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Amotekun Deploys 1200 Personnel, Parades 22 In Ondo

03.12.2024

The Ondo State Security Network, codename Amotekun, has deployed 1,200 personnel to strategic positions in the Local Government areas of the state to prevent a breakdown of law and order during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Commander of the Security Network, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said there would also be joint patrol with other...

33,882 People Living With HIV In Osun, As OSACA Sensitises Residents

03.12.2024

Osun State Government on Tuesday disclosed that 33,882 people are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Bar Jola Akintola, who disclosed this at the 2024 World AIDS Day, held at Adolak event centre, Osogbo, said 151,876 people have been tested out of which about 1,307 tested positive, including...

Soludo Partners Meta To Boost Anambra’s Technological Advancement

03.12.2024

Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State has ensured that the State is at the forefront of economic prosperity with the innovation and infrastructure to grow the state’s economy and with the recent partnership with Meta, a technology company that builds platforms to connect people, find communities, and grow businesses. This giant stride in fostering...

STRI Holds Media Engagement With Journalists In Borno On Amplifying Women’s Participation In Politics

03.12.2024

A Non-Government Organisation (NGO), Stand to End Rape Initiative (STERI), in collaboration with German Embassy has organized a media engagement with journalists and other critical state holders to discuss how best to amplify women’s participation in politics come the 2027 elections. In her open remarks, the Field Officer of Stand To End Rape Initiative, Mrs...

Aero Contractors Reduces Domestic Flight Fares to ₦80,000

03.12.2024

Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s oldest airline, has unveiled a special holiday season fare reduction, offering tickets as low as ₦80,000 for all domestic routes. The airline made this announcement on Tuesday, December 3 during a press briefing held by its Managing Director, Ado Sanusi. According to him, the initiative is a way to provide more affordable...

Sanwo-Olu Signs Lagos Electricity Bill Into Law

03.12.2024

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday officially signed the Lagos State Electricity Bill into law. The ceremony held at Lagos House Alausa Ikeja had in attendance the state Deputy Governor, Kadri Hamzat, members of the state Assembly, as well as the state executive council members. According to the Governor, the electricity bill has...

Police Arrests Wanted Highway Robbery Kingpin, 7 Others In Benue

03.12.2024

…Weapons recovered from suspects The Benue State Police Command announced the arrest of the suspected leader of the vicious highway robbers along the Makurdi-Lafia road on Monday. Those arrested included a woman and the suspect Terhemba Dabo ‘m’ aka Kough, 29 years, who hails from the Udei community in the Guma Local Government area of...

Senate Confirms Lt.-Gen. Oluyede As COAS

03.12.2024

The Nigerian Senate has officially approved the appointment of Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The confirmation followed a thorough review and acceptance of the screening report presented by the Senate Committee on the Army, chaired by Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua. In its report, the committee detailed Oluyede’s extensive qualifications, professional achievements,...

Share Your Wealth, Care For Needy Sultan Tell Nigerians

03.12.2024

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has called on Nigerians to embrace generosity by sharing their wealth with the less privileged and care for those in need of help. The Sultan who spoke during the 2024 Fourth Quarter meeting of the Nigerian Inter-religious Council (NIREC) with the theme “Our Natural Resources and Insecurity...

Olubadan Conferred With Fellow, NIOB Award

03.12.2024

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin Ige Ilakulehin 1, has been conferred with the prestigious honorary Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Building (FNIOB). The conferment of the honorary Fellowship by the Executive Committee of the Institute on the monarch took place at the Olubadan Palace, Oke Aremo, Ibadan after the opening ceremonies and...

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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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