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Sanwo-Olu Faults Peter Obi’s Comment On Poverty In Nigeria

28.04.2025

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor, on Sunday faulted the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over comments he made about Nigeria during a recent appearance at Johns Hopkins University in the United States (US). Responding specifically to Obi’s criticism of the current administration’s economic policies and claims that they were worsening poverty, Sanwo-Olu...

240 Kano Workers Receive Double Payments, 217 Share Same BVN – Govt

28.04.2025

Kano State Government yesterday said it had uncovered irregularities on its payroll involving 240 employees receiving double payments and 217 others having the same Bank Verification Number (BVN). Special Adviser to the Governor on Civil Service Matters and Chairman of the State Coordinating Committee, Dr Sulaiman Sani, disclosed this at a press briefing in Kano....

FG Begins Renewed Hope Poultry Revolving Initiative

28.04.2025

The Federal Government, through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority ( NALDA) said it has introduced a poultry revolving initiative to empower rural women and youths. This initiative, said to be part of the Renewed Hope Women and Youth Empowerment Programme, over the weekend commenced at Oba-Oke, Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State. Executive...

FirstBank Partners Headies Awards To Celebrate Music Creativity, Innovation

28.04.2025

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., through its First@Arts initiative, has partnered with the Headies Awards for its 17th music awards show. A statement yesterday by the bank’s Acting Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communication, Mr Olayinka Ijabiyi, said. Ijabiyi said the collaboration underscores the bank’s commitment to support creative talents as well as Small and...

Reducing Malaria’ll Boost Economic Growth –FG

28.04.2025

The Federal Government says significantly reducing or completely eradicating malaria can lead to a major boost in economic growth. The Special Assistant to the National Coordinator of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) Aminu Umar quoted the World Malaria Report 2024 as saying Nigeria bears the highest burden of malaria globally, accounting for 27 per...

Enugu Judge Faces NJC Probe Over Alleged Misconduct

28.04.2025

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has commenced action on a petition against Justice E.N. Oluedo of the Enugu State High Court over alleged judicial misconduct. This followed a petition against him by Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo. Okonkwo, who claimed to be validly appointed Liquidator of Ifemelunma and Company Nigeria Enterprises Limited, complained that Justice Oluedo assumed...

2027: Ignore Calls To Rejoin PDP, LP Chief Tells Obi

28.04.2025

The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, has advised the 2023 LP presidential candidate to ignore all calls to dump the party ahead of 2027 general election. Olorunfemi, also the LP Candidate in the 2024 Ondo governorship election, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that Obi...

Defection: Tension As Oborevwori Set To Reshuffle Cabinet

28.04.2025

The Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is reportedly said to reshuffle his cabinet following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the centre. It was learnt that Oborevwori decided on a cabinet reshuffle after a meeting between the new and the old APC leaders in the...

Pope Francis: All Eyes Shift To Conclave After Funeral

28.04.2025

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes have turned to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Alongside world leaders and reigning monarchs, an estimated 400,000 people turned out on Saturday for the Argentine pontiff’s funeral at the Vatican and...

Defections: Democracy Not Under Threat In Nigeria –Presidency

28.04.2025

The Presidency has described allegations that President Bola Tinubu’s administration was driving towards authoritarianism by the opposition elements as baseless, insisting that democracy was not under any threat in the country. The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in a release yesterday maintained that no government policy has so far sought to weaken the opposition or encourage...

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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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