December 2024 – Page 82

Christmas: Okupevi Hails Survival Spirit Of Nigerians, Foresees Hope For Better Nation

23.12.2024

The Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, (Anglican Communion), Revd. Dr Ifedola Okupevi has commended the collective survival spirit of Nigerians as displayed in their general resilient resistance against the excruciating social economic hardship being witnessed in the country this period. This is even as the cleric foreseen brighter hope for Nigeria ahead of the New Year...

NPF Debunks IGP’s Alleged Directive Encouraging Violence Against Officers

23.12.2024

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reacted to a viral claim suggesting that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, instructed citizens to attack or throw stones at officers requesting to search their phones. Describing the claims as false and baseless, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday...

Abia Hold Its Carol Of Nine Lessons, Declear It An Annual Event

23.12.2024

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Sunday, announced that the State Government’s Christmas Carol Of Nine Lessons would henceforth be an Annual Event. Governor Otti made this announcement during the 2024 Edition of the Program held at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. The Governor while thanking the people...

FG Declares December 25, 26, January 1 As Public Holidays

23.12.2024

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, December 25, Thursday, December 26 2024, and Wednesday, January 1, 2025, as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year celebrations. This was contained in a press statement issued on Monday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Magdalene Ajani, on behalf of the...

#EndBadGovernance: Retract Your Inaccurate Report On Killing Of Protesters, Police Tell Amnesty

23.12.2024

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has asked Amnesty International to retract its report on the killing of #EndBadGovernance protesters. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said the report released by Amnesty International is “inaccurate and misleading”. In November 2024, Amnesty published a report titled: ‘Bloody August: Nigerian government’s violent crackdown on...

Palliative Stampede Deaths: Ekwunife Seeks Crowd-Control Measures

23.12.2024

The South East Governor’s Forum DirectorGeneral, Uche Ekwunife, has lamented the stampedes which claimed lives in Oyo, Anambra and Abuja. Ten people were confirmed dead in Saturday’s stampede in Abuja, with at least 27 people reportedly dead in the Okija in Anambra the same day. They were said to have been trampled upon in the...

Yuletide: Ondo CP Deploys Tactical Units In Blackspots

23.12.2024

Ondo State Commissioner of Police Abayomi Oladipo has deployed tactical units in different parts of the state to prevent a possible breakdown of law and order during the yuletide. He also directed senior police officers to implement the December Operational Order. In a statement by spokeswoman Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the police assured the citizens of security...

Soludo Mourns Anambra Stampede Victims

23.12.2024

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo yesterday expressed sadness over the stampede that claimed lives during a rice-sharing event in Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area on Saturday. He sympathise with the families of those who lost their lives in the incident. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Christian Aburime, the governor said:...

KWSG, Stakeholders Strategise For 2025

23.12.2024

Kwara State Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC) has held a stakeholders’ engagement to assess the performance of the state’s Business Enabling Reforms Action Plans (BERAP) for 2024. The meeting saw government and business sector players going through the 2025 Draft BERAP, which introduces key reforms for a more robust, investorfriendly, and sustainable business environment...

Defections From LP Won’t Stop; Obi May Dump Party Too –Okupe

23.12.2024

A former DirectorGeneral of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation and erswhile Labour Party’s (LP) leader, Dr Doyin Okupe, says the party’s inability to build an enduring structure after the 2023 elections is responsible for the gale of defections from the party. Okupe made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)In...

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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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