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Lagos Assembly Confirms Sanwo-Olu’s Nominees Into LASIEC, Others

02.05.2025

Lagos Assembly has confirmed the appointment of the nominees presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu into various agencies in the State. It would be recalled that the House constituted a 12 Man Ad hoc Committee chaired by the Chief Whip, Mojeed Fatai Adebola to scrutinize the nominees’ credentials to determine their eligibility and competence for the...

i3 Backs 7 African Pharmacy Startups With Up To $225k Support

02.05.2025

Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups, has announced its 3rd cohort of 7 growth-stage companies working to transform pharmacy services on the continent. The three-year programme will empower innovators to improve patient access to healthcare across Africa and scale their impact. In many African countries, pharmacies serve on...

500 Men, Women Get Free Cataract Surgery

02.05.2025

No fewer than five hundred men and women from Minna and Bida in Niger State have benefitted from Nigeria National Petroleum Company Foundation free cataract surgery. Managing Director of the NNPC Foundation, Mrs. Emmanuella Arukwe, said the intervention was aimed at combating widespread vision impairment caused by cataracts affecting many Nigerians Arukwe, who was represented by...

Minister: Gender Inclusion Key To Trade Policy

02.05.2025

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has stated the reason for mainstreaming gender inclusion in industrial and trade policy. Oduwole made this known on Thursday in Lagos at The Covenant Nation Platform Africa Women in Leadership and Women in Business Conference. The minister noted that women, when equipped with the tools, networks...

Bode George Urges Tinubu To Implement 2014 Confab Report

02.05.2025

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to implement the report of the 2014 National Conference in the memory of late Chief Ayo Adebanjo and late Chief Edwin Clark whom he said contributed robustly to the conference debates, with the aim of making...

Nigerians To Get Up To N1m Extra Monthly -Sterling Bank

02.05.2025

Leading commercial bank and Africa’s most agile company, Sterling Bank has announced the introduction of AlwaysOn by Sterling, a bold new feature on its OneBank platform that will give eligible customers up to N1 million extra every month -even when their account balances are running low. Launched on Workers’ Day 2025, the initiative is part...

Organisation Trains Zamfara Farmers On Climatic Challenges

02.05.2025

In a bid to boost climate resilience and promote sustainable agricultural practices, the Health Standard Concern Organization (HESCO), in collaboration with the Zamfara State Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project, has successfully trained 200 participants drawn from farmer associations, community interest groups, and local government project implementation committees across three catchment areas in the...

FG Gives Foreigners With Expired Visas 3 Months To Vacate Nigeria

02.05.2025

The Federal government through the Immigration service on Friday revealed it has given foreigners with expired visas three months to vacate the country. This is contained in a statement issued by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and signed by the Public Relations Officer, Akinsola Akinlabi. READ ALSO The NIS warned that overstaying now attracts daily...

Suspended Members’ Antics’ll Fail – Speaker

02.05.2025

The Speaker Zamfara State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Isma’il has stressed that the movement by the eight suspended members to establish a parallel Assembly would not succeed as the action is absolutely illegal. Isma’il made the declaration in a press conference at the complex of the State House of Assembly Gusau on Friday, describing the...

Okey Bakassi Honoured To Lead His People, Becomes Traditional Ruler In Imo Community

02.05.2025

Comedian and actor, Okey Bakassi, has been elected as the traditional ruler of Umuihuocha, an autonomous community in Mbaise, Imo state. The 55-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule, broke the news recently. He also shared photos of himself in regal traditional attire. In a video posted on his Instastory, Okey expressed gratitude...

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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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