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Tinubu Charges Service Chiefs On Producing Results Not Excuses
President Bola Tinubu, told the new service chiefs, who assumed office yesterday and promise to fight insecurity, that what is expected of them are results and not excuses as the country is in a hurry to celebrate peace. Ordering them to smash new armed groups he described as new snakes in troublesome areas of the North-Central, North-West, and some parts...
FG Begins Disbursement Of Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund
The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of funds under the Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF), designed to strengthen staff welfare, institutional productivity, and innovation across Nigeria’s tertiary education system. This is contained in a statement made in Abuja on Friday by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs Folasade Boriowo. Boriowo, while quoting the...
King Charles Strips Brother Andrew Of Royal Titles Over Alleged Sexual Assault
King Charles III is stripping his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and ousting him from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate, the palace said on Thursday, the latest fallout to hit the scandal-plagued royal over the Jeffrey Epstein affair. “Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” Buckingham Palace said, adding Charles had begun the...
Nnamdi Kanu Files Fresh Motion Asking Court To Throw Out All Charges Against Him [Documents Attached]
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh motion before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to strike out all charges against him and order his immediate release. In the new motion titled “Motion on Notice and Written Address in Support” and dated October 30, 2025, Kanu argued that there...
“Soludo’s Promise To Wards Was To Fight Voter Apathy Not Votes Buying” — Govt
The Anambra State government has said that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s promise to members of his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, during political rallies, that political wards where APGA wins the November 8 election would be rewarded later was to fight voter apathy not to buy votes. Reacting to allegations by opposition political parties that the promise amounted to vote- buying,...
Trump Gives Directive To Begin US Nuclear Weapons Testing
US President Donald Trump’s surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing provoked global criticism on Friday, as it raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump — who frequently boasts of being a peace president — was to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a summit in South Korea. Trump’s announcement...
Natasha Extend Invitation To Akpabio, Others For Kogi Constituency Projects Unveiling
Weeks after her dramatic return from a six-month suspension, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has extended an olive branch to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, inviting him and other lawmakers to the inauguration of constituency projects in Kogi State. The move, seen by many insiders as a significant thaw in their frosty relationship, came through a personally signed letter from Akpoti-Uduaghan,...
INEC Disqualifies Six Political Groups From Party Registration
Eight political associations have completed the initial stage of the political party registration process, while six were disqualified, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Thursday. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, confirmed this development in a statement. The commission held its regular meeting on 30th October 2025 to review progress since an...
US React Over Soyinka’s Visa Revocation
The United States Embassy in Lagos has stated that visas granted by the country to foreign nationals are based on privilege, not a right. The US Consulate in Lagos made this clarification on Thursday in response to an inquiry from The PUNCH regarding the revocation of the visa of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. In an email response to our correspondent on Thursday,...
Reps Probes Excessive Tax Deductions, Multiple Bank Charges
The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate growing concerns over excessive tax deductions from the earnings of civil and public servants, as well as multiple and unclear bank charges imposed on customers of deposit money banks. The committee, chaired by Rivers lawmaker, Kelechi Nwogu, was inaugurated in Abuja on Thursday by the Speaker, Dr Tajudeen Abbas. Nigerians...
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