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Watson-Jack Advocates For Collaboration Between Federal, States’ Civil Service

14.05.2025

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has called for enhanced collaboration between federal and state civil services to drive a more efficient, citizen-centered public administration. She made the declaration during the inaugural retreat for Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with Heads of Service and...

Govt, Devt Partners Urged To Support Creative Industry

14.05.2025

Governments across all levels, private sector stakeholders, and development partners have been urged to prioritise long-term financing models tailored for the development of the creative and entertainment industry in Nigeria. President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Gabriel Idahosa, made the call while speaking during the second annual LCCI Creative and Entertainment Symposium and...

Reps Okay Bill To Establish Agricultural Economics Institute

14.05.2025

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday passed through second reading a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Institute of Agricultural and Applied Economics to regulate, control and determine the standard of knowledge to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the institute. The proposed legislation sponsored by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu and eight...

NDA Announces Screening Process For 2025 Admission Cycle

14.05.2025

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday announced the screening process for the 2025 admission cycle for the 77 Regular Course on May 24. This is contained in a statement issued by the academy’s public relations officer, Maj. Mohammad Maidawa, in Kaduna, disclosing that the screening test has been scheduled to take place nationwide on...

Group Demands Involvement Of Owode Onirin Traders In Negotiation

14.05.2025

A civil society group, the Centre For Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has demanded the immediate and unconditional inclusion of the leaders of the Owode Motor-Spare Part Market Association in Lagos and duly elected representatives of the affected traders in all discussions, negotiations, and decision-making processes concerning the future of the market and the provision...

Ooni Hosts Female Bank Executives, Applauds Nation-Building Roles

14.05.2025

In celebration of the recently concluded Mother’s Day, His Imperial Majesty, Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, has praised mothers across Nigeria for their steadfast support in nation-building. He emphasized their crucial role as co-pilots in managing family affairs, highlighting their dual responsibilities as caregivers and role models to their children. This commendation was...

Grimah Launches New Police Vehicles Donated By Zamfara Govt

14.05.2025

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has commissioned a fleet of operational vehicles donated by the Zamfara State Government to the Nigeria Police Force to enhance the fight against insecurity in the state. The IGP was ably represented at the event by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone...

Tinubu Seeks Senate Approval For N1.783trn FCT Budget

14.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conveyed a proposed ₦1.783 trillion statutory appropriation bill for the Federal Capital Terriority (FCT) to the Senate for consideration and approval for the 2025 financial year. Tinubu urged the Senate to give the bill expedited consideration, noting that its passage was critical to ensuring an effective and service-oriented administration for...

Reps Task FG To Curtail Spread Of Diphtheria

14.05.2025

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the federal government to immediately mitigate the spread of diphtheria, a major public health concern in Nigeria in order to save lives. Consequently, it has asked the government to direct the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development...

Ganduje, Jibrin Sympathize With Top Islamic Scholar AbdulWahab

14.05.2025

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, Deputy President of the Senate Barau Jibrin, and some top Federal Government Officials paid a sympathy visit to a renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Muhammad AbdulWahab over his sickness and brother’s death. AbdulWahab who returned from a Foreign Country where he spent months...

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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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