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๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญIsraelโ€™s President Isaac Herzog has praised US President Donald...
09/10/2025

๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Israelโ€™s President Isaac Herzog has praised US President Donald Trumpโ€™s role in brokering an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to end the war in Gaza.

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๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฃ๐š ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌSterling Bank Limited has reaffirmed its dedication...
09/10/2025

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐ค ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฃ๐š ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ

Sterling Bank Limited has reaffirmed its dedication to operating strictly within lawful processes even as it faces escalating efforts to obstruct justice.

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๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•: ๐๐ƒ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง, ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉThe Peoples Democratic Party Northern Support Grou...
09/10/2025

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•: ๐๐ƒ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง, ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

The Peoples Democratic Party Northern Support Group has declared full support for former President Goodluck Jonathan to fly the partyโ€™s flag in the 2027 presidential election, describing him as โ€œthe only man capable of redeeming the PDP and restoring Nigeriaโ€™s unity.โ€

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โ€Ž๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐• ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐กThe Federal Capital Territory Police Command has ar...
09/10/2025

โ€Ž๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐• ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 12 suspected armed robbers linked to the killing of an Arise News staff member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery attack in Abuja.

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๐…๐‚๐“๐€ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅThe Federal Capital Territory Administration ...
09/10/2025

๐…๐‚๐“๐€ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Thursday pledged to implement the Primary Health Care Under One Roof policy; create budget lines for core health programmes; and pass the FCT Health Insurance and the Private Health Establishment Registration and Monitoring Agency Bills.

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๐‘๐ก๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ-๐•๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐”๐‘๐“๐– ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐งThe governorship candidate of the African Democratic C...
09/10/2025

๐‘๐ก๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ-๐•๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐”๐‘๐“๐– ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has petitioned the Lagos State Police Command over alleged intimidation and threats to life by the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state, Mustapha Adekunle, popularly known as Sego.

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๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ-๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅWorld leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire and hosta...
09/10/2025

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ-๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ

World leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, which could help end the two-year war in Gaza.

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๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐š, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆCameroonโ€™s Paul Biya, already the worldโ€™s oldes...
09/10/2025

๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐š, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ

Cameroonโ€™s Paul Biya, already the worldโ€™s oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sundayโ€™s presidential election, handing him an eighth term in power in the central African country.

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๐€๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฎ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ง๐ฎโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐žA former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the immed...
09/10/2025

๐€๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฎ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ง๐ฎโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž

A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the immediate release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, describing his continued detention as a โ€œstain on Nigeriaโ€™s belief in the rule of law.โ€

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๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž: ๐€๐’๐”๐” ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐†โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ โ€˜๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐žโ€™The Lagos State Government has restated its zero tolerance for ...
09/10/2025

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž: ๐€๐’๐”๐” ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐†โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ โ€˜๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐žโ€™

The Lagos State Government has restated its zero tolerance for illegal and unapproved buildings within the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, saying such developments pose serious risks to public safety.

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๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐š๐ค๐ฎ๐›๐ฎ โ€“ ๐„๐ฑ-๐ˆ๐๐„๐‚ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐งRotimi Oyekanmi, former Chief Press Secretary...
09/10/2025

๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐š๐ค๐ฎ๐›๐ฎ โ€“ ๐„๐ฑ-๐ˆ๐๐„๐‚ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ง

Rotimi Oyekanmi, former Chief Press Secretary to the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said staff of the commission and a farewell praise song for his principal and a dirge.

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๐‘๐„๐€ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ“๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐ƒThe Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agen...
09/10/2025

๐‘๐„๐€ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ“๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐ƒ

The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, has said that the agency is implementing programmes aimed at providing electricity access to no fewer than 17.5 million Nigerians.

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