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Senator Mustapha’s AES Bill Passes First Reading

07.12.2024

The Nigerian Senate took another positive step towards improving the country’s agricultural sector as the Agricultural Extension Service Bill, 2024 (SB. 646), sponsored by Senator Saliu Mustapha, passed its first reading. The bill aims to revitalise the moribund agricultural extension services that will support smallholder farmers to improve productivity and ensure food security in the...

France Assures NDLEA Of More Support In Tackling Drug Trafficking

07.12.2024

The French government has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of more support in the fight against drug trafficking and abuse in Nigeria. French Police Attaché in Nigeria, Phillipe Crespo, gave this assurance on Saturday when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja. The visit followed...

Akpabio Commences Free Medical Outreach In Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District

07.12.2024

Residents of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District (Ikot Ekpene), are set to enjoy free medical outreach sponsored by Senator Godswill Akpabio. The Free Medical Outreach which was officially launched on Saturday, December 7, 2024, in Ikot Ekpene, is meant to tour the 10 Local Government areas in the senatorial district and will last for...

Kwara Govt Graduates 3MTT Cohort 2, Splashes Cash On Young Techs

07.12.2024

…Gov AbdulRazaq driving innovation, youth empowerment – Ishola Kwara State Government’s 3 Million Technical Talents (3MTT) initiative at the weekend organised a graduation and hackathon session for the 3MTT Cohort 2, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying the agenda was to promote digital literacy, innovation, and economic growth in the State. The programme, according to the...

Jigawa Govt Injects Over N20bn In Education In 2yrs

07.12.2024

Professor Isa Chamo, the Commissioner for Higher Education, Science and Technology in Jigawa State has said that Governor Umar Namadi has invested more than N20 billion in education in less than two years of his administration. Chamo spoke on Friday night on the sideline of the 14th Anniversary and Award Ceremonies of the Nigerian NewsDirect...

COAS, Oluyede Solicits Support Of Traditional Institution To End Insurgency

07.12.2024

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Olufemi Oluyede has solicited the support and cooperation of the traditional institution to end over a decade of Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. The COAS who made this appeal when he paid a homage to the Shehu of Borno State at his Palace in Maiduguri on...

Applicants Take Aptitude Test As 45,689 Compete For NNPC Ltd Jobs

07.12.2024

45,689 applicants on Saturday took part in a Computer-Based Aptitude Test as part of the recruitment process to secure employment at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd). The aptitude test was administered at various testing centres across Nigeria, including the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society Centenary Resource Centre in Maitama, Abuja. The Group Chief Executive Officer...

Group Knocks Go Alia Over Benue’s N513bn Allocation

07.12.2024

A coalition of concerned citizens and accountability advocacy groups has raised alarm over the management of funds by Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, questioning the lack of transparency and accountability in the use of an unprecedented N513 billion allocated to the state. In a statement jointly signed by Dennis Agema who is the President,...

Kwara Begins State-Wide Anthrax Vaccination Campaign

07.12.2024

Kwara State Government has flagged off a state-wide Anthrax vaccination campaign to protect livestock, enhance public health, and boost the agricultural economy of the State. The historic event marked a significant stride in safeguarding livelihoods and promoting food security across the State. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Lamba community, Asa local government area, Governor...

Mechanics, Technicians In Niger Seek More Awareness To Tackle GBV

07.12.2024

…Say, most of our members are ignorant of GBV Skilled tradespeople under the auspices of the Amalgamated Union of Motor Mechanics and Technicians of Nigeria (AUOMMATON), Niger State chapter has called for more time to sensitize its members across the state so as to end Gender Based Violence (GBV). The State Chairman of the AUOMMATON,...

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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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