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Sokoto Launches Enrollment Drive Campaign For School-Age Children

19.12.2024

The Sokoto State Government has flagged off the 2024/2025 enrolment drive campaign aimed at all school-age children enrolled in public schools. Gov Aliyu stated this on Thursday while flagging off the campaign held at Army Children Model Primary School, Kwannawa, Dange Shuni Sokoto State. He maintained that the enrolment drive campaign is one of the...

State House Gets N47.11bn In 2025

19.12.2024

…Tinubu, VP to spend 11.6 billion in 2025, EFFC N62.2bn , NFIU N12.5bn The State House is allocated N47.11 billion in 2025, according to details of the 2025 executive budget obtained by New Telegraph on Thursday. The Office of the President (state house operations) under the presidency is allocated N8.7 billion 2025 fiscal year while...

Nwifuru’s Aide Tasks Youths On Mentorship, Leadership Potentials In Ebonyi

19.12.2024

The National President of a youth organization named “Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru Youth Movement (FON) Mr Chinedu Emenike, has tasked youths in the State to imbibe purposeful leadership potentials geared towards enhancing national development. Emenike who doubles as Special Assistant to Governor Nwifuru on youth mobilization, emphasized the importance of purposeful leadership among the youth for...

2025 Budget Will Revolutionise Nigeria If Fully Implemented

19.12.2024

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, on Thursday, posited that the 2025 budget would revolutionise the country if fully implemented. Jibrin made this remark while contributing to the debate on the Second Reading of the 2025 Appropriation Bill which was presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday by...

Education & Roads Receive Lion Share

19.12.2024

The Adamawa State 2025 budget proposal breakdown shows that the road construction and education sectors received the highest amount. The proposed budget, tagged “Budget of Service,” aligns with the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), with the aim of financing government programmes and services in the state. Addressing a press conference in...

Nurses Must Be Encouraged To Practice Their Profession

19.12.2024

Dr Ganiyat Olabisi Disu, President of Class 1979-1982 set of the Lagos State School of Midwifery, Igando, formerly located in the Ikoyi area of the state, has urged governments at all levels to encourage nurses and improve the state of facilities in the nation’s hospitals. Disu said this in an interview with journalists at the...

Egbetokun Speaks On Lagos Security

19.12.2024

The Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, on Thursday, said the days of armed robbery and bank robbery in Lagos State are long gone. Egbetokun who made this declaration while speaking at the Lagos State Security Trust Fund 18th Annual Town Hall Meeting on Security, noted that only one bank robbery succeeded in the...

NSCDC Deploys 1, 750 Personnel In Osun

19.12.2024

...Assures adequate security of lives and property Ahead of this year’s Christmas celebrations, the Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, Igbalawole Sotiyo has deployed 1,750 personnel across the state to provide water-tight security, covert and overt operations and round-the-clock surveillance on all critical national assets and Infrastructure to ensure a...

Gov Idris, Emir Of Gwandu Laud FERMA’s Exceptional Performance

19.12.2024

The Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has praised the Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) as the most effective Federal Government agency. According to Governor Idris, FERMA’s outstanding performance is a testament to the agency’s dedication to delivering on its mandate. He also commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for providing the necessary support to ensure...

At Least 100 N’Koreans Dead In Ukraine War, Says South

19.12.2024

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said at least 100 North Korean soldiers have reportedly been killed in combat since joining Russia’s war effort in Ukraine earlier this month. South Korean MP, Lee Sung-kwon revealed the casualty figures following a parliamentary briefing by the NIS, adding that another 1,000 North Korean soldiers had been...

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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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