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Why Fake Drug Peddlers Should Face Death Penalty

09.02.2025

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has said only a severe penalty like death would effectively deter drug peddlers, especially those selling harmful substandard medications. Adeyeye called for the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers who prioritize making huge illicit money...

Wale Tinubu Remembers Herbert Wigwe On First Death Anniversary

09.02.2025

A year after the tragic demise of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, Wale Tinubu, the Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC, has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late icon, reflecting on the immense void left by his dear friend and brother. In an emotional message shared on his...

Arewa Youths Petitions IGP, DSS Over Threat To National Stability

09.02.2025

The Reformed Arewa Youth Council of Nigeria (RAYCN) has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Department of State Services (DSS), accusing former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi and former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, of plotting to destabilize Nigeria. According to the group, Amaechi a former Minister of Transportation and...

Don Urge Govts To Adopt Integrated Water Resources Mgt To Avert Crisis

09.02.2025

A Professor of Hydro-biology at Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Okechukwu Idumah Okogwu, has urged both the Federal and State Governments, to adopt integrated water resources management options to ensure a sustainable supply of safe water to the citizens. Okogwu who is of the Department of Applied Biology at the university, made this submission at the...

Zamfara, UNICEF Enforce Implementation Of Child Protection

09.02.2025

The Zamfara State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in collaboration with UNICEF has signed an agreement to achieve the implementation of the Child Protection Programme in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Dr Habib Yalwa, who represented the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr Aisha Mz Anka, in a welcome address, reaffirmed the state government’s...

Filling Station, Tanker, Cars, Others Burnt To Ashes In Niger

09.02.2025

A gas explosion has left several vehicles and foodstuffs kept in a warehouse burnt beyond recognition in Sabon Wuse town of Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State. Confirming the incident, the Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba Arah said the explosion occured on Saturday night. Arah said in a statement...

Badagry Monarch Dissociates Self From Supporting Smuggling Of Contrabands

09.02.2025

Alapa of Egun-Awori Apa Kingdom, Oba Oyekan Adekanmi Ajose, has dissociated himself from supporting the smuggling of contraband to Lagos through the Seme border. Oba Oyekan in a statement issued on Sundayin Badagry registered his displeasure on a story in the social media stating that he is aware of smuggling activities about to commence in...

Esa-Oke Communal Crisis: Fadahunsi Gifts Owamiran SUV

09.02.2025

The lawmaker representing the people of Ife/Ilesa at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, has presented a brand-new Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to the Owamiran of Esa-Oke, HRM Oba Adeyemi Adediran. It would be recalled that some of the monarch’s vehicles were burnt during a communal crisis that erupted in...

N’Delta Youths Felicitate Tonlagha On His Birthday

09.02.2025

The youths from Oil Host Communities in the Niger Delta Region have celebrated Engineer Mathew Tonlagha, the Vice Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited on the occasion of his birthday anniversary. The youths and elders of the Host Communities under the aegis of Host Communities of Oil, Gas And Pipeline Impacted States Youth Council...

How I Overcame Budget Challenges To Attract Projects To Akoko Constituency

09.02.2025

A member representing Akoko Northeast and Northwest Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ifeoluwa Ehindero, has detailed how he leveraged contacts and lobbied colleagues to attract projects to the constituency after assuming office at a time when the budgeting process had already been concluded. Speaking in an interview in Abuja,...

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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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