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Blue Economy: NPA Targets 30% Trade Growth By 2030

14.12.2024

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho has projected a 30 per cent growth in trade volume by 2030. He made this known at the 2024 edition of the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) conference and awards, held recently in Lagos. He noted that the ongoing improvements in port...

Kogi Former Deputy Speaker Enema Paul, Passes Away In Abuja

14.12.2024

The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Enema Paul, has passed away. The lawmaker, who represented Okura State Constituency in the 8th State House of Assembly, died early Saturday morning in a private hospital in Abuja following a prolonged battle with an undisclosed illness. In a statement issued by...

Sokoto: Gov. Aliyu Loses Aunty, Wamakko Condoles Family

14.12.2024

The aunty of the incumbent Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, Hajiya Maryam ‘Yar Nene has passed on. Saturday Telegraph reports that the late Hajiya Maryam died on Friday in her residence after battling with a prolonged illness. Meanwhile, the APC leader in the state Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has condoled with Governor Aliyu and...

INEC Reacts To Chairman’s Death, Says Yakubu Is Alive

14.12.2024

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed news reports suggesting that its substantive Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu is dead. Debunking the claims in a statement issued on Saturday, the electoral umpire said the circulated alleging that Yakubu had died in London following a “brief illness is false. READ ALSO The Chief Press Secretary to...

AIG Adegoke Promises Adequate Security In Lagos, Ogun

14.12.2024

The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Fayoade Adegoke in charge of Zone 2, Command, Onikan Lagos, has assured residents of Lagos and Ogun States of adequate security during Christmas and after. The AIG who gave the assurance during its Christmas carol/end-of-the-year celebration over the weekend at the command headquarters, Onikan, Lagos vowed to continue to...

Benue Community Sends SOS To Alia

14.12.2024

…Says situation may slip into anarchy The people of Ezza-Ezekuna in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday sent a Save Our Soul (SoS) to Governor Hyacinth Alia to immediately halt the growing spate of killing of their people allegedly by the Effium people from neighbouring Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State....

Gov. Sule Flags Off Remodeling Of Schools In Kokona LGA

14.12.2024

…projects are parts of CSR by a mining company in the area, Black Gem New Energy Co. Ltd Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, yesterday inaugurated some remodelled schools in Ego and Agaza in the Koko Local Government of Nasarawa State. The schools were built by a mining company operating in the area, Black Gem New...

NAFDAC Reaffirms Commitment To Combat Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals

14.12.2024

On Saturday, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC) warned purveyors of fake and unwholesome food and drug products that Nigeria is not a dumping ground for substandard products. NAFDAC gave this warning at the 8th Annual Conference of the Association of Nigerian Health Journalists (ANHEJ) in Abuja. Speaking on the menace, the...

Christmas: Dorian Home Supports 1,000 Women, Vulnerable

14.12.2024

No fewer than 1,000 vulnerable women have benefitted from the bags of rice and free medical attention provided by the proprietor of Dorian Home, Dr Tolulola Bayode. Dr Bayode, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dorian Home donated the gift items to the underprivileged women and individuals in Akure, the Ondo State capital. In...

Rivers Govt Reaffirms Commitment To Fight Gender-Based Violence

14.12.2024

The Rivers State Government has reiterated its commitment to combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV), emphasizing that such acts often originate within the family unit. The State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Roseline Uranta, gave this assurance in Port Harcourt, where she highlighted the ongoing advocacy efforts by the Ministry to educate the public on the dangers of...

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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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