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NAFDAC inagurates breast milk substitute committees

27.10.2024

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has inaugurated the Breast Milk Substitutes State Multi-Sectoral Technical Committees across 32 States. NAFDAC, in a statement signed and released by its Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, on Sunday said the inauguration of the committees is in line with the ongoing implementation of the national...

Police launch investigation as gunmen kill drummer in Edo community

27.10.2024

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed a drummer identified as HC Ikhamateh Akhumhele in Osholo community of Edo State. DAILY POST reports that Osholo community is located in Uwanno kingdom in Etsako East Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, SP Moses Yamu who...

NAFDAC inaugurates breast milk substitutes committees

27.10.2024

NDLEA intercepts US, Europe-bound drugs in shoe soles, N16.6bn opioids at seaports

27.10.2024

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that its operatives have intercepted consignments of opioids concealed in the soles of shoes and hair attachments, heading to the United States, United Kingdom, and Cyprus, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, and three courier companies in the state. NDLEA also stated that...

Air Peace denies plan to hike airfare

27.10.2024

One of the major airlines in the country, Air Peace, has denied plans to increase its one-way flight fare from Lagos to Abuja to N200,000. PUNCH Online reports that a post recently went viral indicating that Air Peace’s one-way flight would now cost N200,000 from November 1, 2024. The post claimed that the one-way flight...

Kano electoral commission issues certificates of return to new LG chairmen

27.10.2024

The Kano Independent Electoral Commission has issued certificates of return to the newly elected 44 Local Government Chairmen across the state. The certificates were issued by the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Sani Malumfashi, on Sunday, as reported by Daily Trust. Malumfashi noted that the commission has the mandate to issue the certificates and urged the newly...

Okpebholo denies seeking $45m loan from China

27.10.2024

Edo State governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has dismissed rumours that he intends to secure a $45 million loan from a Chinese agency to fund the construction of three flyovers in Benin City following Governor Godwin Obaseki’s handover. The rebuttal was articulated in a statement released to journalists in Abuja on Sunday by Okpebholo’s media aide,...

Diri approves N80,000 new minimum wage for Bayelsa civil servants

27.10.2024

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has approved N80,000 as the new minimum wage for state civil servants, effective from November 1, 2024. Diri also approved an increase in the monthly pension for retirees, as well as a payment of N7.0 billion for gratuities to reduce outstanding liabilities. The Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, disclosed...

Conquer obstacles to leadership success, expert urges women

27.10.2024

A gender specialist with Solidarity Centre, Vanessa Edhebru, has stated that many women are hesitant to take on leadership roles due to various issues, including the burden of care, as well as cultural and social constraints. Edhebru made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, on the sidelines of...

Abuja building collapse: FCT police confirm rescue of five persons

27.10.2024

The FCT Police Command has confirmed that five persons have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building at Vidaz Estate, within the Sabon Lugbe Extension of Abuja. PUNCH Online earlier reported that approximately 40 people were reportedly trapped under the rubble of the collapsed storey building in Sabon Lugbe, a suburban community in...

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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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