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Ogun Assembly Ex-Deputy Minority Leader Defect From PDP To APC

31.12.2025

A lawmaker representing Abeokuta South 1 state constituency, in the Ogun House of Assembly Lukman Atobatele, yesterday, announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) The lawmaker who was the former Deputy Minority Leader announced his defection in a letter read by the Speaker of the House,...

…As Nwoko Raises Concern Over Infrastructure Deficit In Delta

31.12.2025

Sen Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) yesterday tackled the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), over long-standing infrastructure deficit in Delta. The management of the NDDC led by its Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, had appeared before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission to defend its 2025 budget expenditure. However, Nwoko representing Delta...

Insecurity: Group Cautions Against Over Reliance On Military Action

31.12.2025

The Kaduna State chapter of the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) Network, has cautioned against relying solely on military action to address insecurity, saying such an approach is inadequate to end violent extremism. The group, known as the PAVE Network, made the call yesterday during a press briefing in Kaduna, where it reviewed the...

PAP: Salvation Seeks Stakeholders’ Support For Tinubu, Otuaro

31.12.2025

The National Chairman of Phase 2 of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Mr Ibena Salvation, has called on leaders and beneficiaries of the programme to support President Bola Tinubu and the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Burutu Otuaro, to deepen ongoing reforms. Salvation expressed appreciation to President Tinubu for appointing Otuaro as Administrator of the Amnesty...

NDDC Proposes N1.75trn Budget For 2025

31.12.2025

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) yesterday presented a N1.75 trillion budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year to the House of Representatives. Presenting the “Budget of Consolidation” to the Committee on NDDC, Managing Director Samuel Ogbuku said the 2025 budget proposal, based on revenue assumptions, represents a 9 per cent decrease from 2024, driven...

Rivers: We’ll Correct Leadership Mistake In 2027, Says Wike

31.12.2025

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, yesterday said the ‘leadership mistake’ in Rivers State will be corrected in 2027. Wike stated this during a ‘thank you’ visit to the people of Khana in Bori, Khana Local Government Area. According to him, leaders are elected to represent the will of the people, and...

Family, Friends, Celebrate Dr Adesi On His Birthday

31.12.2025

Ecomium as family, friends, benefactors and well-wishers of Dr Akpoebi Adesi, Registrar of the University of Africa, Tou-Orua, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, celebrated with him on his birthday, December 29. The ceremony, which was celebrated at his residence at Yenagoa, recorded a series of positive testimonies showered on the man whom everyone described as a good...

Enugu Hosts Life-Changing AI, Robotics Workshop For Secondary School Students

30.12.2025

The Enugu State Government has taken a major step toward building a technology-driven future with the successful hosting of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Educational Workshop for secondary school students. The two-day workshop, held on December 28 and 29, 2025, in Enugu, was organised under the state’s education and innovation development framework and brought...

Nigeria Defeat Uganda 3–1 To Reach Round Of 16

30.12.2025

Nigeria delivered a commanding performance at the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), securing a 3–1 victory over Uganda in a high-intensity group-stage encounter on Tuesday. The Super Eagles took control of the match early when Paul Onuachu opened the scoring with a composed finish, capitalising on sustained pressure in the Ugandan half. The...

Ibadan Film Circle Condemns Assault, Public Humiliation Of Obaseki

30.12.2025

The Ibadan Film Circle (IFC), a professional body of filmmakers, scholars, critics, and enthusiasts, has condemned the recent brutal assault and public humiliation of Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki, a renowned filmmaker, scholar, and journalist, in Benin City, Edo State. In a statement signed by IFC Coordinator Túndé Oláoyè, the group demanded that the perpetrators be...

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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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