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WTO DG Lauds Nigeria Customs CG’s Leadership At 145th/146th WCO Sessions

26.06.2025

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for his outstanding leadership in driving customs modernisation and trade facilitation reforms. Her commendation came during the opening of the 145th/146th Sessions of the Customs Co-operation Council held on...

CIML Confers Leadership Fellowship On Aiyedatiwa

26.06.2025

The Chartered Institute of Leadership (CIML), Kentucky, United States of America, will on Friday confer a Leadership Fellowship on the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Director General of the institute, Dr. Yakubu Mohammed Baba, disclosed that the Environmental Council of the institute would be in Akure, the state capital, for a two-day national workshop...

New Initiative Targets 10m Safer Births Under Patronage Of Denmark Queen

26.06.2025

In a bold step toward reducing maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Danish NGO Maternity Foundation have launched the 10 Million Safer Births Initiative under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark. Announced in Abuja on Tuesday, June 24, the initiative aims to support 10 million safer...

Nentawe Commissions Food For Malnourished Children In Benue IDP Camps

26.06.2025

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Eradication, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has commissioned food items for malnourished children residing in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Benue State. Speaking during the ceremony in Makurdi, the state capital, the Minister decried the scale of the humanitarian crisis caused by incessant attacks on communities in the state,...

Shehu Sani Mourns 17 Fallen Soldiers In Niger, Urges Support For Bereaved Families

26.06.2025

Former senator and human rights activist Shehu Sani has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic death of 17 Nigerian soldiers killed during a military operation against terrorists in Niger State. New Telegraph had earlier reported that 17 soldiers lost their lives after neutralizing scores of bandits in a fierce engagement. Taking to his Facebook page,...

We Won’t Hold Bye-Election In Rivers – INEC

26.06.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will not conduct a bye-election in the Khana II State Constituency of Rivers State due to the current state of emergency in the area. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during a meeting with the Chairmen and Secretaries of 19 registered political parties...

GIMP Congratulates Muslims On New Hijrah Year

26.06.2025

As the crescent of Muharram ushers in 1447 AH, marking the beginning of the Islamic New Year, the Guild of Interfaith Media Practitioners Nigeria (GIMP-Nigeria) has extended warm greetings and heartfelt Eid Mubarak to the Muslim community in Nigeria and across the globe. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the Chairman of the Guild, Mr. Abdulkarim...

Rep Urges FG To Declare Public Holiday

26.06.2025

The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Saidu Musa Abdullahi, has called on the Federal Government to declare the first day of Muharram — the beginning of the Islamic calendar — as a national public holiday. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by his Senior Legislative Aide, Dodo Alhaji,...

SAC-On-Screen Deepening Cultural Dialogue Between Korea, Nigeria – KCCN

26.06.2025

The Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria (KCCN) has said its Seoul Arts Center (SAC) on Screen initiative is opening up new opportunities and deepening cultural dialogue between Nigeria and the Republic of Korea. Head of Public Communications at KCCN, Gwang Min Lee, made this known during this month’s edition of SAC on Screen, which featured “The...

Abia Mulls Abolition Of Traditional Birth Centers

26.06.2025

The Abia State Government is considering the closure of all traditional birth centers (TBCs) and disciplinary action, including salary suspension or outright dismissal of Primary Health Centre (PHC) staff who abandon their duty posts, as part of efforts to curb rising infant and maternal mortality in the state. Speaking at the second quarter meeting of...

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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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