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Rivers APC Chair Faults Sowore’s $2m Property Allegations Against Wike

25.09.2025

Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman Tony Okocha yesterday faulted human rights activist Omoyele Sowore’s allegation that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike acquired property worth $2 million in Florida, United States, for the children. In a statement, he accused Sowore of blackmailing the former Rivers governor, calling for his arrest...

Kano Gov Approves Additional N5bn For Pension, Death Benefits

25.09.2025

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved an additional N5 billion for pension and death benefits payment. According to him, his administration has so far paid N27 billion out of the N47 billion it inherited. Meanwhile, the state government has organised a grand empowerment program with a take-off capital of 150,000 each will be...

Nigeria Needs Uninterrupted Power To Achieve Digital Transformation – Stan Ekeh

25.09.2025

Founder and Chairman of Zinox Technologies, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, has stressed that Nigeria must prioritise uninterrupted power supply to achieve meaningful digital transformation in the 21st century. Delivering the keynote address at the 2025 Institute of Change Management (ICM) Annual Conference in Lagos, Ekeh, represented by Mr. Chris Uwaje, pioneer of Nigeria’s National IT...

Timi Dakolo Pledges To Pay School Fees For Struggling Parents

25.09.2025

Award-winning Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, has announced plans to support struggling parents by helping them pay their children’s school fees as schools reopen for the 2025/2026 academic session. The soulful artist made this announcement in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday, acknowledging the financial strain many households face each term due to...

ECOWAS Parliament: Expert Advocates AI Could To Ease Nigeria’s Doctor Shortage

25.09.2025

Nigeria’s healthcare sector is facing a deepening crisis as doctors and nurses continue to leave the country in droves. With a doctor-to-patient ratio of about 1 to 5,000, far from the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommended 1 to 600, patients often wait days or even weeks for medical attention. At the 2nd Parliamentary Seminar of...

Kwara LGs Enjoy Autonomy, Says Ifelodun Council Boss

25.09.2025

The Chairman of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State, Hadji AbdulRasheed Yusuf, has declared that local government councils in the state enjoy full autonomy, with no excuse not to deliver dividends of democracy to the people. Speaking in Ilorin on Wednesday during a media briefing to mark his first year in office, Yusuf attributed...

Kebbi Deputy Gov Seeks Deployment Of Women In Immunization Campaigns

25.09.2025

The Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Umar Abubakar Tafida, has called for the active engagement of women health officers in house-to-house sensitization efforts on immunizations across the state. Speaking at a meeting of the Taskforce Committee on Immunizations in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, Tafida said deploying women officers for mobilization would enhance compliance with...

EU, UNICEF, ILO Commend Gov Otti’s Poverty Alleviation Policy

25.09.2025

Three international development partners, the European Union (EU), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have applauded Abia State Governor Alex Otti for his poverty alleviation policy during the launch of the Supporting Sustainable Social Protection System in Nigeria (SUSI) project in Umuahia. Speaking at the event, the EU Ambassador to...

FG To Provide 5 Million Free Glasses, 25,000 Cataract Surgeries By 2027

25.09.2025

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to provide at least five million free eyeglasses and conduct 25,000 cataract surgeries nationwide by the end of 2027, as part of efforts to improve access to quality eye care and reduce preventable blindness. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, disclosed this during a...

Stakeholders Call For Inclusion Of Men, Boys In Anti-FGM Advocacy

25.09.2025

A female genital mutilation (FGM) consultant, Mrs. Aderonke Olutayo, has called for the active inclusion of men and boys in campaigns aimed at eliminating the harmful practice of FGM in Nigeria. Olutayo noted that the exclusion of men from most FGM dialogues has contributed to the persistence of the age-long tradition in many communities. Speaking...

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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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