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UNCCD: 80% Of Climate Change Victims Are Women, Children

05.12.2024

The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has reeled out statistics justifying the need for international organisations and development partners to invest in women and children because nearly 80 per cent of them are exposed to climate change issues. She further noted that 70 per cent of food production globally is being processed by women,...

Senator Alli Begins Cash Empowerment For Women In Oyo South

05.12.2024

Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has commenced a cash grant initiative aimed at alleviating poverty and improving the economic status of women in his constituency, starting with hundreds of beneficiaries in Ibadan North Local Government. The program, announced in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas, on Thursday, will be extended...

Initiative Calls For Moral, Cultural Reawakening To Make Nigeria Great Again

05.12.2024

The Do-Right Awareness Initiative, a non-governmental organization founded on the pillars of integrity, justice, and courage, has emphasized the necessity of a moral and cultural reawakening to rebuild the country. On December 3, 2024, the Do-Right Awareness Initiative hosted an engaging and thought-provoking webinar titled “Making Nigeria Great Again: Your Role, My Role, and Our...

Borno Deputy Gov, 100 Others Escape Max Air Mishaps

05.12.2024

The Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur and over 100 passengers escaped death when an ill-fated Max Aircraft engine caught fire 10 minutes after taking off at the Maiduguri International Airport. The incident which occured at about 7 pm on Wednesday caused severe pandemonium as the pilot and the crew on board en route...

Adesina Lists Paths To Transforming African Dreams Into Reality

05.12.2024

The 2024 Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market Days began on Wednesday as Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, listed ways on how African dreams could be turned into realities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-day event, holding in Rabat, Morocco, has its theme as: ‘Leveraging Innovative Partnerships...

Content Devt: Shell Awards $3.9bn Contracts To Nigerian Firms

05.12.2024

Shell companies in Nigeria have awarded contracts worth $1.98 billion to businesses in 2023 in an effort to develop Nigerian content in the oil and gas industry. The companies also had 2022 performance of $1.92 billion, according to a statement yesterday by Media Relations Manager, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Gladys...

The Banker Awards: Zenith Bank Emerges Bank Of The Year 2024

05.12.2024

Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as ‘Bank of the Year, Nigeria’ in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2024. The award, which was announced by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom, during the awards ceremony held in London on December 4, 2024, is in recognition of the bank’s strong management, sound business...

‘NASENI’ Will Leverage Digital Media For Nigeria’s Industrialisation’

05.12.2024

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalili Suleiman Halilu, has said the Agency will leverage the power of digital media in communicating the Nigeria’s industrialisation drive through NASENI and promote the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration. While declaring open a 3-day Training...

NUT Commends Oyo Govt For Recruiting 19,500 Teachers In 5 Years

05.12.2024

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State wing, has commended the Oyo State Govt for the recruitment of 19,500 teachers within five years of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration. The union made the commendation in a statement signed by the Chairman, Com. Oladimeji Raji, and the Secretary, Com. Salami Olukayode, and made available to newsmen...

EU Tasks Nigerian Govt, MDAs On Implementation Of Disability Act

05.12.2024

The European Union (EU) has appealed to all levels of government, Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) as well as relevant stakeholders to fully commit to implementing the provisions of the National Disability Act. EU Ambassador-designate to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, made the call at a national dialogue held in Abuja to mark this year’s...

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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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