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Court Orders Substituted Service Of N40bn Defamation Suit On Wike

10.12.2025

An Abuja High Court yesterday ordered the service of a N40 billion defamation suit on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Ezenwo Wike by substituted means. Justice M. A. Hassan, who issued the order while ruling in an ex parte application, ordered that the applicant Tonye Cole should paste the writ of...

FG To Us Delegation: Our Security Challenges Not Driven By Religion

10.12.2025

The Federal Government yesterday insisted that the security challenges facing by the country is not driven by religion. However, it said it is making efforts are being made to tackle terrorism and all forms of violent extremism across the country. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi said this while...

Kano Gov Didn’t Interfere With Corruption Probe–PCACC

10.12.2025

Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) last Wednesday, said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf did not nterfere in any of its investigations no matter who is involved. This is even as the PCACC by boss, Barrister Saidu Yahaya, notes that the state’s trillion-naira budget for 2025 demands a more vigilant anti-corruption structure to serve...

ADC Issues Disclaimer On Party’s Chairmanship Position In Sokoto

10.12.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Sokoto State has dismissed the claims by the party gubernatorial candidate in 2023 general elections as the state chairman. In a statement, Umar Muhammad Faruk, the ADC Chairman in Sokoto State, clarified that Alhaji Bello Isiyaku (Keegan) is not the party’s chairman. Faruk explained that Alhaji Bello Isiyaku was...

Insecurity: Nigeria, India Boost Defence Partnership

10.12.2025

The Indian Defence Adviser to Nigeria, Colonel Manoj Singh, paid a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu yesterday at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) in Abuja. The visit signalled a reaffirmation of the commitment of both nations to strengthening bilateral military cooperation, and shared security interests. A statement signed...

Gumi: Kidnapping Children Lesser Evil Than Killing Troops

10.12.2025

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said that kidnapping schoolchildren, though condemnable, is a “lesser evil” when compared with the killing of soldiers during attacks by armed groups. In an interview with the BBC, Gumi argued that crimes committed by bandits vary in gravity. He noted that abductions in which victims are freed unharmed should not be...

ECOWAS Council Of Ministers Brainstorm On Security, Economy

10.12.2025

The 95th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers will be held from December 10 to 12 at the ECOWAS Commission in Asokoro, Abuja, bringing together Foreign Ministers and Senior Officials from Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will today converge on Abuja, to discuss critical political, security, and...

Don Hails FG For Allocating 2% UBEC Fund To Special Education, Annually

10.12.2025

A lecturer at the Federal College of Education, Special, Oyo, Dr Sariat Ajibola Adelakun, has commended the Federal Government for allocating 2% of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF), annually to support Special Education resources in the country. Speaking during the College’s 11th Inaugural lecture, with the Provost, Dr Ademola Rauf...

Anant Ambani Wins Global Humanitarian Award For Animal Welfare

10.12.2025

Indian business tycooy and philanthropist, Anant Ambani has made history by receiving the Global Humanitarian Award from the Global Humane Society (GHS), becoming the youngest ever honouree and the first Asian to claim this coveted recognition. The award, presented in Washington, DC, celebrates Ambani’s transformative leadership in wildlife conservation through Vantara, his sprawling rescue and...

Lawyers Disagree Over Legality Of Tinubu’s Deployment Of Troops To Benin

10.12.2025

Lawyers yesterday disagreed over the constitutionality or otherwise of President Bola Tinubu’s swift deployment of the nation’s military troop to the Republic of Benin to avert a planned coup. In his reaction, Dr Joseph Nwobike (SAN) said that: “The President acted swiftly and in the best interest of the region. In matters like this, it...

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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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