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Group Urges Women To Participate In Politics

12.12.2024

A Non-governmental organisation, Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER) has urged women to come out, participate in politics and not remain in the back seat. This was made known yesterday in Lagos by the program officer of the group, Mr. Adeniyi Hussain at a two-day training for journalists, civil society and others with a theme:...

Umahi Meets With BPP To End Project Delays

12.12.2024

The Minister of Works, Engr Dave Umahi, has moved to tackle the bureaucratic hurdles hindering timely and efficient evaluation of projects by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). The former Ebonyi State governor, who received the BPP Director-General, Adebowale Adedokun, yesterday, stressed the need for seamless bureaucracies in public procurement processes for efficient and timely...

Groups Back Falana Over $2.9bn Approved For Refineries

12.12.2024

A coalition of civil society groups yesterday backed Femi Falana (SAN) for asking the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to explain how the $2.9 billion meant for the rehabilitation of the three refineries was spent. Falana said: “I challenge the NUPENG and PENGASSAN to tell Nigerians the actual state of the refineries. “Only 60,000...

Ultra-Processed Foods Makes Us Old Beyond Our Years –Study

12.12.2024

A study, led by Monash University in Australia, has shed light on a particularly alarming consequence—the acceleration of biological ageing resulting from the excess consumption of ultra- processed foods (UPFs). The study is published in the journal ‘Age and Ageing’, Biological age refers to how old a person seems based on various molecular biomarkers, compared...

Borno Reduces Number Of Out-Of-School Children To 700,000

12.12.2024

In its efforts to reduce out-ofschool children, the Borno State Government has successfully reduced the number of out-of-school children from over 2.2 million to fewer than 700,000, representing a 70% reduction. Governor Babagana Zulum disclosed this during the inauguration of Government Secondary School Mairi said: “We have built 104 schools, rehabilitated 2,931 classrooms and distributed...

Group Tasks Federal, States On Healthcare Infrastructure

12.12.2024

The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has urged the federal, state and local governments to prioritise healthcare infrastructure in their budgets. Programme Officer Muktar Mohammed Shehu, under the period under review, said ACOMIN has recorded tremendous achievement in Yobe State. Speaking at a press conference on the Global Fund Malaria CommunityLed...

Sokoto Hisbah Seizes 200 Cartons Of Alcoholic Drinks

12.12.2024

The Sokoto State Hisbah Board has confiscated over 200 cartons of liquid substances suspected to be alcoholic drinks at the Sokoto Central Motor Park. Commander Usman Jatau said the items have not been claimed by anyone. According to him, the board will consult with the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General to determine the next...

Lori-Ogbebor Condemns Revocation Of Late Husband’s Property In Abuja

12.12.2024

Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has condemned the revocation of the ownership of a property in Abuja belonging to her late husband, Col Paul Ogbebor. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, she said the estate located in the Life Camp area of the FCT is the property of Paulosa Nigeria Limited, a company owned by Ogbebor,...

NOA Strengthens Framework Against HIV/AIDS Stigmatisation, Get-Rich-Quick Syndrome, Others

12.12.2024

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has strengthened awareness and framework against shortcut to wealth, HIV/AIDS stigmatization, violation of human rights and new tax regime, to create a society that is healthy, secure, ethical and united in purpose. The agency maintained that citizens must take advantage of the services provided by the Federal Government, especially the...

CBN: Currency Outside Banks Rose By 58.8% To N4.29trn In October

12.12.2024

Currency outside banks jumped by 58.83 per cent to N4.29 trillion in October 2024, compared to N2.7 trillion in the corresponding period of last year, according to the latest Money and Credit Statistics data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday. The data also shows that on a month-on-month basis, currency outside banks...

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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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