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NSIA Created 245, 000 Jobs In 12 Years

20.11.2024

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Aminu Umar-Sadiq has said 245,000 direct jobs have been created by the agency across sectors since its inception 12 years ago. He disclosed this during an oversight function by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance led by James Faleke. Umar-Sadiq...

Reps To Sanction Five Federal Polytechnics

20.11.2024

The House of Representatives Committee on Polytechnics and Other Higher Technical Education has moved to sanction the management of five federal polytechnics for failing to honour its invitation. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Fuad Laguda disclosed this at the planned meeting of the Committee on Wednesday. The five polytechnics include Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State;...

Eno Warns Against Reselling Of Christmas Village Kiosks At Inflated Rates

20.11.2024

…bans fetish traditional displays …unveils newly acquired waste management equipment Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has warned that he will deal decisively with anyone involved in illegal sales of kiosks to the public at inflated prices. The Governor has also warned that his government will not tolerate any display of fetish traditional masquerades...

Lokpobiri Hails Production Gains At Abigail Joseph FPSO

20.11.2024

…targets 100,000 box output …commends NNPCL-First E&P for driving crude production growth The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has commended the Abigail Joseph Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility, operated by the NNPCL-First E&P Joint Venture on OML 83/85 for ramping up its crude oil output. During an inspection...

Court Reserves Judgment In PDP’s Suit Challenging Ondo D’Gov Adelami

20.11.2024

The Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has reserved judgment in a pre-election suit filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, seeking the disqualification of Dr Olaiyide Adelami, the Deputy Governor-elect. Ajayi and the PDP claim that Adelami, running mate to Governor-elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the...

Otto, AbdulRazaq, Others Campaign For Responsible Mining, Ethical Practices In Africa

20.11.2024

A group of Environmentalists have sought the adoption of responsible mining and ethical practices, which can serve as a catalyst for sustainable development in Africa. The experts said that it is in a bid to safeguard host communities and protect vulnerable populations from the ongoing mining activities in the country. This was a decision reached...

Rescue Our Children Stranded In Cyprus, Zamfara Parents Plead With Gov Lawal

20.11.2024

Parents of Zamfara State students studying in Cyprus on government scholarship have pleaded with Governor Dauda Lawal to as a matter of urgency save the lives of the 88 students without further delay following non-payment of registration, tuition and students’ allowances amounting to about one billion naira. The Chairman of Cyprus Students’ Parent’s Association in...

UK Govt Backs Fight Against Cybersecurity Challenges In Nigeria

20.11.2024

Key stakeholders from the government and private sector recently gathered in Abuja and Lagos at the Nigeria Cybersecurity Stakeholder Roundtable organised with support from the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to discuss practical steps to address the country’s cybersecurity challenges. This roundtable had in attendance, top cybersecurity and tech experts from diverse sectors...

CSOs Demand Removal Of Osun Anti-Kidnapping OC

20.11.2024

…Demand Stop To Harassment Of Innocent Citizens The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has been asked to direct the removal of the Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Osun State Police Command, SP Moses Lohor, within seven days or face mass protests. The police chief was also urged to immediately direct an urgent...

NAWOJ Congratulates Yemoleigha On His Victory As Bayelsa NUJ Chair

20.11.2024

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Bayelsa State Chapter, has congratulated Tonye Yemoleigha on his emergence as the new Chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). In a congratulatory message signed by the NAWOJ Chairperson, Bayelsa State Chapter, Grace Orumieyefa and Assistant Secretary Eyal Ikisikpo, they described the...

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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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