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Yusuf Disburses N400m To 10 Community Interest Groups In Kano

07.02.2025

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has disbursed N400 million to 10 community interest groups to engage in Agribusinesses to boost food security not only of the state but Nigeria at large. This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Thursday. According to the statement, Governor...

Sokoto AGILE Project Trains 75 Facilitators On Social Norms, GBV Issues

07.02.2025

The Sokoto State Government has trained 75 facilitators on social norms, gender-based violence (GBV) issues, and referral modalities. The trainees were drawn from 11 out of 23 local government areas, including Binji, Tangaza, Illela, Bodinga, Wamakko, Dange, Shagari, Kware, Gwadabawa, Sokoto South, and Sokoto North. The two-day training held at Soul Care Hotel, AGILE organized...

Fake Drugs: Reps Urge FG To Strengthen NAFDAC, SON, Others

07.02.2025

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to strengthen the capacity of regulatory agencies, particularly National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) by providing adequate funding, modern equipment’s and advanced technology for effective surveillance, detection and enforcement. They...

Adeleke Engages 10,000 Youths For Imole Youth Corps

07.02.2025

In a massive push for youth employment and engagement, Governor Ademola Adeleke has inaugurated and inducted 10, 000 youths into the Imole Youth Corps. At a grand ceremony held at the Freedom Park, Osogbo, the governor said the occasion is “a major highlight of his administration’s push to address youth joblessness alongside other indirect steps...

NASS LP Caucus Decries Killing Of Anambra Lawmaker

07.02.2025

The Labour Party caucus of the House of Representatives has said that it is deeply saddened and devastated by the news of the death of its party man and member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, representing Onitsha North state constituency after a prolonged period of captivity in the hands of kidnappers....

Unpaid Salaries: Ebonyi NUT Declares Indefinite Strike In 7 LGs

07.02.2025

Teachers in Ebonyi, Edda, Ezza South, Ezza North, Ivo, Ishielu and Ohaukwu local government areas of Ebonyi State yesterday began an indefinite strike over their unpaid three months’ salaries. In a statement, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Secretary Bassey Asuquo ordered full compliance with the strike. He criticised the local government chairman for failure...

Gbong Gwom Jos Salutes Tinubu For Signing NCDC Into Law

07.02.2025

The Gbong Gwom Jos Da Jacob Gyang Buba yesterday praised President Bola Tinubu for signing the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) into law. Addressing reporters in his palace, the Plateau State Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emirs Chairman said the body would help settle the challenges facing the zone. He said: “The commission has been...

…Repatriates 7,790 Nigerian Refugees From Chad

07.02.2025

The Federal Government has repatriated 7,790 Nigerians from Chad, where they fled to amid the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Dauda Illiya, the Special Adviser to Brono State Governor Babagana Zulum on Media, said this in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, Zulum led the Federal Government’s delegation to Chad in company...

Two Friends Regain Freedom After 7 Years In Prison

07.02.2025

Two friends, Jimmy Badmus and Ifeanyi Nanim, who have been incarcerated since 2018 on robbery allegations have finally regained their freedom. This follows the intervention of the Foundation for Public Interest Law and Development (FPIL&D), a nonprofit organisation, that champions justice, equity and sustainable development. The two accused persons were ordered to be released by...

Gbong Gwom Jos Commends Tinubu On NCDC

07.02.2025

The Plateau Chairman Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emirs and the Gbong Gwom Jos, His Royal Majesty, Da Jacob Gyang Buba has commended President Bola Tinubu for signing the bill to establish the North Central Development Commission (NCDC). The Gbong Gwom Jos while addressing Journalists on Thursday at his Palace Jishe in Jos said the...

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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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