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Edo Suspends Revenue Collection By Unlicensed Operators, Touts

19.11.2024

The Edo State Government yesterday suspended the ban on revenue collection by unlicensed operators. The Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG) Umar Ikhilor said only statutory and licensed revenue collectors are mandated to operate and collect revenue on behalf of the government, especially in motor parks. He urged the public to report unauthorized revenue...

Nanoplastics Found To Block Antibiotics In Human Body –Study

19.11.2024

A European team of medical researchers has found that tiny bits of plastic smaller than 0.0001 millimetres are getting into human bodies and adding to the increasing ineffectiveness of many antibiotics. According to the results of the research published in ‘Scientific Reports’, one of the Nature Stable of journals, these minute particles from plastic bottles...

EU Seeks Integrated Approach To Tackle SGBV Against Women, Girls

19.11.2024

The European Union (EU) has called on the Nigerian government, ministries, departments and agencies, private sector, civil society organisations, religious and traditional institutions, and all Nigerians to work collectively to tackle the menace of Sexual and GenderBased Violence (SGBV) against women and girls across the country. Deputy Ambassador, European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS,...

Edun Lauds Gov For Making Bauchi Business-Friendly

19.11.2024

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun has lauded Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed for transforming the state into a business-friendly environment. Edun made the comment when he visited the governor in Bauchi yesterday. The visit was part of the activities for the National Council on Finance and Economic Development...

Reps Back Marine Corps Establishment Bill

19.11.2024

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi, has said it’s time the country sets up a marine corps to cater for the vast maritime resources and growing insecurity. This is even as the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and a coalition of civil society organisations rejected the bill....

Shipowners, Others To Address Maritime Challenges At Port Summit

19.11.2024

Port economists, ship owners, maritime lawyers, major maritime stakeholders and longstanding maritime journalists are to converge in Lagos to examine, analyse and find lasting solutions to maritime teething problems in the country. The event is billed to hold on December 4, 2024, at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos during the maiden edition of Port News Summit...

Bwala Defends Appointment, Says He’s Loyal To Tinubu

19.11.2024

The newly appointed Presidential spokesman, Daniel Bwala, on Monday, defended his appointment as the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications. Bwala who spoke in an interview after his official assumption of office gave the assurance of his 100% loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and his principal. New...

Students Protest UNILESA’s Tuition Fee Hike From N290,000 To N1.5m

19.11.2024

The National Association of University Students (NAUS), Osun State Campus Monitoring Committee, yesterday condemned the tuition fee hike from N290,000 to N1.5 million at the University of Ilesa (UNILESA). In a statement, Chairman Popoola Olayinka demanded the immediate reversal of the tuition fee. The group said: “This unwarranted increase is a direct contradiction of the...

Celebrating Positive Male Role Models

19.11.2024

International Men’s Day (IMD), first observed in 1999, honours and celebrates men whose lives, achievements, and contributions bring significant change in various spheres, such as family, marriage, childcare, community, and the country at large. International Men’s Day (IMD), observed annually on November 19, is a significant global event that highlights the positive contributions of men...

FG plans fresh N31tn borrowing, total debt may hit N170tn

19.11.2024

The Federal Government plans to allocate a significant portion of its budget to debt servicing over the next three years, surpassing allocations for capital expenditures. This is according to the recently approved 2025-2027 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. To fund its expenditure plans, the government also intends to borrow an additional N31.24tn over...

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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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