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Renewed Hope Agenda: FG Inaugurates $40m ICT Revolution In 10 Varsities

02.07.2025

National Universities Commission (NUC) has secured a $40 million credit facility from the French Government to advance digital transformation across 10 federal universities in Nigeria, under the Blueprint-ICT-Dev Project. The project which was formally launched on yesterday in Abuja is funded through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) with the aim to upgrade digital infrastructure...

Otu Receives New Navigational Charts For Bakassi Deep Seaport

02.07.2025

The Cross River State Government has recorded a major breakthrough in its quest to transform the state into a maritime hub with the official presentation of the Hydrographic, Geotechnical, geophysical Report and New Navigational Chart for the proposed Bakassi Deep Seaport project. Speaking at a formal ceremony held in the State Executive Council Chamber, Governor...

Obi Submits One-Term Proposal To Coalition

02.07.2025

The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has disclosed that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has submitted his one-term proposal to the coalition for consideration. It would be recalled that Obi, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, and Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna,...

Oborevwori: I Cherish Constructive Criticism, Abhor Political Jobbers

02.07.2025

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has expressed deep faith in democratic ideals of constructive criticisms and described such engagement as vital tools for growth, transparency and accountability. The governor also said he will not tolerate under any disguise the activities of political jobbers that are out to disparage his giant strides. Oborevwori who expressed displeasure...

NIC Staff Calls On Tinubu, CJN Over Poor Welfare, Salary Disparities

02.07.2025

A staff member of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Comrade E.K.O on Wednesday raised alarm over what he described as worsening working conditions, poor welfare, and unjust salary disparities within the institution. This was as he called on President Bola Tinubu and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to urgently intervene...

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Dies At 90

02.07.2025

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became a household name amassing an enormous following and multimillion-dollar ministry only to be undone by his penchant for prostitutes, has died. Swaggart died decades after his once vast audience dwindled and his name became a punchline on late night television. His death was announced yesterday on his public Facebook page....

Wike To Meet Area Council Chairmen, NUT, NANs

02.07.2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, will on Thursday, July 3 meet with chairmen of FCT area councils, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to discuss the reopening of public primary schools in the FCT. Confirming the meeting in a statement, NANS President,...

OYCSDA Funds New 60 Micro-Projects In 30 Communities

02.07.2025

Poised to ensure ease of life for the people of Oyo state, the State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), on Tuesday, distributed funds to thirty communities across the State for the construction of projects and provision of other social amenities. The Micro-Projects, according to a press release signed by the Project Public Relations Officer...

KWSG Organises Workshop For L-PRES Project Staff, Journalists

02.07.2025

The Kwara State Government has organised a five-day capacity-building workshop on documentary production for L-PRES project staff and media professionals in the State to enhance their skills in reporting the project’s achievements and impact. The training, held in Ilorin, the state capital, was organised by the Kwara State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) in...

Nigeria’s Debt-To-GDP Ratio Breaches Threshold, Surges Past 55%

02.07.2025

Nigeria’s public debt profile has taken a worrisome turn as the nation’s debt-to-GDP ratio surged beyond the 55 percent mark in the first quarter of 2025—significantly overshooting the Debt Management Office’s (DMO) self-imposed 40 percent ceiling and setting alarm bells ringing among economists and investors alike. According to the DMO’s latest data, total public debt...

1 … 1,297 1,298 1,299 1,300 1,301 … 2,460

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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