November 2024 – Page 49

Tunji-Ojo Speaks On ‘’Panacea For Food Insecurity’ At FUTA Graduation

26.11.2024

Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, will on November 29 deliver the 34th and 35th combined convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Ondo State. The convocation lecture, according to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, is themed: “Technological Innovations: A Panacea for Food Insecurity”. Oladiji also added that no fewer than...

CSO To NAHCON: Constitute C’ttee To Monitor Disbursement Of 2023 Hajj Refund

26.11.2024

Independent Hajj Reporters, a faith-based civil society organization that monitors, reports on, and advocates for transparency in the Nigerian Hajj and Umrah Industry, has called on the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to constitute a special committee that will monitor the disbursement of refunds to about 95 000 Nigerian pilgrims who travelled to the...

Oborevwori Reads Riot To Oil Trunk Attackers, Vandals

26.11.2024

The Delta State Government has threatened to deal ruthlessly with any oil facility vandal that is caught sabotaging economic advancement in the state. The warning came after the state government got wind of the vandalization act of the NNPCL/ Chevron Oil facility – the Dibi Abiteye Flow Station in Warri North Local Government Area of...

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Rose To 4.3% In Q2,2024

26.11.2024

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported yesterday that the country’s unemployment rate increased to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2024. This is an increase of 0.1 per cent compared to the same period last year. In the period under review, the unemployment rate among persons with upper secondary education stood at...

ICPC Tracks N10bn Constituency Projects In Jigawa

26.11.2024

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) yesterday said it has commenced the tracking of N10 billion constituency and executive projects in Jigawa State. The Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner in Kano State, Mr Ibrahim Garba, said this in a statement in Dutse, the state capital. Garba, who oversees the commission’s operations in Jigawa,...

Food Security: ‘Off-Take Of Farm Produce’ll Boost Benue Farmers’ GDP

26.11.2024

The Benue Investment and Property Company (BIPC) Managing Director Raymond Asemakaha yesterday expressed confidence that the off-take of commodities would significantly boost the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of farmers. According to him, the initiative is part of BIPC’s efforts to address food insecurity and improve the economic conditions of farmers. He said the off-take programme...

Nigeria Ranks 6th On Africa Visa Openness Index –Report

26.11.2024

Nigeria ranked sixth among 54 countries in the African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Union’s 2024 African Visa Openness Index (AVOI) report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the AVOI tracks visaopenness on African continent and how easy it is for African citizens to travel to other African countries. “Visa openness refers to...

Nigeria Would Have Thrived Under Obi- Abaribe

26.11.2024

Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator representing Abia South in the Senate, on Monday, expressed his belief that Nigeria would have been in a better position if the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi won the 2023 presidential election. According to Abaribe, an Obi-led presidency would have ensured inclusivity and fairness, unlike the alleged nepotistic tendencies...

Nigeria Makes Progress In HIV Treatment Amid Challenges –NACA

26.11.2024

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has said approximately 1.6 million out of the two million people living with HIV in Nigeria are currently receiving treatment. Ilori made this disclosure at a press conference in Abuja ahead of the 2024 World AIDS Day. The theme...

2027: PDP Or Not, Huge Opposition Alliance Imminent –Ugochinyere

26.11.2024

Member for Ideato Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has said Nigeria should expect the emergence of major opposition alliances in the days ahead. Ugochinyere made the declaration yesterday in his country home, Akokwa, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State. The lawmaker regretted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

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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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