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Oyo Govt Okays Over 70% Budget Increase For PWDs

03.12.2024

Oyo State Government has increased the 2025 capital budgetary allocation for Persons with Disabilities by over 70 per cent of what they received in 2024. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this in Ibadan, during the celebration of the 2024 stakeholders’ summit and International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Makinde, represented...

Group Wants Edo Language Added Into School Curriculum

03.12.2024

A group known as Great Benin Descendants (GBD), yesterday made case for the inclusion of the Edo Language into the school curriculum and to be taught in various schools with the aim of preserving the rich cultural heritage of the great Benin people. The group made the call during a stakeholder meeting with the theme:...

BPP, Others Reject Procurement Act Amendment

03.12.2024

The Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) and other stakeholders, yesterday, kicked against the proposed amendment to the Public Procurement Act, which seeks to punish contractors for unnecessarily delaying completion, or abandoning projects awarded to them. In his presentation, the Director-General of the BPP, Adebowale Adedokun, said there was no need for the amendment since the...

Zuma Int’l Film Festival Begins In Abuja

03.12.2024

The 14th Zuma International Film Festival began in Abuja yesterday. The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) Managing Director Ali Nuhu said the Nigerian film industry has embraced the digital revolution, leveraging innovative technologies to enhance production, distribution, and audience engagement. Nuhu, who spoke at the opening ceremony, highlighted the role of cinema as a transformative tool...

Vaping Decreases Blood Flow, Oxygen Levels –Study

03.12.2024

A new study has found that vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine. The research – which has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal, was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, taking place...

N’ West, N’Central At Risk Of Starvation Over Banditry –Kano PS

03.12.2024

The Northwestern Zone Coordinator of Permanent Secretaries Lauratu Ado Diso yesterday bemoaned the havoc being wreaked by bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in the North West and North Central. According to her, the development has made the areas vulnerable to hunger and starvation. The Kano State Ministry of Budget and Planning Permanent Secretary said...

We’re Building Prosperous, Inclusive, Self-Reliant Society –Sanwo-Olu

03.12.2024

Lagos State Government remains committed to intensifying collaborative efforts with captains of industries, the private sector and artisans, as a way to create employment opportunities for graduates from its five Technical Colleges. Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this yesterday at TheBlue Roof, Agidingbi, Ikeja, venue of the graduation ceremony of over 2000 students of its Technical Colleges,...

Chamber urges states to boost intra-African trade

03.12.2024

The Nigeria-Namibia Chamber of Commerce has called on state governments to deepen trade and investment ties with African countries to unlock economic growth and improve citizens’ welfare. In a statement, the President of the Nigeria-Namibia Chamber of Commerce, Ben Ojo, highlighted the transformative potential of intra-African trade at a recently held Namibia-Delta State Trade and...

NAICOM, ICRC partner to ensure insurance coverage for PPP assets

03.12.2024

The National Insurance Commission and the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission have agreed to partner to implement insurance provisions for assets under public-private partnership arrangements, as outlined in the law. This agreement was reached during a courtesy visit of the Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Olusegun Omosehin, to the Office of the Director General of the ICRC,...

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Customs investigate alleged misconduct by officers

03.12.2024

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, says it has commenced an investigation into an incident in a viral video where some officers attached to the command were seen maltreating some individuals. The command disclosed this in a statement on Monday signed by its Public Relations Officer, Hussaini Abdullahi, a Superintendent of Customs. Abdullahi said...

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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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