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Ekiti Airport Sets For Commercial Operations

11.01.2025

…as NAMA Begins Calibration of equipment Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) on Friday commenced the calibration of the landing system at the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport in readiness for the commencement of commercial flight operations. This is coming barely a month after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), granted approval for non-scheduled flight operations...

Goods Worth Millions Of Naira Destroyed In Kwara Market Fire

11.01.2025

The popular Olusola Saraki Market, Ita-Amo, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has been gutted by fire, with goods worth millions of Naira destroyed. According to the spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, by the time the operatives of the Fire Service arrived at the scene, it was discovered that multiple shops had...

VFS Global Earns Great Place To Work Certification In Nigeria

11.01.2025

VFS Global, a global leader in visa and consular services, has been officially recognized as a Great Place to Work Certified company in Nigeria for the period spanning October 2024 to October 2025. This esteemed certification is a testament to the company’s unwavering commitment to creating a strong, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture, not just...

Okwukwu Emerges President-General Of Ohanaeze

11.01.2025

A Nigerian lawyer and former Secretary-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide. Chief Uche Okwukwu has been announced as the duly elected President-General of the organisation. New Telegraph had on January 5 reported that a factional body of Ohaneze Ndigbo had announced Chief Dr. Jackson Omenazu, another Ikwerre man, as President. However,...

Anambra Govt Sets To Bury Victims Of Stampede

11.01.2025

The victims of the Anambra State stampede that occurred during Christmas rice distribution in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state have been buried. It would be recalled that no fewer than 21 people, reportedly lost their lives during the tragic incident that occurred on December 21, 2024, during the palliative distribution donated by...

Eno Dissolves Cabinet, Sets To Announce New Commissioners

11.01.2025

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has officially announced the dissolution of his cabinet members, saying his administration requires fresh energy. Announcing the dissolution on Friday during a valedictory session at the Executive Council chamber in Uyo, the state capital, Eno clarified that none of the commissioners had underperformed but he needed...

Oduwole, Bosun, NSA, Others To Speak At NIPSS, PBDC Leadership Course

11.01.2025

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole; Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani; National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Professor Ayo Omotayo and others are expected to speak at the 2025 leadership course in Data Mining and Geospatial Intelligence by the...

Michigan Varsity Delegation Visits Gombe, Evaluates Sites For Agriculture Faculty, Innovation Hub

11.01.2025

…Gombe Can Cultivate 100,000 Hectares of Rice Thrice Annually, Says Visiting Professor Gombe State is on the brink of a transformative agricultural revolution following the visit of a delegation from Michigan State University, United States of America. The delegation, led by Prof. Daniel Uyeh, visited Gombe state to solidify an earlier partnership arrangement during Governor...

Ogun Ramp Up Efforts To Fight Banditry, Convenes Security Meeting

11.01.2025

Ogun State Government has set mechanisms in motion to tackle insecurity across the state in the face of the reported invasion of the South-West geo-political zone by suspected bandits. This was contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Media & Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, on Friday. The...

Abiodun Symphatizes With Dimeji Bankole Over Mother’s Demise

11.01.2025

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commiserated with the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole over the death of his mother, Alhaja Monsurat Atinuke Bankole. The deceased reportedly died on Friday after a brief illness at the age of 79. Prince Abiodun, in a statement signed by his Special...

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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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