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NCDMB, Wedgewood Train 250 Youths In Market-Driven Skills

04.01.2026

No fewer than 250 youths in Akwa Ibom State have been trained in high-demand, market-driven skills under a free empowerment programme sponsored by the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and organised by Wedgewood Integrated Investment Limited. The three-week programme focused on practical vocational and entrepreneurial skills aimed at boosting employability and reducing youth...

Adeleke Extols Chairman Of Imole Movement, Oladipo On Birthday

04.01.2026

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has congratulated the Chairman of the Imole Movement, Prof. Wale Oladipo, on the occasion of his birthday, describing him as “a rare gift to humanity.” In a felicitation message issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor recalled the highly successful professional and political career of the Ife-born nuclear...

Mouka Partners Lagos, Others To Reward New Born Babies

04.01.2026

As Nigeria and the rest of the world ushered in a New Year’s Day 2026, Mouka, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of mattresses, pillows and other bedding products, has renewed its tradition of honouring families welcoming newborns into the world. This heartfelt initiative showcases Mouka’s unwavering commitment to enhancing lives by providing quality sleep from the very...

U.S.’ll Run Venezuela Until We Can Do Safe, Proper, Judicious Transition – Trump

04.01.2026

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to temporarily take over governing Venezuela after launching a large-scale surprise attack on the country overnight. “We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said in a press conference Saturday morning from his Mara-Lago...

Firstbank To Host Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026

04.01.2026

FirstBank group says the Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026, scheduled for Jan. 6, is to equip customers with insights for navigating the economy early in the year. The session is on the theme, ‘The Great Calibration: Mastering Resilience in an Era of Asynchronous Growth.’ In a statement on Friday, Acting Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications,...

Moniepoint’s Founders Redefine Africa’s Fintech

04.01.2026

In a landscape often dominated by Silicon Valley narratives, two Nigerian entrepreneurs have leveraged their exclusively local education to build one of Africa’s most influential fintech companies, Moniepoint Inc. Their rise from national universities to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list is reshaping perceptions of where world-class innovation originates. Co-founders, Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike,...

UN Describes U.S’ Actions In Venezuela As Dangerous

04.01.2026

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by U.S. special forces in the early hours of yesterday was “a dangerous precedent”. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Stéphane Dujarric, UN Spokesperson, yesterday in New York. Guterres said he was, “deeply alarmed”...

Military Identifies Northern Suicide Bombing Network Coordinator

04.01.2026

The troops of the Northeast Operation Hadin Kai has identified one Sheriff Umar, as the principal coordinator of suicide bombing activities recently in the North East. The theater Command, Operation Hadin Kai, in a statement issued yesterday by its spokesman, Lt Col Sani Uba, said “Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) has made a major breakthrough in...

Zulum: No Peace In Nigeria Until Boko Haram Exits Lake Chad

04.01.2026

The Bormo State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, has called on the Chief of Naval Staff, (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abba, to ensure that Boko Haram and members of Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), were completely cleared from the Islands and shores of the Lake Chad waters for lasting peace to be restored in...

Rivers: Ijaw People’s Congress Backs Wike

04.01.2026

The Rivers chapter of the Ijaw People’s Congress has announced its decision to abandon Governor Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State and pledged allegiance to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike. Chairman of the congress, Sen. George Sekibo, announced the group’s decision during Wike’s “thank you” visit to Okrika Local Government...

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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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