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Benue APC Elders Endorse Tinubu For Second Term

24.12.2024

…Condemn plot to remove Akume as SGF Elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) drawn from the 23 local government areas of Benue rose from the party’s stakeholders meeting and endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for second term as President of Nigeria. They also condemned the plot in some quarters in the state to remove...

Civilian Revolution Ongoing In Interior Ministry

24.12.2024

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Darlington Nwauju, has said that a civilian revolution has begun in the Ministry of Interior under Dr Olubumi Tunji-Ojo considering his programmes and policies. Nwauju, who is the APC’s Publicity Secretary in Rivers State, in a statement, said he had consistently urged the people at different...

Tax Reform Bills: Collection, Distribution Of Vat Major Concern –Sani

24.12.2024

Anthony Sani is a former Secretary-General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). In this interview, he speaks on the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly, among other issues President Bola Tinubu forwarded four bills aimed at reviewing the taxation laws and consolidating them in consonance with the fiscal policy of his administration. But...

Benue Budget: Analysing Alia’s Intent On Education

24.12.2024

Despite the advent of public schools and public education system, basic education still remains inaccessible to a large number of Benue population. Many Benue sons and daughters are still struggling to achieve formal education and acquire the skills and knowledge they need to be successful. To address the challenge and to lead a vibrant, youthful...

2025 Budget Not Realistic Because Of Elementary Parameters –Adebayo

24.12.2024

Prince Adewole Adebayo was the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general election. In this interview, he speaks on President Bola Tinubu’s 2025 budget, its implications and lessons Nigeria should learn from the recent Ghanaian presidential election, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports What do you make of the Finance...

Waning Power Of Incumbency Economic Hardship, Abuse Of Power Fuel Oppositions’ Rise To Power

23.12.2024

Unseating an incumbent president is not something usual in African politics, but it is gradually becoming popular across the continent and beyond given growing citizens concerns over high cost of living and corruption, among other factors. FELIX NWANERI reports Somalia was the first African country to vote a sitting president out of power in 1967,...

Food Stampede, Testament Of Level Of Poverty, Hunger In Nigeria

22.12.2024

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the widespread food stampede in the country is an ugly testament to the alarming level of misery, poverty, hunger, starvation, sense of hopelessness and desperation for survival currently plaguing the nation under Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. PDP in a statement issued by the National Publicity...

Political Class Responsible For Electoral Malpractice In Nigeria – Adebayo

22.12.2024

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has attributed the level of electoral malpractice in Nigeria to the attitude of the political class. Adebayo in a statement stressed the need to rehabilitate the political class, tracing election rigging to them in Nigeria. He argued that when the...

We’ve Declared War Against Criminality in Anambra –Soludo

22.12.2024

The level of insecurity in Anambra State in the last five months has been alarming and Governor Charles Soludo in a media chat read his riot act against insecurity. OKEY MADUFORO reports You have just read out a new security measure against insecurity in Anambra State. What informed that?It has become instructive that we take...

Oyebanji Charges Privileged Nigerians on Love, Spread of Joy

22.12.2024

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has called on members of the political class and other privileged Nigerians to show love and kindness to the less privileged, especially during this festive season. The governor stated that the essence of Christmas lies in sharing love and spreading joy to those around us. Governor Oyebanji, who gave...

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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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