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Gov. Aliyu Flags Off Tree Planting Campaign

29.08.2025

…Calls for Collective Effort to Combat Desertification Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has officially flagged off the 2025 Tree Planting Campaign in Sokoto New City, Kasarawa, with a call for collective action to curb desert encroachment in the state. The Governor announced that the State Government, through the Ministry of Environment, has procured both...

FG Determined To Ensure Safe, Sustainable Buildings

29.08.2025

The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring all buildings in Nigeria meet the highest safety, durability, and sustainability standards. In a statement issued by Adamu Aminu, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Minister...

Reward Academic Brilliance Like Sports, Ajadi Charges FG

29.08.2025

A South West stalwart of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi, has urged the Federal Government to always accord adequate rewards to achievers in the academic field, just like it does to sports medalists. Ajadi said the situation where the Federal Government rewards athletes and footballers with huge amounts of money and other...

Afenifere Decries Spate Of Kidnappings In Kwara, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos-Benin Expressway

29.08.2025

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed serious concern over the onslaught by bandits in parts of Kwara State, leading to the kidnapping of a monarch’s family members and the sacking of about 16 communities, as well as the kidnapping of Pastor Ayodeji Akesinro from his home in Upenme, Owo, Ondo State on Thursday, August...

Why Chioma Chukwuka Avoids Romantic Roles In Movies – Patience Umeh

29.08.2025

Veteran Nollywood actress Patience Umeh has alleged that her colleague, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha, refrained from accepting kissing or romantic roles in films because of her Catholic upbringing. Speaking during a recent episode of the “Where Is The Lie podcast”, Umeh revealed that Chukwuka’s strict background influenced her choice of movie roles. “Chioma Chukwuka was brought...

NAN Editor, 3 Others Bag APWEN Media Excellence Award

29.08.2025

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Lagos Chapter, has honoured Mrs Grace Alegba, a Senior Editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), with its 2025 Media Excellence Support Award. The award was presented on Friday, August 29, by APWEN Lagos Chairperson, Dr Atinuke Owolabi, during the association’s Annual General Meeting, awards,...

Kwara Govt Reiterates Commitment To HOPE Programme

29.08.2025

The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE) Programme, a World Bank supported initiative designed to enhance education, healthcare, and governance for the benefit of the people of the State. The Chairman of the HOPE Steering Committee and Commissioner for Finance, Dr...

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29.08.2025

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FG: Nigeria First Policy To Fetch Nation’s GDP N3tr Earnings From Made-In-Nigeria Goods Campaign

29.08.2025

In the quest to drive growth in the country’s industrial sector in line with the launching of the Nigeria First Policy, the Federal Government has disclosed that it is set to generate N3 trillion from the Made-in-Nigeria goods campaign nationwide set-side to enlightening Nigerians to patronise locally made products. The Minister of State for Industry,...

PoS Geo-Tagging: Ammban Faults CBN On 60-day Deadline

29.08.2025

The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) has expressed concern over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN ) 60-day deadline for the mandatory geo-tagging of Point of Sale (PoS) and other payment terminals in the country. Speaking on a Channels TV business programme, on Thursday, the Acting National President of AMMBAN,...

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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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