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PDP Chairmanship: No Mini Convention To Replace Damagun-Ortom, Moro

13.11.2024

Former Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom and the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, have said the party is not considering any mini convention on November 28 to decide on a replacement for its incumbent Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagun. The duo who spoke to journalists after an expanded caucus meeting of the...

WMA Urges Iran To End Corporal Punishment, Respect Human Rights

13.11.2024

The World Medical Association (WMA) has appealed to authorities in Iran to cease all forms of corporal punishment, including amputation and align with international human rights standards. The call came amid reports that five men in Iran are at the risk of having their fingers amputated as punishment for robbery; a practice the WMA said...

‘Procurement Officers’ Training’ll Enhance Efficient Practices’

13.11.2024

‘Procurement Officers’ Training’ll Enhance Efficient Practices’

Circular Road: Makinde Constitutes C’ttee On Compensation Payment

13.11.2024

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has constituted a monitoring team to oversee the payment of compensation to land owners affected by the acquisition of lands on the first segment of the Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Circular Road. According to Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Special Adviser (Media) to Oyo State Governor, a letter signed on behalf of the...

Why Govt Lawyers Lose Cases, By Justice Kanyip

13.11.2024

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) President Justice Benedict Kanyip yesterday said government lawyers lose court cases because of “incompetence”. According to him, a majority of them are not only unprepared but also ignorant of new developments in the jurisprudence. He said this at the opening session of a training on proceedings of the...

Economic Devt: Radda Rallies North West Govs

13.11.2024

Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has called for unity among North West governors to boost economic and investment development. He made the call during the opening ceremony of a three-day tour of the Presidential Committee of the Enabling Business Council on Tuesday in Katsina. Radda, represented by his deputy Farouk Jobe, said: “If we come...

Nasarawa Tertiary Institutions Threaten Strike

13.11.2024

Academic and nonacademic staff under the Joint Unions of Nasarawa State Tertiary Institutions (JUNSTI) yesterday issued a 7-day ultimatum to the state government to implement its N30,000 minimum wage, consequential adjustments and promotions or face industrial action. In a statement, Chairman Samson Gbande said the affected institutions are yet to enjoy the “largesse” of the...

Tinubu Orders State Burial For Lagbaja

13.11.2024

A delegation from the Nigerian Army, led by Maj-Gen. Kamal Yusuf, announced yesterday that President Bola Tinubu has ordered a state burial for the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Taoreed Lagbaja. The announcement was made during a condolence visit to the Olobu of Ilobu, Oba Ashiru Olaniyan, at his palace in Osun State. During...

Alleged N1.3trn Fraud: EFCC Yet To Establish Any Case Against Okowa –Aide

13.11.2024

The Chief Press Secretary to former Governor, Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, Olisa Ifeajika, has dismissed the alleged N1.3 trillion fraud case against his boss by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ifeajika in a statement said the EFCC has not established any case against Okowa. He said as is customary with the anti-graft agency,...

Security Agencies Get Marching Order To Crush Lukarawas –Sources

13.11.2024

There are strong indications that the Presidency may have issued a directive to the military, security and other relevant law enforcement agencies to nip the Lukarawas terrorist group in the bud. New Telegraph learnt that the order followed reports that the group, which birthed in some communities in Sokoto State, was making steady incursions into...

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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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