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Sokoto Communities Rally Support For Violence Against Women, Children

09.02.2025

The Sokoto Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) organized a sensitization program aimed at boosting girl child education at the community level in four local government areas. The State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Ahmed Ladan Ala, represented by the Director of Administration in the ministry, Abubakar Umar Salame, flagged off...

Seven Kwara Hospital Pharmacies Secure PCN Accreditation

09.02.2025

…Training of Intern Pharmacists to resume No fewer than seven Kwara State Hospital pharmacy departments have secured accreditation from the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) to operate as internship training centres for graduate pharmacists. It would be recalled that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq had last year given his approval and full support to the management of...

CAPPA Tasks FG, States To Prioritise Healthy Food Policies Over Cancer Fight

09.02.2025

As the world marks World Cancer Day 2025, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has tasked both Federal and State governments in Nigeria to develop and implement comprehensive healthy food policies targeted at reducing the exposure of Nigerians to ultra-processed foods, tobacco, excessive Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and salt consumption, all of which constitute...

FCCPC Lauds Court Ruling Affirming Its Regulatory Authority In Telecoms Sector

09.02.2025

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has lauded the ruling of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday which affirms its statutory authority to regulate competition and consumer protection across all sectors, including telecommunications. The Commission welcomed the court ruling in a statement issued by the Director of Corporate Communications, Ondaje Ijagwu....

$1.07bn Health Budget: Nigerians Deserve Accountability, Detailed Information

09.02.2025

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called for public audit and accountability in the $1.07 billion Federal Government’s budgetary appropriation in the 2025 budget for the health sector. Atiku in a statement issued on Sunday noted that apart from the $1.07 billion to be expended in the primary health sector, there is an additional...

Confusion As Police, Edo Security Corps Clash Over Rescue Of Kidnapped Traditional Ruler

09.02.2025

There was confusion on Sunday in Edo State as the vigilante group, known as the Edo State Security Corps clashed with the State Police Command of the Nigerian Police Force over who gets the credit for the rescue of the Onogie of Udo-Eguare community, His Royal Highness (HRH) Friday Ehizojie. Sunday Telegraph reports that the...

Ondo Warns Security Agencies Against Annexing Territories To Ogun

09.02.2025

…We’re Not Part of Ijebu State – Ondo Monarchs Traditional rulers from the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have warned security agencies and officials of the Federal Government against annexing territories in the state to the neighbouring state of Ogun. The monarchs in a communique issued after a special meeting held at Igbokoda...

Why Fake Drug Peddlers Should Face Death Penalty

09.02.2025

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has said only a severe penalty like death would effectively deter drug peddlers, especially those selling harmful substandard medications. Adeyeye called for the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers who prioritize making huge illicit money...

Bode George Faults Proposed 31 New States

09.02.2025

A chieftain and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, on Sunday faulted calls for the creation of 31 additional states in the country. Sunday Telegraph recalls that the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu on Thursday, February 6 said the House had received proposals...

NNPC, firm cut gas flaring by 96% in two oil fields

09.02.2025

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and First Exploration & Petroleum Development Company Limited have successfully cut routine gas flaring by 96 per cent at the Anyala (OML 83) and Madu (OML 85) fields, marking a major step towards environmental sustainability. In a statement on Thursday, NNPCL hailed the achievement as a major stride 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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