October 2024 – Rise Africa

FG considers PPPs to fund key science, technology projects

31.10.2024

The Federal Government is considering using private sector funds through Public Private Partnerships as a funding option for certain key projects in the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. This was disclosed when the Director General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Innovation, Science...

Bill to curb govt judgment debt passes second reading

31.10.2024

A bill seeking the provision of guidelines for the payment of judgment debts owed by the Federal Government and its agencies on Thursday scaled the second reading stage at the House of Representatives. Titled “A Bill for an Act to Provide Guidelines for the Payment of Judgment Debts Owed by the Federal Government and its...

BREAKING: Acting Chief of Army Staff Oluyede assumes duty Friday

31.10.2024

The acting Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede will assume duties on Friday, November 1. Oluyede was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday pending the return of the indisposed substantive Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja. His appointment came a few days after the Defence Headquarters stated that the appointment...

South West inner roads in bad state – Senator

31.10.2024

A lawmaker who represented Osun East Senatorial District in the Senate between the years 2011 and 2019, Senator Babajide Omoworare, has said many inner roads in South West region were in a deplorable state. Senator Omoworare spoke on Thursday in Ile-Ife, Osun State, during the inauguration of road projects he facilitated while serving as the...

SGF, Benue lawmaker urge Nigerians to embrace waste recycling

31.10.2024

The Secretary to Government of the Federation, George Akume, on Thursday, urged stakeholders to invest in recycling and waste management to reduce its effect on the environment and create employment opportunities for young Nigerians. Akume made the appeal at the public presentation and launch of ‘Recycling in Nigeria’, a book written by a member of...

Police arrest two Aiye cult members, recover weapons in Edo

31.10.2024

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of the Aiye cult group in the State. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command, Umoru Ozigi disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City. Ozigi said the suspects were arrested along the Benin/Auchi bypass at Iguomo community in Uhunmwonde Local Government...

British rapper Skepta gushes over Tiwa Savage

31.10.2024

British rapper Skepta has expressed his admiration for Nigerian afrobeats singer Tiwa Savage. The Grime star shared a sultry photo of Savage via his X handle on Thursday, gushing over her beauty. Sharing the photo, he exclaimed, “Chineke! [God in Igbo parlance],” alluding to her mesmerising beauty. Savage has yet to react to Skepta’s public...

Landowners receive N300m compensation for Ekiti airport project

31.10.2024

The Ekiti Government has awarded N300 million to 377 landowners whose lands were acquired for the construction of the State Agro Allied Cargo Airport in Ado-Ekiti. Governor Biodun Oyebanji said this on Thursday, in Ado-Ekiti, while disbursing cheques to the landowners from Ijan, Igbemo, Afao, and Iworoko affected by the airport project. He also paid...

Police release Lagos bizman detained over $325,000 fraud allegations

31.10.2024

A popular Lagos-based businessman, Sijibomi Ogundele, who was detained at the Force Criminal Investigations Department in Abuja, has been released on bail. Our correspondent gathered that Ogundele was held by the police following a petition written by human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi, accusing Ogundele of obtaining the sum of $325,000 on 5 November 2020, from...

Senate, Reps adjourn plenary amidst controversy on tax reforms bills

31.10.2024

Amidst controversy trailing tax reforms bills forwarded to National Assembly, by President Bola Tinubu, both the Senate and the House of Representatives unexpectedly adjourned plenary to November 19. The Senate had on Wednesday listed the bill on its order paper for first reading but stood it down along with other items for screening and confirmation...

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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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