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Plateau Men Take Lead In Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence

02.10.2025

Men from diverse backgrounds across Plateau State have stepped forward to confront gender-based violence as the Male Feminist Nigeria (MFN) Project officially launched in Pankshin on Tuesday. The initiative, led by the Kozaki Transformation and Development Foundation, brought together traditional rulers, religious leaders, transport workers, barbers, academics, and grassroots groups in a rare coalition united...

WAD: Women Seek Return Of Lagos Safe Abortion Law

02.10.2025

The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) Africa Tuesday appealed to the Lagos State Government to reinstate its suspended Safe Termination of Pregnancy (STOP) guidelines. Founding Director Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that reinstating the guidelines would help reduce maternal deaths caused by unsafe procedures. NAN reports that...

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02.10.2025

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Iyaloja Is Alien To Us, Oba Of Benin Tells Tinubu’s Daughter

02.10.2025

The Oba of Benin Oba Ewuare II yesterday told the Iyaloja General of Nigeria Folashade Tinubu-Ojo that the ‘Iyaloja’ title is “alien to us” in Benin. The revered monarch made the clarification when he received the visiting President’s daughter, who informed him that she was in the state to inaugurate Josephine Ivbazebule as the Iyaloja...

Arewa Group Asks FG To Probe PENGASSAN

02.10.2025

The Arewa Social Contract Initiative (ASCI) has urged the Federal Government to investigate the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) for its activities against Dangote Refinery. This followed the strike by the association over the sacking of its members by the refinery. ASCI also asked the government to protect the refinery...

Nigeria @65: Kalu Urges Citizens To Renew Commitment To Unity, Justice

02.10.2025

The Senator, representing Abia North Senatorial District, Sen Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on Nigerians to embrace unity and imbibe the spirit of patriotism on the occasion of the nation’s 65th Independence Anniversary. In a concise national message issued yesterday through his media office, the lawmaker urged citizens to draw strength from the nation’s...

Apple, Google Celebrate African Storytelling With Maliyo Games

02.10.2025

Two of the world’s biggest tech giants, Apple and Google, have turned the spotlight on Maliyo Games, reaffirming the Lagos-based studio’s role as a global champion of African creativity through gaming. Apple’s upcoming Nigeria Independence Day editorial will feature Maliyo’s standout titles: Safari City, Crazy Ludo, Whot King, and Secret Letter — each blending familiar...

Police Neutralizes Two Suspected Kidnappers In Edo

02.10.2025

The Spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Moses Yamu, on Wednesday said its operatives neutralised two suspected kidnappers in a gun duel in Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area, on September 30. Yamu, who stated this in a statement, noted that the suspects escaped with varying degrees of injury, while guns and mobile...

KWSG Urges Vigilance, Others As Security Forces Escalate Attacks On Kidnappers’ Hideouts

02.10.2025

The Kwara State Government has urged residents of the state, especially people around Ekiti, Ifelodun, Isin, Oke Ero, and Irepodun LGAs, to be vigilant and restrict outdoor activities as much as possible in the interim. The advisory followed heightened operations by combined security forces in border towns in Kogi and Kwara, where kidnappers are believed...

Over 10,000 To Benefit From Kalu’s Free Medical Outreach

02.10.2025

Over 10,000 people are to benefit from a free medical outreach programme in Bende Federal Constituency, Abia state, courtesy of the Benjamin Kalu Foundation in collaboration with a Taiwanese medical team from the Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps. The programme, which kicked off in Bende metropolis on Wednesday, aims to provide medical care to about...

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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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