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NASENI’s Katsina Institute Reaches 80% Completion Stage

23.02.2025

The construction works at the Engineering Materials and Equipment Development Institute (EMEDI) in Katsina State, a division of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) have reached about 80 per cent completion. A team from the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee led by the Ag. Director of Administration and Human Resources at NASENI, Mrs....

Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Killing Wife

23.02.2025

The Edo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of one Kelvin Izekor over the murder of his 38-year-old wife, Success Izekor on Saturday. In a viral video, police and residents of the area were seen taking the deceased who had matchet wounds on their head from her apartment into the police Hilux truck....

UNICEF Lauds Plateau Gov’t On Skilled Birth Attendance

23.02.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi Field Office Chief, Dr Nuzhat Rafique, has commended the Plateau State Government’s efforts in primary healthcare, particularly in providing skilled birth attendance and safe delivery kits, which have started yielding positive results in the state. Dr Rafique stated this while speaking during a UNICEF engagement at on saturday...

A’Ibom Police Rescue Kidnap Victim, Recover Stolen Vehicle

23.02.2025

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered stolen vehicle belonging to the victim. The State Command PPRO, DSP Timfon John who confirmed the development said, the rescue was done after a sustained tracking and intelligence networking by the Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Muhammad Azare. Similarly, he noted that the...

Onitsha South Dismisses Demolition Of N600m Private Property

23.02.2025

The Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State has dismissed the allegations by a businessman that his N600 Million property was demolished by the Council, vowing to continue the demolition of more properties built on government lands. The Secretary to the Council, Paul Onuachalla, made this vow while reacting to claims by an Onitsha-based...

Seahorse Lubricant Factory Empowers Over 7,000

23.02.2025

Over seven thousand persons have been employed as members of Seahorse Lubricant Industries Ltd in the latest move towards fighting unemployment through job creation in the area. A breakdown of this figure indicates that they are employed staff, contract staff, distributors and marketers for the company. Also among the seven thousand are allied firms that...

Onitsha Drug Market To Be Reopened After Investigations- Soludo

23.02.2025

The Onitsha Drug Market shut down by the National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) last two weeks would be reopened ten days after investigations and measures were put in place to avert the sale of fake and counterfeit drugs in the area. Similarly, the Agency has been urged to concentrate more...

Jagarigbe Clarifies Controversies Around LNG Plants In Kogi

23.02.2025

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has dismissed claims that the Senate through the Committee influenced the siting of the five Mini LNG Plants in Ajaokuta, Kogi State. The Senator made this clarification in a press statement he personally signed in Abuja on Sunday. Setting the records straight, Jarigbe clarified that...

PRIFGLA Supports Women In Bayelsa

23.02.2025

The Pastor Reuben Initiative for Good Leadership and Accountability, (PRIFGLA) has donated the sum of One million to Sister to Sister, a non-governmental organization in Bayelsa State, as part of his commitment to advancing the interest and betterment of the women folks. Wilson who is also a member of the Governing Council University of Uyo...

Oyedele’s C’ttee Directs Data Submission Across States

23.02.2025

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, chaired by Mr Taiwo Oyedele, has asked states to furnish the committee with their data for tax simulation. The committee’s decision was on the discovery that most states leave high-net-worth income earners who should pay taxes and concentrate on low-income earners who constitute a larger percentage....

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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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