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Rivers Crisis: Fubara Pledges To Work With PDP Govs To Save Party

27.01.2025

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has promised to work with the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum to reposition the crisis-ridden opposition party. Fubura made the pledge when he visited Bauchi at the weekend to console Governor Bala Mohammed, who is the chairman of the forum, over the death of his stepmother Hajiya Hauwa Duguri. He...

Lagos Anglican Girls’ Grammar School Gets N250m Endowment Fund

27.01.2025

Old students of the Lagos Anglican Girl Grammar School, Surulere, has launched N250 million endowment fund to support development of infrastructure in the school. Speaking at the 70th Founder’s Day Anniversary, the President of the Lagos Anglican Girl Grammar School Old Girls Association (LAGGSOGA), Mrs Grace Ben-Okezie, said the fund is a demonstration of their...

FRSC Partners Fire Service, NEMA To Combat Tanker crashes

27.01.2025

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is partnering with the Federal Fire Service (FFS) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)to combat the rising incidence of tanker crashes on Nigerian roads. The FRSC Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed said this yesterday in Abuja. Mohammed said the partnership was aimed at enhancing the response to...

Price Of Tomatoes Crashes Amid Glut, Post-Harvest Losses

27.01.2025

Prices of tomatoes have crashed in Lagos and some other parts of the country due to what farmers attributed to the glut being experienced at the moment due to the harvest season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that a tomato glut is a situation where there is an excess of tomatoes, often leading to...

EU-SDGN Trains INEC Officers On Gender, Disability Inclusive Elections

27.01.2025

The European Union Support to Democratic Governance Programme (EU-SDGN) has thrown its weight behind a 3-day training of desk officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with specific targets on ensuring gender and disability inclusion in Nigeria’s electoral process. The EU-SDGN said the event was aimed to develop a comprehensive training manual for INEC...

Awka Community Defends Son Over Kidnapping Allegation

27.01.2025

Residents of Ezinano Village in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have debunked the allegations that Ozo Jeff Nweke as a kidnapper. The Chief Executive Of ficer of Mango and Lion Properties Ltd is facing trial at an Anambra High Court after being accused of kidnapping the Vice Chairman of Dubai Estate...

FG Declares Malaria Elimination As Key Priority

27.01.2025

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating malaria, recognising the disease as a critical public health challenge. With efforts focused on reducing the prevalence and impact of malaria, the government aims to strengthen strategies that will accelerate progress towards a malaria-free nation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement highlights...

A Nigerian Trailblazer Redefining Project Mgt, Digital Transformation In UK

27.01.2025

In the vibrant city of Manchester, England, a Nigerian-born professional is quietly revolutionizing how organizations approach project management and digital transformation. Alexsandra Ogadimma Ihechere, a result-oriented project manager with an extraordinary career spanning healthcare, logistics, oil and gas, and IT, is steadily carving a niche for herself as one of the UK’s leading experts in...

Suspected Herdsmen Kill six Farmers In Fresh Benue Attack

27.01.2025

…Destroy 18 primary schools, six churches in separate attacks …Resident blasts govt for doing nothing to contain killings Suspected Fulani herdsmen at the weekend launched another bloody attack on the Uzer community in the Tombo ward of the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State and left at least six farmers dead and many others...

Pro-Tinubu Group Lauds Faleke’s Support For President In NASS

26.01.2025

…names Lagos Lawmaker as pillar of development The Tinubu Reforms Advocates (TRA) has commended James Faleke, the member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency and Chairman House Committee on Finance, for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills. In a statement signed by its President, Gideon Unazi, the group said Faleke’s efforts have been instrumental in shaping...

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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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