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UCH Debunks Report Of Patients Bringing Generators To Power Wards

10.02.2025

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has debunked reports of its wards being powered with generating sets from patients. The hospital’s spokesperson, Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi, refuted the report in a statement yesterday. Adetuyibi, on behalf of the UCH management, emphasised that the allegations were false and unfounded. “There is no credibility in that report; the...

Ondo Monarchs Reject Ijebu State

10.02.2025

Traditional rulers from the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have told the Federal Government not to annex territories in the state to the neighbouring Ogun State. In a communiqué after their meeting in Igbokoda, the monarchs led by Oba Olusegun Akinyomi, the Amapetu of Mahin and Chairman of Ilaje Council of Obas; and...

Oba Of Benin Announces Mother’s Funeral 49 Years After Death

09.02.2025

On Sunday, the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, released the programme of events for the funeral rites of his late mother, 49 years after her transition. Sunday Telegraph reports that the Benin monarch made this announcement in a statement signed by Frank Irabor, Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council, BTC and made available to newsmen...

OrderPaper Rebrands To Strengthen Parliamentary Monitoring

09.02.2025

OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank has announced a rebranding initiative designed to reinforce its identity and enhance its public perception. The CEO of Orderpaper, Oke Apiah, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday said the transformation reflects OrderPaper’s continued dedication to bridging the gap between...

Sokoto Communities Rally Support For Violence Against Women, Children

09.02.2025

The Sokoto Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) organized a sensitization program aimed at boosting girl child education at the community level in four local government areas. The State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Ahmed Ladan Ala, represented by the Director of Administration in the ministry, Abubakar Umar Salame, flagged off...

Seven Kwara Hospital Pharmacies Secure PCN Accreditation

09.02.2025

…Training of Intern Pharmacists to resume No fewer than seven Kwara State Hospital pharmacy departments have secured accreditation from the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) to operate as internship training centres for graduate pharmacists. It would be recalled that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq had last year given his approval and full support to the management of...

CAPPA Tasks FG, States To Prioritise Healthy Food Policies Over Cancer Fight

09.02.2025

As the world marks World Cancer Day 2025, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has tasked both Federal and State governments in Nigeria to develop and implement comprehensive healthy food policies targeted at reducing the exposure of Nigerians to ultra-processed foods, tobacco, excessive Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and salt consumption, all of which constitute...

FCCPC Lauds Court Ruling Affirming Its Regulatory Authority In Telecoms Sector

09.02.2025

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has lauded the ruling of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday which affirms its statutory authority to regulate competition and consumer protection across all sectors, including telecommunications. The Commission welcomed the court ruling in a statement issued by the Director of Corporate Communications, Ondaje Ijagwu....

Confusion As Police, Edo Security Corps Clash Over Rescue Of Kidnapped Traditional Ruler

09.02.2025

There was confusion on Sunday in Edo State as the vigilante group, known as the Edo State Security Corps clashed with the State Police Command of the Nigerian Police Force over who gets the credit for the rescue of the Onogie of Udo-Eguare community, His Royal Highness (HRH) Friday Ehizojie. Sunday Telegraph reports that the...

Ondo Warns Security Agencies Against Annexing Territories To Ogun

09.02.2025

…We’re Not Part of Ijebu State – Ondo Monarchs Traditional rulers from the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have warned security agencies and officials of the Federal Government against annexing territories in the state to the neighbouring state of Ogun. The monarchs in a communique issued after a special meeting held at Igbokoda...

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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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