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Stephanie Linus Demands Action on Church Attacks

21.11.2025

Nollywood actress and filmmaker Stephanie Linus has raised fresh concerns over the increasing wave of attacks on Christian communities in Northern Nigeria, urging citizens and government authorities to confront the situation with urgency and courage. In a message shared on her social media page, Linus condemned the persistent violence faced by worshippers in several northern...

Accra Holds Pan-African Progressive Front Congress With 57 Countries

21.11.2025

More than 200 delegates from 57 countries across Africa, the Caribbean, and the global diaspora gathered in Accra, Ghana, for the International Conference of the Pan-African Progressive Front. The conference, which marked the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress held in Manchester in 1945, had discussions surrounding mechanisms for full compensation for centuries of...

UNICEF Urges Lagos Lawmakers To Strengthen Child-Rights Laws

21.11.2025

World Children’s Day 2025 in Lagos unfolded as both celebration and a call to duty on Thursday, as UNICEF gathered newly elected members of the Lagos Children’s Parliament and top lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly for a high-level policy dialogue that placed children’s rights at the centre of legislative action. The event,...

Abeokuta Gears Up For Inaugural West African Para Games

21.11.2025

Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State, is entering its final phase of preparations as it gets set to host the maiden edition of the West African Para Games for Zones A and B. The National Sports Commission (NSC) announced that arrangements for the event, scheduled to run from November 26 to December 4, are...

Ekiti 2026: My Emergence As PDP Flag Bearer Not Affected By National Crisis –Oluyede

21.11.2025

The flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, has declared that the crisis rocking the main opposition party at the centre is not a stumbling block to his emergence as the candidate in next year’s governorship election in the state. Oluyede hinged this on the basis that his...

2027: I’ll Not Contest Kano Guber Election, Says Inuwa Waya

21.11.2025

Former Kano State governorship candidate, Inuwa Waya, has announced that he will not contest for governorship under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Waya stated this while speaking to journalists in Kano, after a strategic meeting with his inner campaign circle. He emphasised that his decision not to run in 2027...

Obey Court Order On Baruwa, APC Leader Tells Tinubu

21.11.2025

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Amoda Bello, has called on President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Tajudeen Baruwa as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in conformity with a court judgment. Bello, who is also a leader of the drivers’ union, stated that the call...

Carnival Calabar: C’River Unveils 20th Anniversary Mascot, Diaspora Band

21.11.2025

The Cross River State Government has unveiled the official mascot and introduced a new Diaspora Band for the 20th anniversary of Carnival Calabar, solidifying plans for the celebration of Africa’s biggest street party. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, the state’s Deputy Governor, Peter Odey, described the moment as “another iconic chapter” in the state’s twodecade...

NSITF Boss, Others Celebrate As Dayo Alao Bags Honorary Doctorate Degree

21.11.2025

Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye, has celebrated his Technical Adviser, Dayo Alao, who was confered with an honorary doctorate degree by Crown University, Delaware, USA. In his written congratulatory message, Oluwaseun Faleye, who congratulated Àlàó on behalf of the NSITF, described the award as...

Nigerian Libraries Promoting Western Culture –NLA

21.11.2025

The Nigerian Library Association (NLA) has said public libraries in the country are more tilted to Western literature and the majority of the books there are promoting Western culture. National President Lawal Umar stated this on Monday during a virtual news conference to mark the commencement of the 2025 Library Week The News Agency of...

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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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