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Bayelsa Gov Proceeds On Annual Leave

24.11.2024

On Sunday, the Bayelsa State Government announced the commencement of Governor Douye Diri annual leave. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Alabrah, Governor Diri is set to begin his annual leave on Monday, November 25 2024. READ ALSO According to the statement, the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo,...

For Daniel Bwala, a baptism of fire

24.11.2024

Since his appointment as Special Adviser to the President, Media and Public Communications was announced on Thursday, November 14, Daniel Bwala has moved from one controversy to the other. He will go on record as the presidential spokesman who started from day one on a faux pas, spent his first week in office retracting his...

A’Ibom Govt Suspends Principal Over Malnutrition Of Boarding Student

24.11.2024

The Akwa Ibom State government has suspended Nse Sunday Umoh, the Principal-General of Presbyterian Senior Science College, Ididep, over poor feeding of boarding students in the hostel. The Commissioner for Education, Idongesit Etiebet disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo, the state capital on Saturday. According to the Commissioner, the ministry...

Student Loan: Borno Govt Establishes Desk Officer For NELFUND

24.11.2024

…as NELFUND interfaces with students, educators The Borno State government has established a dedicated desk officer for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), to ensure a seamless loan application process for tertiary education students in the state. Borno State Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Lawan Abba Wakilbe, made the disclosure when the Managing...

NDLEA Nabs Chinese National, Nigerian Kingpins With Cocaine In Lagos Hotel

24.11.2024

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have nabbed a drug syndicate operated by a Chinese man, 58-year-old Tianzhen Yen (alias Jackie). The syndicates was dismantled by the NDLEA operatives following his arrest at his hotel in Ikeja area of Lagos State. The Agency’s Spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi in a statement issued...

Probe Missing’ Funds In Humanitarian Ministry, SERAP Urges Tinubu

24.11.2024

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order a probe into the alleged over N57 billion diverted, or stolen public funds in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in 2021. The organisation request is contained in a letter issued by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare,...

Paul Chukwuma Declares Intention To Run For Gov Under APC

24.11.2024

A former National Auditor of Anambra State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Paul Chukwuma, has declared his intention to run for the 2025 governorship election in the State. Announcing his intention to run for the exalted office on Sunday, Chukwuma disclosed that he would be contesting for the Governor of Anambra State...

NANS Urges Tinubu To Review Economic Policies

24.11.2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged President Bola Tinubu to review his economic policies to provide relief for Nigerians. This was as the student body lamented that the Tinubu-led government’s elimination of fuel subsidies has further sunk Nigerians into economic despair and increased hunger. The NANS clerk of the Senate, Abdulyekinn Odunayo,...

Forgery Allegations: Legal Battle Over Lagos Property Dispute Intensifies

24.11.2024

Lagos State is witnessing a legal confrontation involving allegations of forgery and a property dispute, with parallel criminal and civil cases unfolding in its courts. The criminal case, brought by the EFCC had charged Mr Alaba Alakija and his daughter-in-law, Oyinkansola Alakija, with use of false document of title over the property at 10 Keffi...

Okpebholo Sets Up 14-Member Panel To Probe Obaseki

24.11.2024

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has set up a 14-member State Assets Verification Committee to investigate the assets and liabilities of the former Governor, Godwin Obaseki-led administration. The committee, chaired by Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe, will be inaugurated on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at the Festival Hall, Government House, Benin City. Prominent members include...

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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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