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APMT, Customs Partner To Advance UCMS Implementation At Apapa Port

05.08.2025

In a strategic move to enhance trade facilitation and streamline cargo clearance, APM Terminals (APMT) Apapa has partnered with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to accelerate the deployment of the Unified Customs Management System (UCMS), codenamed B’Odogwu, at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa. The new platform, which replaces the Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICIS...

HURIWA Commends DSS DG Over Human Rights Reforms

05.08.2025

…Urges Institutionalisation of Human Rights Desk Nationwide The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed profound commendation for the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Oluwatosin Ajayi, over what it describes as “A pleasantly surprising and deeply encouraging shift” in the agency’s operational philosophy, particularly as it relates to the...

UNILORIN VC Hails AbdulSamad Rabiu On 65th Birthday

05.08.2025

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole (SAN), has congratulated the Chairman/Chief Executive of BUA Group, Alhaji AbdulSamad Rabiu, CON, on his 65th birthday. In a statement issued by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, Prof. Egbewole described the Kano-born business magnate as a blessing to Nigeria...

FIFA World Cup Winner, Frank Mill Dies At 67

05.08.2025

Frank Mill, a member of West Germany’s 1990 World Cup-winning squad, FIFA, has reportedly passed away at the age of 67. Mill’s former clubs, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen, confirmed his passing in a statement issued on Tuesday, August 5. Mill, who also secured an Olympic bronze in Seoul in 1988 and lifted the DFB-Pokal...

FG, Partners Launch Revised National Employment Policy

05.08.2025

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has officially launched the Revised National Employment Policy (NEP) 2025, setting a new direction for job creation and the promotion of decent work across Nigeria. The updated policy was developed with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Strengthening Employability and Employment Systems in Nigeria...

Oforbuike Okoli-Egbo Joins Candlelight Rally For Late Onyekere

05.08.2025

Oforbuike Okoli-Egbo, the Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for the upcoming Anambra South Senatorial District bye-election, has joined calls for justice over the killing of Onyekere Onyekachi, popularly known as Fishmagnet. Speaking at a candlelight rally organised in the late entrepreneur’s honour by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, Okoli-Egbo expressed...

Ministry Denounces Smear Campaign Against UBEC Executive Secretary

05.08.2025

The Federal Ministry of Education has condemned what it described as a sponsored smear campaign targeting the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, said the Ministry’s attention had been drawn to libellous media reports...

Ortuanya Emerges 16th UNN Vice Chancellor

05.08.2025

…Lauds Tinubu, Mbah for Historic Milestone Professor Simon Ortuanya has been appointed the 16th Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). This marks a historic milestone, as Ortuanya’s emerged the first indigenous Vice Chancellor from UNN’s host, Enugu North Senatorial District, also known as Nsukka Zone, since it was founded in 1960. In...

Lagos Urges Calm Amid Heavy Downpour, Warns Of Possible Flash Floods

04.08.2025

The Lagos State Government has appealed to residents to remain calm following over 12 hours of continuous rainfall across the state, warning that the downpour may lead to flash floods in several parts of the metropolis. As read in a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs in the Ministry of the Environment and...

S’Falcons Victory Will Attract More Girls To Football

04.08.2025

…Harps on grassroots football development The Secretary of Samuel Okwaraji Foundation, Chidozie Achonwa, has described the recent WAFCON victory by the Super Falcons as a testament that the girl child can perform well in any field of human endeavour when given the necessary encouragement and support, just as he stated that the victory will ensure...

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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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