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A’Court Sets Aside Order Restraining Release Of Funds To Rivers

14.12.2024

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has set aside all orders barring the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Accountant General of the Federation from releasing funds to the Rivers State Government. The three-member panel, presided over by Justice Hamman Barka, ruled that the subject matter was not within the jurisdiction of the court relating...

Tinubu Appoints Acting Controller-General For Correctional Service

13.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nwakuche Ndidi as the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Board, Ja’afaru Ahmed made this disclosure in a press statement issued on Friday evening in Abuja. According to the statement, Ndidi’s appointment will officially begin...

Best minds not contributing to economic growth – Ajumogobia

13.12.2024

Many of Nigeria’s brightest minds may be unable to contribute to the country’s economic growth, warned the pro-chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University, Odein Ajumogobia, decrying brain drain’s effects on the economy and calling on the government to implement restorative policies. As he recently addressed the 21st Convocation of PAU postgraduate students in Lagos, Ajumogobia noted that...

Akpabio Berates Fubara, PDP For Mishandling Rivers Political Crisis

13.12.2024

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President of Nigeria, has knocked Sir Siminialayi Fubara, Rivers State Governor, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for mishandling the ongoing political crisis in the state. This was as he advised that people must rise to condemn politics of betrayal and treachery, noting that such political orientation was affecting sustainability in...

Military Neutralizes 181 Terrorists, Rescues 161 Victims

13.12.2024

The Nigerian military has achieved significant success in its ongoing operations to combat national security threats, neutralizing 181 terrorists, arresting 253 suspects, and rescuing 161 kidnapped victims within the past week. Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations made this disclosure while reeling out the achievements of the Nigerian Military in a statement...

Group Wants Najomo As Substantive DG, NCAA

13.12.2024

…Lauds Transformation In Agency The Renewed Hope Ambassadors Network (RHAN) has lauded the transformational strides recorded in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) under the leadership of Captain Chris Najomo, as the Acting Director-General. In a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Opialu Opailu, RHAN highlighted Captain Najomo’s achievements and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...

Nigeria Gets First Female Navy Aircraft Pilot

13.12.2024

On Friday, Lt. Changfe Maigari made history as the first female pilot in the Nigerian Navy (NN) since its inception in 1964. Maigari who hails from Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau but was born in Kaduna State. Her remarkable journey began in 2016 when she graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and was...

Strike: ASUP Directs Members To Resume Work Monday

13.12.2024

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has directed its members to resume work on Monday, December 16, across the country as its two-week definite strike action elapses. A statement signed by ASUP President, Shammah Kpanja on Friday in Abuja said the decision followed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached at a conciliation meeting...

Shettima To Attend Inauguration Of Nigerian-Owned Oil Facility In UAE

13.12.2024

Nigeria’s Vice-President, Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to attend an inauguration and naming of a $315 million oil production and storage facility on Saturday, December 14. This is contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha who also...

Kwara Govt Partners Olam To Boost Food Production

13.12.2024

Kwara State Government has said its doors are open for partnerships with any non-governmental organisations and agriculturists who share the same vision and commitment with the administration to develop the agricultural value chain in the state. The government said it is currently collaborating with the Olam in the area of allocation of farmland and training...

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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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