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FG Approves Two Dry Ports For Ogun, Oyo

21.01.2025

On Tuesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Government approved two Inland Dry Ports (IDP) for Ogun and Oyo States. The establishment of the dry ports will be located in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State and Moniya, Oyo State to reduce congestion at the Lagos seaports. Also, it will eliminate chronic delays, boost the nation’s economy and generate jobs...

Salary Disparity: NiMet Workers etition Tinubu, Keyamo

21.01.2025

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) workers yesterday petitioned President Bola Tinubu; the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo; and the Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG) Geroge Akume over the salary disparity between them and their Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)...

Trump Dismisses Four Officials Warns More To Come

21.01.2025

United States (US) President, Donald Trump on Tuesday fired four senior government officials appointed by his predecessor, Joe Biden and warned that over a thousand more faced imminent dismissal. Speaking on his Truth Social platform, Trump stated that the message would serve as an Official Notice of Dismissal for the individuals with many more coming...

Terrorist Herders Kill Benue Farmer, Set Corpse Ablaze

21.01.2025

…We need security presence, govt has abandoned us – residents tell FG There appear to be no end in sight in the massacre of farmers in Benue State, as suspected armed Fulani terrorists again launched an attack on Anwase in Kwande Local Government Area killing a farmer and displacing many others. The terrorists were reported...

Coalition Faults Amnesty Int’l’s Report On End Bad Governance Protest

21.01.2025

…Says Report full of speculation, unsubstantiated facts The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has faulted the recent report by the Amnesty International on the August 2024 End Bad Governance Protest in Nigeria. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, one of the leaders of the coalition, Gbenga Soloki, said it has reviewed the report...

Benue: Nine SEMA Staff Escape Death In Ghastly Road Accident

21.01.2025

…Bus summersaults three times before stopping – information officer At least nine staff of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday narrowly escaped death in an accident that occured near Daudu town in Guma Local Government Area while returning from an official assignment. The Information Officer of the agency, Mr Ager Tema who...

Kano Celebrates Keyamo On His Birthday

21.01.2025

…Hails him as a quintessential leader The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Dr Ibrahim Kana, has celebrated the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, on the occasion of his birthday. In a heartfelt birthday message, Kana extolled Keyamo as a dynamic leader, a goal-getter, and an irrepressible patriot,...

FRSC: Lagos Residents Hail Landmark Court Judgment

21.01.2025

The Lagos State residents are celebrating a major victory after a Federal High Court ordered the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to stop confiscating vehicles with faded number plates. The court’s decision also prohibits the FRSC from punishing or fining drivers of such vehicles. The residents are urging the FRSC to take responsibility for producing...

Abia Govt To Recruit 2000 Teachers, Begins Maths Clinic For Certificate Class

21.01.2025

In fulfilment of Governor Alex Otti’s promise at inauguration, to recruit 5000 teachers, the Abia State Ministry of Basic Education will next week begin the recruitment of teachers to fill up the shortfall in the number of teachers in the school system. Speaking on the exercise, the Commissioner for Basic Education, Elder Goodluck Ubochi, explained...

Aviation Minister Lays Foundation For Xejet’s Flight Support, Engineering Hub

21.01.2025

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has attended the groundbreaking ceremony of Xejet’s state-of-the-art Flight Support and Engineering Hub as the Special Guest of Honour. This was contained in a press statement released on Tuesday in Abuja by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Honourable Minister of Aviation...

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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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