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Lagos-Sango-Ota Road To Be Reopened Within 10 Days

02.12.2024

The Federal Government has begun asphalt overlay work on the Lagos-Sango-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway and is ready to open the road to traffic within the next 10 days. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while addressing concerns...

Hardship: Bauchi Black Marketeers Selling Fuel In Water Bottles For N200

02.12.2024

Black marketeers in Bauchi have resorted to selling the fuel in small plastic water bottles for N200 and N300. This followed the persistent rise in the price of fuel pump price and the severe hardship in the country. Our correspondent, who went around the Bauchi State capital, found that most of the black marketeers are...

No Prophet, Native Doctor Responsible For My Victory – Okpebholo

02.12.2024

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo yesterday said his trust in God gave him victory in the September 21 governorship election. He said this at Winner’s Chapel, Akho Irrua in the Esan Central Local Government Area. Okpebholo said: “I want to thank God for his wonderful deeds in my life, as no one can accomplish this...

Akesan Day: 50 Senators Storm Iperu, Says Abiodun Leaving History, Legacy Behind

02.12.2024

No fewer than 50 Senators on Saturday attended the 38th Akesan Day Celebration held at Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. Speaking on the occasion, the Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, who led the delegation on behalf of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said they were at the event to identify with Governor...

World AIDS Day: NGO To Launch Awareness Campaign In 6 States, FCT

02.12.2024

A Non-Governmental Organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has joined other international organizations across the globe to celebrate this year’s World AIDS Day. The NGO has equally indicated its readiness to launch an awareness campaign in six states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speaking via a statement on the arrangement, the Africa...

Bauchi NUJ, NAWOJ, Others Congratulate New President

02.12.2024

The Bauchi State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and other branches of media organisations have congratulate the newly elected NUJ President, Comrade Alhassan Yahaya. In separate statements, the groups lauded the emergence of Alhassan, saying it will be of immense benefit to media practitioners. A statement jointly...

Nigeria, France Sign MoU On Solid Minerals

02.12.2024

Nigeria and France have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop joint projects to promote and diversify the critical minerals value chain in the solid minerals sector of both countries. The MoU was signed by both countries on the sidelines of the official visit to France by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently, according to a...

NCAT Seeks Increased Funding To Boost Aviation Training Facilities

02.12.2024

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, has urged the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, to boost its funding to address pressing capital project needs. The Acting Rector of NCAT, Mr Joseph Imalighwe, made this appeal yesterday in Lagos. He also expressed excitement over the recertification of the International Civil Aviation Organisation...

Troops Neutralise Scores Of Terrorists In Zamfara

02.12.2024

Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, has successfully conducted a fighting patrol in response to a distress call from the residents and vigilantes of ‘Yar Galadima village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. In a statement issued by the Coordinator Joint Media Coordination Centre Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt...

Minimum Wage: We’ve Begun Payment –Kaduna Gov’s Aide

02.12.2024

Following the insistence by the organised labour in Kaduna State under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to go ahead with the planned strike, the state government yesterday said it had commenced the implementation of the national minimum wage in the state. The government therefore said it is a misrepresentation for NLC to...

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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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