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NASS Assures Of Improved Funding For Information, Nat’l Orientation Ministry

25.02.2026

The National Assembly has promised to do everything within its mandate to ensure that there is improved funding for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. The Chairman of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Information and National Orientation, Senator Kenneth Eze, gave the assurance when the Ministry appeared before the Committee to defend its 2026...

Anambra Rep Demands Probe Into Attack On Obi, Oyegun, Other ADC Chieftains

25.02.2026

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Peter Uzokwe (ADC, Anambra), has called for a thorough investigation into the alleged attack on the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi and former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and other party leaders in Benin, Edo...

Adeleke’s Spokesperson Challenges Tibbot To Await Anti-Graft Agencies

25.02.2026

…Says Chief of Staff Stood Firm Against Attempt to Defraud Osun The Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke has challenged Sally Tibbot and her lead Counsel, Jiti Ogunye, to submit their evidence and proofs to the anti-graft agencies instead of spewing falsehood and lies across media stations against top functionaries of the Osun state government. Responding...

Tinubu Decorates Olatunji Disu As Acting IGP

25.02.2026

On Wednesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu decorated Mr Olatunji Disu as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, marking a formal change of leadership in the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). The decoration ceremony, which followed his swearing-in, was held at the State House, Abuja, about 3:00 p.m. during an expanded session attended by top government and security...

Akpe Sworn In As Bayelsa Deputy Governor

25.02.2026

Dr. Peter Akpe has been sworn-in as the sixth Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State to complete the remaining two years of the present administration, following his clearance on Tuesday, February 24 by the State House of Assembly. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Wednesday, February 25, at the Bayelsa State exco chamber, Yenegoa, alongside the...

Bala Not Member Of PDP

25.02.2026

The Bauchi State Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed is no longer a member of the PDP. Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Haruna Mohammed in a statement on Wednesday described as misleading a video currently in circulation where the governor claimed membership of PDP. According...

Makinde, Kwankwaso In Closed-Door Meeting

25.02.2026

The former Governor of Kano State and 2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, are currently in a closed-door meeting. New Telegraph reports that Kwankwaso arrived at the Oyo government Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday, February 25, around noon. Kwankwaso, who was received at...

Opposition Lacks Capacity, Ideas To Defeat APC – Agbakoba

25.02.2026

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has berated the opposition parties in Nigeria, stressing that they lack the requisite ideas needed to tackle the current administration. The former Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) President said it would be “the easiest country to take” politically if opposition leaders focused on real issues...

Assassination Attempt: Experience Of Lawlessness Not New To Me

25.02.2026

This is as the two-term Governor expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their prayers, calls, and solidarity following the incident. Speaking via his official X handle on Wednesday, Obi revealed that the violence and insecurity in Anambra State then shaped his decision to seek the governorship of the state. The economic expert called on Nigerians to...

Why We Lost 2023 Presidential Election

25.02.2026

…Otti: We must begin to consolidate on our structures Labour Party said it lost the 2023 presidential election because it failed to effectively utilise the structures of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) available at the grassroots level. The Interim National Chairman, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, at a one-day strategic...

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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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