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NEC Gives FCT, Kwara, Others One Week To Submit Stand On State Police

21.11.2024

The National Economic Council (NEC) has given a one-week ultimatum to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Adamawa, Kwara, and Kebbi states to submit their positions on the proposed creation of state police. Speaking after the 146th NEC meeting on Thursday in Abuja, Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Duoye Diri, told newsmen that the council mandated these...

Nigeria Troops Eliminate ISWAP Commander, 115 Terrorists In A Week

21.11.2024

No fewer than 115 terrorists, including the Islamic State for West Africa (ISWAP) Commander in the North East, Munzur Ya Audu have been eliminated by the Nigerian troops across the country in one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Edward Buba who disclosed this on Thursday to newsmen said the troops also arrested...

Renewable Energy, Recycling In Creative Industry Capable Of Driving National Growth – Stakeholders

21.11.2024

Stakeholders in the Nigerian creative industry have called for the exploration of renewable energy, recycling and other sustainable solutions to protect the environment and promote creativity and productivity tailored towards the advancement of the country and continent. The call was made ahead of the Pan African 10th Milestone Music Fashion Runway (MFR), hybrid edition and...

Gunmen Assassinate Lawyer In Otukpo

21.11.2024

Gunmen on Wednesday night assassinated a renowned lawyer and activist, Mike Ofikwu in Otukpo, the traditional headquarters of Idomaland, Benue State. The incident reportedly occurred at about 8 pm on Otukpa Street in Otukpo town, where Ofikwu had just returned from work. Witnesses said the deceased was shot at close range. “It was like a...

Sanwo-Olu Mourns EX-New Telegraph Deputy Editor, Dapo Sotuminu

21.11.2024

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the death of veteran journalist, Mr Dapo Sotuminu, describing his passing as a great and painful loss to the deceased family, colleagues, and the media industry. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile described his...

FIRS, NIESV To Synergize On Effective Tax Administration For Economic Growth

21.11.2024

The Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) and the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) have agreed on a synergy that will, drive effective tax administration for enhanced economic growth. The Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, on Thursday, endorsed NIESV’s call for a collaborative partnership between the two agencies. He said such engagement...

FG To Harness Water Resources To Achieve Food Security, Job Creation

21.11.2024

The Federal Government has pledged its commitment to harness water resources for agricultural development to achieve food security and create job opportunities for the teaming youths. Hon. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev stated this while declaring open a two-day Stakeholder’s Sensitization Workshop on National Action Plan for Harnessing Water Resources...

Late COAS’ Hometown, Ilobu Raises Alarm Over Looming Communal Crisis

21.11.2024

The Olobu-in-Council has called on the Osun State Government and security agencies to intervene promptly in the escalating crisis between Ilobu and Ifon-Osun communities. New Telegraph reports that Ilobu is the hometown of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja and the headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun...

Lagos Govt To Float Waste Management Fund

21.11.2024

…Moratorium on banned single-use plastic lapses January 2025…Environmental law enforcement not for wickedness …State now handle 13,000 solid municipal waste daily In an effort to ensure a sustainable environment, the Lagos State Government has announced its plan to set up a Waste Management Fund. The Fund, according to Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Tokunbo Wahab...

‘Cost of Truth’ Documentary Sheds Light On FG War On Freedom Of Speech

21.11.2024

A new documentary, “Cost of Truth,” has lifted the veil on the alarming rise in attacks on journalists and civic actors, exposing the government’s escalating war on freedom of expression. These sober statistics were brought to light during the screening of Gatefield’s Cost of Truth documentary and a civic space dialogue on the state of...

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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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