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Oyo Police Confirms Death Of 35 Children

19.12.2024

No fewer than 35 children have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a funfair held at Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan while six persons are injured and receiving treatment in a medical facility The State Police Command spokesman, Adewale Osifeso who made this known on Thursday also stated that eight suspects have been...

Senate Passes 2025 Budget For Second Reading, Goes On Break

19.12.2024

The 2025 Budget of Restoration has successfully passed the second reading during Thursday’s session of the Nigerian Senate. This was as the upper Chamber of the National Assembly adjourned its plenary session to January 14, 2025, to observe the Christmas and New Year holidays. It would be recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented the 2025...

Police Arrest Ex-Queen Of Ife, Principal Over Ibadan Stampede

19.12.2024

The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Naomi Silekunola, the former queen of the Ooni of Ife, alongside the Principal of Islamic High School, Ibadan, Fasasi Abdulahi, and six others, in connection with the tragic stampede that occurred during a children’s funfair in Ibadan on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Thursday...

10m Nigerians Access Healthcare Funded Through BHCPF In One Year

19.12.2024

The Federal Government has said no fewer than 10 million Nigerians have been able to access primary healthcare centres funded by the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) within the last one year. Coordinating Minister for Health & Social Welfare Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate made the disclosure at the 9th meeting of the oversight ministerial committee...

Group Lauds Tinubu’s Economic Policies, Investment In Infrastructure, Security

19.12.2024

The Renewed Hope Ambassadors Network (RHAN) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for presenting a proposed budget that seeks to restore hope to Nigerians and guide the country towards sustainable growth and prosperity. Describing the 2025 budget proposal presented by the President as a “bold and visionary document,” the group noted that it has shown...

New State House Perm Sec To Staff, Work Hard To Achieve Mandate

19.12.2024

The new Permanent Secretary posted to the State House, Temitope Fashedemi has called on State House staff to see themselves as privileged to be called upon to serve, urging them to always put in their best. According to a press release issued by the Director of Information and Public Relations of the State House, A...

Firm advocates innovative payment solutions for young Nigerians

19.12.2024

The Chief Executive Officer of Unified Payment Services Limited, Dr Agada Apochi, has urged industry players to innovate payment solutions that cater to the needs of young people. The disclosure was made in a statement on Wednesday following his keynote presentation at the annual Committee of e-Business Industry Heads conference, which was themed “Payment System...

Group Advocates Peace, Love As Solution To Global Problems

19.12.2024

A group under the umbrella of Brotherhood of the Cross and Stars has said the current global challenges would only be solved when everyone is committed to the culture of Love, and tranquillity and returns to the one and only living God. The spokesman of the group Archbishop Emmanuel Ekuri at a world press conference...

Afenifere Youths Hail Dangote Group’s Festive Season Fuel Price Reduction

19.12.2024

The Afenifere Progressive Youth Movement (APYM) has commended the Dangote Group for its decision to reduce fuel prices during the festive season. According to Aare Oluwarotimi Dare, its Worldwide President, the group said the company’s bold move to slash petrol prices to N899.50K per litre is a heartwarming gift to Nigerians, providing much-needed relief from...

House Of Reps To Present N704.91m To Tinubu For Vulnerables

19.12.2024

The House of Representatives will on Tuesday, December 31, present a sum of N704.91 million to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to provide relief for vulnerable Nigerians impacted by the economic challenges following the removal of the petrol subsidy. This decision stems from a resolution made by the House on July 18, 2024, to cut 50% of...

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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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