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Defence Ministry Demands N20bn For Deceased Personnel Families

15.01.2025

The Minister of State for Defence, Muhammad Matawalle, yesterday appealed to the House of Representatives Committee on Defence to approve an additional 20 billion naira to enable the family pay families of deceased military personnel. Matawalle made the request in his presentation at the 2025 budget defence session with the House of Representatives Committee on...

A’Ibom Verification Exercise Exposes Over 2,000 Ghost Workers

15.01.2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State chapter, has applauded Governor Umo Eno over the physical verification exercise of civil servants, adding that over 2,000 ghost workers have so far been discovered in the process. The Secretary of NLC in the state, Alpha Marshall disclosed this yesterday, during a telephone interview with journalists in...

Group Partners FG To Tackle Environmental Pollution In Ogoni

15.01.2025

A group, under the auspices of Ogoni ExArtesanal Refiners Forum, has expressed its resolve to support the Federal Government to tackle the menace of environmental pollution in Ogoni land by working with critical stakeholders to achieve the objective. The group, also known as the community volunteers against re-pollution initiative, in a communique issued after a...

Ekiti Sets Up Storage Facilities For Food Security

15.01.2025

Ekiti State Government has set up storage facilities in different parts of the state, with the sole aim of buying farm produce from farmers during harvest season and storing them for release to the people during period of scarcity. The government said the step was taken in order to ensure food sufficiency in the state,...

Africa Must Decolonise Economic Structures For Sustainable Growth –UNDP Chief

15.01.2025

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Zimbabwe Ayodele Odusola says for Africa to achieve sustainable development it must restructure its economic systems. He said this at the inaugural Faculty Distinguished Personality Lecture hosted by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences University of Ibadan yesterday. Odusola said:“African countries must rely on their...

End Farmer/Herder Crisis, N’Assembly Tasks Livestock Minister

15.01.2025

The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Live – stock Development have challenged the Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Muktar, to use his office to address the perennial problem of farmer/herder crises in the country. The committee gave the charge yesterday when the minister appeared before the joint committee to defend the...

UN Deputy Secretary-General Seeks Regional Stability, Advances Climate Action

15.01.2025

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed has successfully wrapped up her two-day official visit to Nigeria and actively advocated for regional stability and climate action in the West African region. A statement issued yesterday, signed by the Nafional Information Officer, UN Information Centre (UNIC), Oluseyi Soremekun, provided the details of her visit and...

Gum Disease Impairs Brain Function –Study

15.01.2025

A new study has revealed worrisome findings regarding oral health and cognitive function, suggesting that gum disease may impair brain function, potentially increasing the likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease. The research was published recently in the ‘Journal of Periodontology’. Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that causes memory loss and thinking difficulties. It’s the most common...

Alia Swears In 13 Permanent Secretaries

15.01.2025

...urges them to be non-partisan, responsible officers Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, on Tuesday, swore in 13 new Permanent Secretaries with a charge to be non-partisan and act as responsible officers in their areas of coverage. The governor gave the charge at the government house in Makurdi at the swearing-in of the permanent...

Agidigbo FM’s Oriyomi Hazmat Welcomed By Mammoth Crowd Amid Tears

15.01.2025

Alhaji Oriyomi Hazmat, the principal of Agidigbo FM, received an emotional homecoming on Tuesday as a massive crowd gathered at his broadcast station to welcome him following his release from police detention. Oriyomi, who was in tears, expressed his gratitude while appealing for privacy as he entered a period of reflection and sobriety. New Telegraph...

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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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