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HURIWA Calls For Probe Of British Army Over Alleged Arms Smuggling In Delta

29.04.2025

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has joined other prominent Civil Society organizations calling for a full-scale and transparent investigation into the alleged involvement of an alleged British Army officer, Major Micah Polo, in an arm trafficking case recently uncovered by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Delta State. In a statement...

Kwara Govt Laments Dearth Of Doctors

29.04.2025

The Kwara State Government has lamented the acute shortage of medical doctors in its health facilities, attributing the challenge to brain drain, popularly known as the ‘Japa syndrome’, which has heavily impacted Nigeria’s healthcare sector. Speaking during the 2025 first-quarter inter-ministerial press briefing organized by the State Ministry of Communications in Ilorin, the Executive Secretary...

KWASSIP To Extend Support To More Communities, Households

29.04.2025

In a bid to further improve livelihoods, the Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to providing continued support for residents through its social investment programmes. It disclosed plans to expand its safety net to accommodate and financially support more households and communities across the state’s 16 Local Government Areas under the Kwara State Social...

No Fear Of AI Takeover At NSITF, Staff Are Fully Trained

29.04.2025

The Regional Manager of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ibadan, Mrs. Toyin Emeordi, has said that the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not pose a threat to the jobs of the agency’s employees. She noted that staff have been adequately trained to harness the new technology to their advantage. Emeordi made the...

Gov Nwifuru Flags Off Industrial City To Tackle Unemployment

29.04.2025

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, launched the State Industrial City hub, aimed at establishing industries to boost Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). At the flag-off in Ezzangbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Nwifuru stated that the Industrial City, once completed, would address unemployment and reduce the issue of youth hawking in the...

NPF Calls On Owners To Claim Recovered Vehicles, Motorcycles

29.04.2025

The Nigeria Police Force Zone 10 Headquarters in Sokoto has released a list of recovered vehicles and motorcycles, calling on rightful owners to claim them within two weeks. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Zone 10 Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Uthman Yakubu, stated that the move is aimed at clearing the premises of...

N’Central Governors To Conduct Joint Operations

29.04.2025

In a renewed effort to address the growing insecurity in the North Central geopolitical zone, governors from the region have resolved to conduct joint security operations aimed at tackling the resurgence of criminal activities. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, who is also the Chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum, disclosed this on Tuesday while...

PDP NWC Holds Emergency Meeting

29.04.2025

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday held an emergency meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. New Telegraph reports that the meeting, currently being held behind closed doors comes amid the storm of defections sweeping through the strongholds of the opposition party as well as the internal...

Niger Govt, Russian Varsity Partner To Enhance Multi-Billion Naira Mining Sector

29.04.2025

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has embarked on a strategic visit to St. Petersburg Mining University in Russia in a bid to enhance the State’s multi-billion naira mining sector. The governor’s visit aimed to explore collaborative opportunities that would boost the development of the state’s natural resources and improve technical capacity in the mining...

Segun Kasali Becomes IA Ambassador Of The Year

29.04.2025

A Journalist with Nigerian Tribune Newspapers, Mr Segun Kasali has bagged Ambassador of the Year of a Non-Profit Organization, IA-Foundation. IA-Foundation is a UK registered educational charity set up to transform lives through education in Nigeria and Africa. The Award Presentation took place at DoubleTree by Hilton London, Docklands Riverside over the weekend. Speaking on...

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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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