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Mascot Uzor-Kalu Declares For Abia 2027 Guber Race

26.10.2025

Former Chief of Staff to the Abia State Governor, Sir Mascot Uzor Kalu, has formally declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging to build a government that works for all Abians, especially the underserved at the grassroots level. In a declaration speech delivered...

Ndoma-Egba Laments Nigeria’s Regression, Calls For Return To Foundational Values

26.10.2025

In a revealing interview on the inaugural episode of the podcast, “The Exchange,” hosted by Femi Soneye, former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has painted a poignant picture of Nigeria’s journey from the hopeful dawn of independence to its current struggles, attributing the nation’s challenges to a corrosive shift in political culture and the abandonment of...

PCRC Chieftain Urges Tinubu To Heed Calls For Kanu’s Release

26.10.2025

As mixed reactions continue to trail last Monday’s #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu peaceful protests in Abuja and other parts of the country, a call has gone out to President Bola Tinubu to listen to calls from Nigerian’s to seek a political resolution to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader’s case. The President was also advised to consider...

Excitement As Film One Releases Holiday Epic ‘Colours Of Fire’

26.10.2025

FilmOne Entertainment has given Nollywood a thrilling end-of-year spark with the unveiling of ‘Colours of Fire’, a holiday epic directed by Nigerian filmmaker, Niyi Akinmolayan, during the 2025 FilmOne Exhibitors’ Showcase. The “first-look screening”, held at the annual industry gathering for studios, distributors, and cinema stakeholders, drew enthusiastic reactions from attendees. The audience reportedly erupted...

Experts Knock Executive, NASS Over Poor Capital Budget Implementation

26.10.2025

Barely three months to the end of the 2025 fiscal year, the 2025 budget’s N54.99 trillion with capital component of N23.96 trillion, is yet to be implemented. President Bola Tinubu signed the 2025 budget of N54.99 trillion into law on February 28, 2025. The budget, which nearly doubled the 2024 budget, includes a total expenditure...

Anambra 2025: ADC, LP Battle Over Peter Obi’s Membership

26.10.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP) are currently at each other’s throat over the membership of former Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Recall that in the last byelections for Anambra South Senatorial District and Onitsha North 1 Constituency, Obi campaigned openly for the ADC on the account of the disqualification of...

ABU Denies Allegations Of Secret Nuclear Weapon Project

26.10.2025

The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has dismissed as false, a social media video alleging that the institution was involved in developing a Nuclear Weapon for Nigeria. Malam Auwalu Umar, Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, disclosed this in a statement issued to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Zaria. The director described...

NCAA: We’ll Sanction Airlines Violating Financial Rules

26.10.2025

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has expressed its readiness to implement stricter enforcement measures to confront the growing burden of poor compliance to financial regulatory standards and obligations by airlines. According to a statement yesterday from NCAA’s Media Office in Abuja, the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Capt. Chris Najomo, gave this indication at...

Jegede Chairs PDP Elective Convention Screening Committee

26.10.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) has appointed Eyitayo Jegede as the Chairman of its National Convention Screening Committee. Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, the Chairman of NCOC, disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. Fintiri said that the NCOC approved the appointment of Jegede and 12 other party members...

Ibadan Convention: PDP Sinks Into Fresh Controversies

26.10.2025

Fresh controversies have dogged the November 15 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as some party stakeholders rejected the decision to elect the next party’s national officers by consensus. Also, the defection of Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the resignation of his Bayelsa State counterpart, Senator...

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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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