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Jigawa Uncovers 6,348 Ghost Workers Earning N3.7bn

18.12.2024

The Jigawa State Government says it has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers in its staff verification. The Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture Sagir Musa said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation showed that 6,348 ghost workers had been detected and...

Kogi Gov Signs Law Establishing CUSTECH Teaching Hospital, Okene

18.12.2024

Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo has signed a bill converting the Reference Hospital in Okene into the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Teaching Hospital. This was announced in Lokoja yesterday by the Commissioner for Information and Communications Kingsley Fanwo. The move aligns with the National Universities Commission’s approval of a full-time Bachelor of...

Over 50,000 Residents Benefit From IMOLE Free Surgical Outreach

18.12.2024

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adekeke, has said that over 50,000 residents have benefited from the IMOLE Free Surgical and Medical Outreach programme. Adeleke disclosed this yesterday during the flagsoff of the 4th ‘Imole’ free surgical and medical outreach held at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo. According to him, “We are committed to delivering on...

Omega-3 Rich Diet Might Slow Prostate Cancer Growth –Study

18.12.2024

Early results from a study by researchers in the United States have shown that diets involving fish oil supplements can help affected persons manage their cancer and particularly prevent the progression of their prostate cancer. The findings were published December 12 in the ‘Journal of Clinical Oncology’. An omega-3 rich diet includes foods that are...

Tinubu Appoints Aisha Garba As New UBEC Sec

18.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu yesterday appointed Aisha Garba as the Universal Basic Education (UBEC) Executive Secretary. According to a presidential statement, Garba is an international development specialist. It said: “Garba, a Senior Education Specialist with the World Bank, brings more than 24 years of experience driving impactful programmes in education for human and economic development, working...

Kidnapping: Nigerians Paid N2.2trn Ransom In One Year –Report

18.12.2024

Family and friends of kidnap victims across the country paid an estimated sum of N2.2 trillion (₦2,231,772,563,507) as ransoms to secure their release from kidnappers’ den between May 2023 and April 2024, according to latest findings from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS), released yesterday. Within the...

Crashed PH Chopper Had No Flight Data Recorder –NSIB

18.12.2024

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) yesterday said the Sikorsky helicopter that crashed on October 24 was not equipped with a Flight Data Recorder (FDR). The chopper operated by Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited crashed into the Atlantic Ocean South East of Eket, Bight of Bonny, killing eight passengers. The NSIB confirmed that two crew...

ACF Commends Tinubu, FG For Renaming UniAbuja, Yakubu Gowon Varsity

18.12.2024

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government for renaming University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University of Abuja. ACF, which described former Head of State Yakubu Gowon as a hero, called on the National Assembly to accelerate passage of the necessary legislation to concretise the renaming which has...

WDEP 6.0 Empowers Women With Skills, Business Grants

18.12.2024

The NerdzFactory Foundation, in partnership with Access Corporation, has successfully concluded the 6th edition of the Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program (WDEP), a transformative initiative aimed at equipping Nigerian women with essential digital and entrepreneurial skills. Held in Asaba, Delta State, the two-week programme empowered 532 women to embrace the digital economy, providing them with tools...

Secondus To Fubara: You’ll Overcome Your Enemies

18.12.2024

Erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Uche Secondus yesterday told Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he would “overcome” his “enemies”. Fubara is locked in a fierce battle with his immediate predecessor Nyesom Wike over the control of the state. Rivers has two Houses of Assembly, with one loyal to the governor and the...

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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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