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FG Sacks Benue Varsity Health Sciences Pro-Chancellor Over Misconduct

20.11.2024

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa on Wednesday announced the sacking of the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State, Ohieku Salami, over actions unbecoming of his office and violations of established procedures. The Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Folashade Boriowo who made this...

FG Sacks Nnamdi Azikiwe Varsity VC

20.11.2024

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the removal of Professor Bernard Odoh as the Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, along with the dissolution of the institution’s Governing Council. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry, Folashade Boriowo. The decision comes amid...

FCCPC Uncovers Fake Sugar In Nigeria Market, Smuggled From Brazil, Bionergia

20.11.2024

Acting on a credible tip-off Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has uncovered the availability of substandard and unregistered sugar products in Nigerian markets. Alarming the public to the existence of fake sugar, FCCPC in a statement issued by Director, Corporate Affairs Mr. Ondaje Ijagwu said low-quality sugar brands were smuggled from Brazil, including...

N113bn Extra Revenue Boosts FAAC Sharing To N1.411trn In October

20.11.2024

The federation account purse recorded an extra N113 billion revenue flow in the month of October culminating in sharing a total sum of N1.411 trillion compared to N1.298 trillion revenue shared in the month of September. The Federation Account Allocation and Fiscal Committee (FAAC) which met in Bauchi State on Wednesday approved N1.411 trillion for...

FG Allocates Over N112bn To Safeguard Learning Environments In Three Years

20.11.2024

As Nigeria joins the global community in commemorating Universal Children’s Day, the Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the safety, rights, and well-being of every Nigerian child. This was made known in a press statement signed by the Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim and made available to journalists in Abuja. The minister...

Pray For Unity In Delta, Okowa Urges CAN

20.11.2024

The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for prayers for the unity and development of the state. The former governor made this call when he received the State Executive of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at his residence in Asaba on Tuesday. He said that Delta had remained...

America Is 46 Minutes To Heaven – Israel DMW

20.11.2024

The logistics manager to Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, Israel DMW has expressed appreciation to his boss, after a visit to the United States (US). Taking to his Instagram page, Isreal, who received his US visa last month, claimed that America is 46 minutes to heaven as he appreciated Davido, Edo people...

Extend Tax Holiday To One Year

20.11.2024

…Urges payment of outstanding bonuses for workers The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has called on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to extend the recently announced three-month tax holiday for civil servants in the state to one year. The party also asked the Governor to immediately pay all outstanding bonuses approved for sections of the...

One Killed, Three Injured As Soldier, Police Clash In Ebonyi

20.11.2024

A middle-aged man identified as a labourer, was on Wednesday allegedly shot dead by the operatives of Ebonyi State Police Command while three persons sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of a clash between a soldier and the operatives. The incident occured at the Ugwuechara axis of the Enugu/Abakaliki Expressway when the crack...

Group Lauds Aviation Minister Over Improved Global Rating

20.11.2024

The Good Governance Advocates for Nigeria (GGAN) has lauded the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo on the recently improved global ratings. The Executive Director of the group, Dr Opialu Fabian who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja, noted that the aviation sector has witnessed a spectacular turnaround, with notable milestones achieved under 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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