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Okpebholo, IGP Laud Community Policing Initiative In Edo

24.12.2024

The Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has commended Mr Peter Omoh Dunia and members of Ogbona Youth Forum for building and donating an Ultra Modern Police Station with a fully equipped ICT Centre to the Nigeria Police Force. Governor Okpebholo made the commendation in a statement released by the Ogbona Youth Forum in...

King Charles To Deliver Christmas Message At Former Hospital Chapel

24.12.2024

The King of United Kingdom (UK), Charles III will on Wednesday, deliver this year’s Christmas message from the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London, marking a departure from the traditional royal settings of Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle. The choice of location of a former hospital chapel reinforces the King’s focus on healthcare workers and community...

Sokoto CP Felicitates Christian Faithful, Assures Hitch-Free Festivities

24.12.2024

In anticipation of the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations, scheduled for December 25, 2024, and January 1, 2025, respectively, the Sokoto State Police Command, under the leadership of CP Ahmed Musa has extended his warm wishes to the citizens of the state. A statement issued by ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, Police Public Relations Officer for...

NAFDAC, Food Manufacturers Partner On Safe Food System

24.12.2024

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and members of the Association of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE) have agreed to collaborate further to ensure that a food safety culture is entrenched in Nigeria. The decision to jointly chart a new path for food safety in the country was reached...

Stakeholders Issue NUPRC Seven-Day Notice To Reverse ‘Unfair’ Licensing Of Oil Blocs

24.12.2024

A Group of Niger Delta indigenes has issued a seven-day notice to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to reverse the 2024 licensing and 2022/23 Mini Bid Round for oil blocs in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The group gave the notice in a letter on Tuesday, addressed to the Chief Executive of NUPRC,...

Lagos Govt Committed To Driving Economic Growth Through Water Tourism, Says Benson-Awoyinka

24.12.2024

Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, has expressed the commitment of the State government to drive the economic growth of the state through water tourism, stressing that it would also boost tourism and create job opportunities as well as boost local business. The commissioner made this disclosure during the recent...

Tinubu Approves N95bn For Kano Dams, Eastern Bypass

24.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu has approved N95 billion for the rehabilitation of over 16 dams in Kano State to boost irrigation farming as well as the construction of the Eastern Bypass. The Hadejia River Basin Development Authority Director Finance of Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso said already a technical committee on the evaluation of dams had been Inaugurated...

Budget: ActionAid Seeks Accountability, Inclusive Implementation

24.12.2024

An NGO, ActionAid Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government to ensure accountability and inclusive implementation of the 2025 budget. Communications Coordinator of the organisation, Oluwakemi Akinremi-Segun, said it was only by doing this that the federal government could achieve its goals on the 2025 budget. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akinremi-Segun stated...

Leadway Holdings Champions Safety With December On-Lock Campaign

24.12.2024

Leadway Holdings, Nigeria’s foremost non-banking financial services group, is once again prioritising the safety of its customers and the risk protection of their belongings through its annual December On-Lock campaign. Now in its third year, this initiative reaffirms Leadway’s dedication to safeguarding lives, assets, and wellbeing during a season renowned for heightened activity and celebration....

Farotimi Meets Bail Conditions, Released From Correctional Center

24.12.2024

…as activist sets free from Remand The Federal High Court and the Ekiti State Magistrate Court have granted the application of the human rights activist and Lagos-based lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi on Tuesday, December 24, was set free from the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. Farotimi’s legal counsel while confirming his release...

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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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