gusau, the state...

Benue Rakes In Over N1.2bn For Yelewata Victims Attack Upkeep

03.03.2026

…Construct 60 homes for victims, 38 others at roofing stage The Benue State Government has said it has raked in N1,275,000,000 as donations to assist victims of the Yelewata attacks, where over 200 people were killed by terrorists armed herdsmen in the Guma Local Government Area of the state. The Secretary to the State Government...

FG Cites Technical Hitches For February Salary Delay

03.03.2026

…payment kicks off Monday The Federal Government attributed the delay in the payment of February salary to Treasury-funded workers to technical issues, which had been resolved. To this end, payment commenced on Monday, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) said in a statement issued by the Director of press Mallam Bawa Mokwa....

Enugu Gov’t Grants 90-Day Amnesty For Buildings Without Approval

03.03.2026

The Enugu State Government has announced a 90-day amnesty window for property owners without approved building plans to regularise their properties, as part of ongoing efforts to enforce structured urban development and strengthen regulatory compliance across the state. The State government, in a statement issued by the Managing Director of the Enugu State Geographic Information...

NSC Tasks IGP On Decentralizing Tactical Squads To Zonal Commands

03.03.2026

The President of the Nigeria Society for Criminology (NSC), Professor Oludayo Tade, has admonished the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Tunji Disu, to decentralize tactical squad to zonal commands for efficiency and proactive response to crime. In a congratulatory message to the Police Boss, which he personally signed, the NSC president noted that empowering...

Gov Bago Commissions World-Class Medical Facility

03.03.2026

As part of efforts to invest in human health, the Governor of Niger State, Umaru Bago, has commissioned remodelled medical facilities at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialist Hospital. The facilities, which are commissioned to boost tertiary health services to world-class standards, have 60-bed portable cabins, an accident and emergency unit, an intensive care unit, a...

Why Govt Should Demolish Staff Quarters In Ondo – NIESV

02.03.2026

…Unveils Activities for Maiden 2026 NIESV Week The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has asked the Ondo State Government to consider demolishing staff quarters to pave the way for new structures on the land. The chairman of the state branch of NIESV, Dr Akintomide Akinlabi, said the land on which those structures...

Foundation Sues NASS, Clerk Over Refusal To Disclose Budgets

02.03.2026

AdvoKC Foundation has filed a suit against the National Assembly (NASS) and its Clerk (Suit No: FHC/L/CS/416/26); at the Federal High Court in Lagos, over the refusal of the Assembly, over the years, to make public its budgets and sessional reports as demanded. In a press statement signed by Luqman Adamu, Communications Manager, AdvoKC Foundation...

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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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