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Tinubu Urges Akume, Alia To Make Peace For Benue’s Development

25.02.2026

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called on the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, and Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia to close ranks and work together for the peace and development of Benue State. Tinubu urged both leaders to sheath their swords in the interest of the state’s peace. The...

2027: Nigerians’ll Vote Performance, Not Noise

25.02.2026

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has stated categorically that Nigerians would rather vote for performance than noise. The National Chairman, according to his Special Adviser, Media and Communication, Abimbola Tooki, stated this at the Renewed Hope Ambassador Initiative summit held in the...

Kenneth Okonkwo Decries Assassination Attempt Against

25.02.2026

A lawyer and member of the National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has labelled the violent attack against the party leaders in Benin City, Edo State, as an assassination attempt and “Genocide against political opponents”. Speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday, Okonkwo alleged that those responsible for the attack had...

Group Predicts Landslide Victory For Oyebamiji

25.02.2026

As the August 8, 2026, Osun State governorship election draws closer, the Osun Central Elite Caucus has projected that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Munirudeen Oyebamiji, will win the election with over 12,000 votes. The group, in a statement issued by Professor Hussein Ajirotutu, said its forecast was based on what it...

Nigerians’re Dying Because Of Govt Inaction –Obi

25.02.2026

Ene Obi is a human rights activist and former Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria. In this interview, she speaks on the amendment of the Electoral Act and groundswell of public outcry by various interests, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports Some people have complained about the speed with which President Bola Tinubu signed the Electoral Act...

Court Adjourns El-Rufai Case To April 23

25.02.2026

The scheduled arraignment of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over his alleged unlawful interception of the phone communication of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, suffered a setback on Wednesday as the Department of State Services (DSS) failed to produce him for trial. New Telegraph recalls that El-Rufai, who had earlier...

S’South Govs Back Tinubu’s Executive Order On Oil Revenue Remittance

25.02.2026

The South-South Governors Forum (SSGF) has described President Bola Tinubu’s Executive Order mandating the direct remittance of all oil and gas revenues to the Federation Account as a historic and landmark decision. The SSGF Chairman and Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said the region’s governors welcomed the...

Nigeria’s Democracy Under Siege – Atiku

25.02.2026

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has described the violent attack on chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Obi, Chief John Oyegun, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, former Labour Party governorship candidate in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, and other coalition ADC leaders in Benin, Edo State as utterly condemnable and unacceptable in any democracy....

APC Leaders, Govs Recommit To Advancing Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

24.02.2026

Governors on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and other leaders of the party have recommitted to boosting grassroots mobilisation in order to promote and advance the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. This came just as the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, said the Tinubu administration has shifted...

ADC Debunks Reports On Edo Meeting, Calls For Responsible Journalism

24.02.2026

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday debunked the purported reports indicating that there was a political crisis when the party held its leadership meeting in Edo State. Speaking in a press statement made available to newsmen, the party said there was no crisis at the meeting held at its National leader, John Odigie-Oyegun’s residence....

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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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