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Wema Bank Rewards 131 Customers With N11m In 5-For-5 Promo S4 Monthly Draw

19.11.2024

Wema Bank has disbursed a total of N11,000,000 to 131 customers across Nigeria in the 1st monthly draw of its 5-for-5 Promo Season 4. The promo is the bank’s reward initiative launched in 2021 as a dedicated avenue to reward customer loyalty. Over 3 seasons, the initiative has disbursed N153.3 million naira to its customers...

Korra Obidi’s Sister, Nancy Welcomes Third Child

19.11.2024

Famous United States (US)-based Nigerian dancer, Korra Obidi’s sister, Nancy has welcomed her third child through surrogacy. Nancy announced the birth of her third child in her latest TikTok post, chronicling the heartwarming moment she met her newborn. Upon meeting the surrogate mother, Nancy and her husband were overwhelmed with joy. READ ALSO: Nancy could be...

NPA Seeks Completion Of Highway, Rail Routes To Landlocked Countries

19.11.2024

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has stressed the need for the completion of the international highway, and rail routes cutting across the hinterland and coastal countries, such as Niger, Lagos, Tema and Abidjan to ensure efficient service at reduced costs. The Managing Director of the authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho disclosed on Tuesday in his presentation at...

Oyo Rep Trains 600 Youths On Data Protection

19.11.2024

In his continued efforts to equip youths in his constituency with 21st-century skills, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide, member representing Ibadan Southwest/Northwest Federal Constituency of Oyo State at the House of Representatives, has facilitated a comprehensive digital literacy and data protection training programme for 600 youths. The training, held in collaboration with the Federal College of...

Nasarawa Assembly Warns MDAs Against Violation Of Budgetary Provisions

19.11.2024

Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday said it would not take it likely with any government agency, Ministry or Department that violates its budgetary provisions in execution. The House majority leader, Hon Suleiman Yakubu Azara, who doubles as Chairman House Committee on Works handed down the warning when the management of Nasarawa Electricity Power...

Rivers Police Launch Manhunt Against Armed Robbers Who Killed Okada Rider, Stole His Bike

19.11.2024

Rivers State Police Command has vowed to fish out the gunmen who shot dead a commercial motorcyclist and fled with the motorcycle at Civil Defence Road in Ahoada town of the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the incident, said the perpetrators would not...

CAN Condoles With Muslim Ummahs Over Chief Imam’s Death

19.11.2024

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter has commiserated with the State government and Muslim Ummahs over the death of the Chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque, Mallam Ibrahim Isah Fari. The State CAN Chairman, Most Rev. Dr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna in a condolence message described the late Imam as a prominent Islamic...

Diri Charges New Perm Secs To Perform Optimally

19.11.2024

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has charged new permanent secretaries in the state to perform their duties with utmost integrity and accountability in the ministries they are assigned to. Diri gave this charge on Tuesday during the swearing-in of 15 permanent secretaries inside the State Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa. The Chief...

Group Chide PDP Chieftain, Odii Over Attack On Nwifuru

19.11.2024

...insists re-election bid sacrosanct A Socio-Cultural Organization known as Unwuekumenyi United Youths Forum, based in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has berated the 2023 State Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ifeanyi Odii, over frivolous verbal attacks on Governor Francis Nwifuru administration. The President of the Organization Prince Uche Ali Ega, made...

Carry Workers Along In Your Policies

19.11.2024

…Says Nigeria can build a more resilient industrial sector Textile workers, employers as well as labour leaders in the country have agreed that it is possible for Nigeria to build a more resilient and sustainable industrial sector that drives long-term prosperity. Speaking at the 36th annual national education conference of the National Union of Textile,...

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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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