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Diri Assures Corps Members Of Adequate Security During Service Year

24.01.2025

The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the state that the State Government remains committed to their security and welfare. He gave this assurance on Friday at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Boro Town, during the opening/swearing-in ceremony of 2024 Batch C, stream 2...

EU-SDGN Trains INEC Officers On Gender, Disability Inclusive Elections

24.01.2025

The European Union Support to Democratic Governance Programme (EU-SDGN) has supported a 3-day training of desk officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with specific targets on ensuring gender and disability inclusion in Nigeria’s electoral process. The EU-SDGN aims to develop a comprehensive training manual for INEC inclusivity officers to effectively address and manage...

FHC Awards N100m Damages Against Expelled PDP Nat’l Vice Chairman

24.01.2025

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, on Friday awarded N100 million damages against the expelled PDP National Vice Chairman South-East, Chief Ali Odefa. The ruling follows a suit instituted by 20 members of PDP including Executives of the party in Oguduokwor ward in Onicha Local Government Area of the State. The...

Adeleke Constitutes 100-Member Boundary Crisis Resolution Committee

24.01.2025

Following the constant land disputes between Ifon, Ilobu and Erin Osun, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has constituted a 100-member High Powered Land Crisis Resolution Committee with each of the affected communities having 25 representatives and the state Government 25 members. The Ataoja of Osogbo land, Oba Jimoh Adetunji Olanipekun Larooye has been announced...

ARDA, EU, UN Women Organize Capacity Building Training For Borno Journalists

24.01.2025

A leading Development Communication, Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), in collaboration with the European Union (EU), United Nations Women (UN Women) and other donor agencies have organized a one-day capacity-building training for journalists in Borno State. ARDA is Nigeria, which focused on fostering sustainable development through Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) projects within Nigeria and across...

Bala Mohammed Lacks Leadership Capacity

24.01.2025

The Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has blasted the incumbent Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed for not having the required leadership capacity. Wike, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, reacted to a comment said to have been made by...

Bye-Elections: No Law Stops Serving Lawmakers From Contesting

24.01.2025

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters (INEC), Hon. Adebayo Balogun has said that there is no law preventing any serving lawmaker or political office holder from contesting the bye-elections in the country. He explained that there was no such plan in the ongoing electoral reforms to disenfranchise serving legislators both...

Nominees For LG Election Tribunal To Appear Before Osun Assembly

24.01.2025

The Osun State House of Assembly has invited the nominees for the State Local Government Election Tribunal to appear before it. The lawmakers officially announced the invitation of the nominees, on Friday, in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu. According to the lawmakers, the invitation was in accordance...

Why We Accepted Rivers’ Court Judgement

24.01.2025

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has explained that its decision to recognise Robinson Ewor-led executive to oversee the affairs of the Rivers State chapter of the party following the High Court judgement, is to avoid a repeat of the painful scenario in Plateau State. The party had lost many seats it won in the National...

Bayelsa Govt Tasks Organizations To Set SMART Goals Against Abandoned Projects

24.01.2025

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has advised both public and private organisations to set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound (SMART) goals to check abandonment of projects in the country. Ewhrudjakpo, gave this advice when a delegation of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Bayelsa Chapter, led by its Chairman, Engr...

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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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