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TETFund To Boost Local Research With New Multidisciplinary Labs

12.08.2025

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its new multidisciplinary research laboratories being established across the country would enable Nigerian researchers to conduct all types of research locally, eliminating the need to send samples abroad for analysis. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, who made this known on Monday in Abuja while...

Enugu Govt To Establish Food, Nutrition Units, Distributes 20,000 Computers To Civil Servants

11.08.2025

…Commends Tinubu for Ortuanya’s appointment as UNN’s VC The Enugu State Government has resolved to set up food and nutrition units in select ministries in the state in line with the national food policy. This was even as the government announced that it would distribute 20,000 units of personal computers to 20,000 civil servants in...

Tinubu’s Pro-Youth Govt Focused On Promoting Peace, Unity – Shettima

11.08.2025

…as FG backs first global peace advocate, Hassan Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration was focused on promoting peace and unity in the country. He also asserted that the Federal Government has pledged unalloyed support to the newly appointed United Nations Global Advocate for Peace, Maryam Bukar Hassan, in her...

NDLEA Arrests 46 Suspects, Seizes 40,000kg Drugs In Edo

11.08.2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, has arrested 46 suspects while seizing over 39,977 kilograms of assorted drugs in the month of July 2025. The agency also destroyed seven cannabis plantations spanning 15.85 hectares across two Local Government Areas of the state. Speaking in Benin City while presenting the command’s July...

FCTA Storms Another Dark Spot, Displaces Illegal Occupants

11.08.2025

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday stormed another dark spot located around the popular UTC area in Garki, destroying illegal structures built by scavengers. The operation led by the Director of Development Control, Murktar Galadima, said it was in continuation of the Ministerial directive to sanitise the city and guarantee more security for...

Lagos Govt Admits Flash Flooding Inevitable, Pledges Long-Term Drainage Solutions

11.08.2025

The Lagos State Government has acknowledged that flash flooding will remain a recurring challenge for residents due to climate change and other environmental factors, even as it works to deliver lasting infrastructure solutions. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known during a television interview on Monday. He noted that...

Group Urges Ibas To Account For Rivers Allocation

11.08.2025

…Seeks end to emergency rule A group, the South-South Reawakening Group (SSRG), on Monday said it has initiated moves for the House of Representatives to make full disclosure of the full amount it has made available to Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers State, since he assumed office. The group claims...

Dangote Refinery Imports US Oil as India Buys Nigerian Crude

11.08.2025

Refineries in India are buying Nigerian crude while the country’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery is largely running on American oil, The PUNCH reports. In a twist that underscores the complexities of global oil trade, India’s state refiners are snapping up Nigerian crude oil while Africa’s largest refinery, located in Nigeria, is increasingly importing crude from the...

FCC Commends Ministry Over Job Vacancies Advertisements

11.08.2025

The Federal Character Commission (FCC) has commended the Ministry of Education for insisting that Parastatals and Agencies under it place advertisements for vacancies in their offices. The Commission, which stated this in a statement from the Director of Public Affairs & Communication, Chizea Chukwudi, on Monday, said that is the way to go given the...

Tambuwal In EFCC Custody Over Alleged N189bn Fraud

11.08.2025

The immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC (EFCC), at its Abuja corporate headquarters. New Telegraph gathered that Tambuwal is being held over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals to the tune of N189 billion. The withdrawals are in flagrant violation of the...

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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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