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Election Results Reflect People’s Will, Says Foreign Observer

19.11.2024

An international observer group, International Police Chaplain Sustainable Development and Law Enforcement, yesterday said that the final result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reflects the records of the ballot boxes at polling units. The Director of Administration and Organisations of the African Regional Command, Mr Oscar David, in his report, urged candidates...

Accept Defeat, Join Aiyedatiwa To Develop Ondo –APC Chief

19.11.2024

A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Niran-Sule Akinsuyi, has advised opposition political parties in Ondo State to join hands with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in developing the state. Akinsuyi in his congratulatory message said winning 18 local governments by any candidate was the first time such would happen in the state and it showed...

FG Plans Delivery Of 77,400 Free Houses For Poor

19.11.2024

The Federal Government has unfolded plans to fund delivery of 100 units to the poor in each of the nation’s 774 local governments through voluntary donations from at least 10 per cent of the population. This was to be delivered by the proposed National Social Housing Fund currently being worked out by the Ministry of...

SDP Rejects Ondo Election Results, Heads To Tribunal

19.11.2024

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo State, Chief Bamidele Akingboye, have rejected the outcome of the election. The SDP state Chairman, Mr Gbenga Akinbuli, who spoke at a press briefing in Akure, called for immediate cancellation of the election. Akinbuli, who described the election as a...

Ex-Minister, Commissioner, Lawmaker Congratulate Aiyedatiwa

19.11.2024

A former Minister of Defence, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), yesterday described the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the justconcluded governorship election in Ondo State as a validation of his administration and leadership qualities. Also, a member of the House of Representatives representing Akoko South/ East and South/West Federal Constituency, Adegboyega Adefarati, has congratulated Governor...

Edo Suspends Revenue Collection By Unlicensed Operators, Touts

19.11.2024

The Edo State Government yesterday suspended the ban on revenue collection by unlicensed operators. The Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG) Umar Ikhilor said only statutory and licensed revenue collectors are mandated to operate and collect revenue on behalf of the government, especially in motor parks. He urged the public to report unauthorized revenue...

Nanoplastics Found To Block Antibiotics In Human Body –Study

19.11.2024

A European team of medical researchers has found that tiny bits of plastic smaller than 0.0001 millimetres are getting into human bodies and adding to the increasing ineffectiveness of many antibiotics. According to the results of the research published in ‘Scientific Reports’, one of the Nature Stable of journals, these minute particles from plastic bottles...

EU Seeks Integrated Approach To Tackle SGBV Against Women, Girls

19.11.2024

The European Union (EU) has called on the Nigerian government, ministries, departments and agencies, private sector, civil society organisations, religious and traditional institutions, and all Nigerians to work collectively to tackle the menace of Sexual and GenderBased Violence (SGBV) against women and girls across the country. Deputy Ambassador, European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS,...

Edun Lauds Gov For Making Bauchi Business-Friendly

19.11.2024

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun has lauded Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed for transforming the state into a business-friendly environment. Edun made the comment when he visited the governor in Bauchi yesterday. The visit was part of the activities for the National Council on Finance and Economic Development...

Reps Back Marine Corps Establishment Bill

19.11.2024

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi, has said it’s time the country sets up a marine corps to cater for the vast maritime resources and growing insecurity. This is even as the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and a coalition of civil society organisations rejected the bill....

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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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