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Abiodun Reappoints Kalejaye, As Governing Council Chair

02.11.2025

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the reappointment of an Ibadan-based senior advocate of Nigeria, Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye, as the Chairman of the Governing Council for the Ogun State Polytechnic of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilese-Ijebu. The reappointment, announced in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, reaffirms the...

Osun PDP Urges Calm Amid Court Pronouncement On National Convention

02.11.2025

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has called on its teeming members and supporters to remain calm and steadfast in the face of Friday’s court pronouncement regarding the forthcoming national convention of our great party. In a statement signed by the State Chairman, Hon. Sunday Bisi, the party emphasised that the said court...

World Peace Day: Sen. Uzor-Kalu Wishes Peace For Humanity

02.11.2025

The Senator representing Abia North in the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has extended his heartfelt wishes for peace and harmony to humanity as the world ushered in November yesterday. In a statement signed by his media Aide, Rubby Obinna, to commemorate the day, he said that the distinguished Senator, who is known for his...

Gunmen Kill 7, Injure One In Fresh Kaduna Attack

02.11.2025

No fewer than seven persons have been killed, while one other sustained gunshot wounds, following an attack by suspected gunmen on the Damakasuwa community in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the assailants invaded the community around 8:00 p.m. on Friday, shooting sporadically and forcing residents to flee...

Nigeria One Step Away From Closed State, Say Nweke, Soyombo

02.11.2025

Professor of Political Economy, University of Abuja, Ernest Ereke, has warned that Nigeria is “a step away from a closed civic space.” He spoke during the public presentation of the 2024 Journalism and Civic Space Status Report by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in Lagos, according to a statement yesterday by WSCIJ....

9M 2025: First Holdco’s Gross Earnings Up 17% To N2.6trn

02.11.2025

First HoldCo Plc. has released its unaudited results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, reporting that its gross earnings rose by 17.1% yo-y to N2.64 trillion compared with N2.25 trillion in the corresponding period of last year. The results also showed that interest income increased by 40.4 per cent y-o-y to N2.29 trillion...

High Lending Rate: Man Considers Raising Funds From Capital Market

02.11.2025

Amid the country’s fledging economy and the manufacturing sector’s resilience following the foreign exchange stability and others, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government that the time was ripe to release the N1 trillion meant for the country’s manufacturing sector under its stabilisation plan scheme. Similarly, MAN has stated that the...

NLC: We’ll Resist Moves To Politicise Workers’ Compensation Fund

02.11.2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has condemned a proposed amendment to the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) currently before the Senate, describing it as an attempt to “capture and politicise workers’ funds.” Speaking at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Labour Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (LACAN) in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the union would...

Tinubu Receives PDP Defectors To APC In Southern Kaduna

02.11.2025

President Bola Tinubu has received no fewer than 10 political heavy weights from the opposition PDP and their supporters in Southern Kaduna into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, received the defectors yesterday at a grand rally held in Kafanchan, Headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area....

Insecurity: Military, Security Agencies Helpless –Gen. Williams (Rtd)

02.11.2025

Major–General Ishola Williams (rtd) is the Executive Secretary of Pan – African Strategic Policy and Research Group (PANASTRAG). In this interview with JOHNSON AYANTUNJI, the one -time director, Training and Policy of the Nigerian Army bares his mind on the state of the nation. He speaks on insecurity, the defections of the opposition governors and...

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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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