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I Was Not Harassed At PDP Nat’l Secretariat

19.11.2025

The immediate past Governor of Benue State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Samuel Ortom, yesterday brushed aside widespread reports that he was chased out and attacked at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. Chief Ortom denied outrightly that he was either harassed or attacked by...

Let Give Priority To Good Governance, Not One-Party State,

19.11.2025

The National Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Mary Alile, has advised Nigerians not to worry over Nigeria slipping into a one-party state. Alile, who spoke in Abuja at the inauguration of APC-registered support groups drawn from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said the focus should be on...

Soludo, Obi’s Face Off Deepens As APGA Accuses Ex-Gov Of…

19.11.2025

The lingering face-off between Governor Charles Soludo and former governor Peter Obi is currently deepening following allegations by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mazi Ejimofor Opara, that Obi has a deep-seated penchant for running past and current Governors of the state down. Trouble started last week when Peter Obi,...

INEC’s Absence Does Not Invalidate PDP Convention –Sani

19.11.2025

Umar Sani is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on the recent national convention of the party, expulsion of Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike and 10 others, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stayed away from the PDP...

APC Postpones Kefas Official Defection

19.11.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that it will put on hold the official defection ceremony of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, earlier scheduled for Wednesday, November 19. The party, National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said it shelved the reception to honour members of the armed forces and citizens killed recently by forces of...

U.S. Religious Freedom Accountability Bill: Why Nigeria Must Act Now

19.11.2025

In the corridors of Washington, the United States of America, a bill is moving that could redefine Nigeria’s relationship with the world and force the country to confront the monsters it has long denied. The Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 (S. 2747), introduced in the U.S. Senate on September 9, 2025 by Senator Ted...

Senate Calls For Immediate Rescue Of Victims

18.11.2025

The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a resolution calling on relevant security agencies for the immediate rescue of the 25 students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State. The Senate also urged the urgent recruitment of at least 100,000 personnel into the military to boost the capacity of the armed forces, while setting...

APC Slams PDP Over Call For Foreign Intervention In Nigeria

18.11.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for urging foreign governments to intervene in Nigeria, citing alleged genocide and the need to protect democracy. The APC made the condemnation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. The PDP National Chairman, Taminu Turaki, SAN, while briefing...

Ikuli Warns Against Using ‘Old Sentiments’ To Undermine Gov Diri

18.11.2025

Wisdom Ikuli, Technical Adviser to Governor Douye Diri on Media and Public Affairs, has alleged that some individuals are hiding behind outdated sentiments to undermine the Bayelsa State Governor. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Yenagoa, Ikuli said many political actors seemed to have forgotten that before the emergence of Diri’s Assured Prosperity Administration, governance in...

Ngige Urges Soludo To Expand Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital

18.11.2025

Former Governor of Anambra State and immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has called for the expansion of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Ngige made the appeal during the graduation and induction ceremony of 80 graduates from the College, where he was also presented...

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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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