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Kano Headmasters Urge Gov To Focus More On Education

20.11.2024

Parents and teachers in Kano State have appealed to Governor Abba Yusuf to give the education sector a priority. They told the journalists assessing the projects executed by the Ministry of Education under the State of Emergency that more classrooms and teaching materials were needed. The Headmaster of Hotoro South Special Primary School in the...

Soludo Presents N607bn 2025 Budget To Assembly

20.11.2024

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo yesterday presented a budget proposal of N606, 991,849,118 for 2025 to the House of Assembly. Presenting the budget to the House, Soludo, who tagged the budget “Changing Gears 2.0” with an emphasis on acceleration and execution, stated that it represents a 48 per cent increase compared to the 2024 budget...

Wema Bank Empowers Over 40 SMEs For Export Trade Academy

20.11.2024

Wema Bank has equipped Nigerian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with essential skills, insights, and resources for entering and thriving in the global market. The Wema Export Trade Academy, which hosted over 40 participants in its first cohort, highlighted the bank’s commitment to enhancing Nigeria’s economic landscape by opening new global opportunities for local businesses....

We Must Rebuild Our Military, Core Institutions To Combat Challenges – Adebayo

20.11.2024

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said that for effective protection of democracy in the country as well as lives and property, Nigeria needs to rebuild its military institutions. Adebayo was speaking at a public presentation of a book entitled; ‘Nine Lives: The Bello-Fadile Memoirs,’ authored by...

Yoruba Youths Disagree With Obasanjo’s Call For INEC Chair’s Removal

20.11.2024

The Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has disagreed with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s demand for the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The group’s reaction follows Obasanjo’s remarks at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum held at Yale University in the United States, where he criticised INEC’s handling of...

MTN Seeks Partnership With LEO On Rural Connectivity

20.11.2024

Africa’s biggest mobile operator, MTN, is exploring partnerships with low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite providers to bring internet connection to rural and remote customers in particular, Group CEO, Ralph Mupita said. Satellite-internet has become an alternative connectivity solution across Africa with the popularity of providers such as Starlink, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. LEO satellites provide high-speed...

Wike Approves N1.1bn Compensation For Property Owner

20.11.2024

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved the release of N1.1 billion for compensation to the people whose property were affected by the ongoing dualisation of Kuje Road in the federal capital city. The Minister, who visited the site yesterday, said necessary actions would be taken on the issue, so that the contractors...

Sokoto Workforce Await Minimum Wage Implementation As NLC Submit Template

20.11.2024

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Sokoto State Chapter has presented a template for consequential adjustment for the implementation of the N70,000 National Minimum Wage as approved by the Federal Government. The template presented by the state executives of the NLC under the leadership of Abdullahi Aliyu (Jungle) was sequel to the agreement reached at a...

How Police Shot Park Chairman In Custody – Osun Govt

20.11.2024

…Says Alowonle is currently on life support …Seeks Arrest, Prosecution Of Head Of Anti-Kidnapping Squad The Osun State Government has accused the State Police Command of attempting to murder the Chairman of Osun Transport Management System (OSTMS), Iyanda Alowonle. This was as the state government called for the arrest and prosecution of the head of...

Military Attack, Zulum Condoles With Armed Forces, Families Of Victims

20.11.2024

Five soldiers were killed, while many others sustained various degrees of injury when members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) last Saturday attacked a military formation in Kareti town, Mobbar Local Government Area of Bormo state. A security source who does not want his name in print said, “Five soldiers were killed,...

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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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