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FPDA Membership Induction: Laundry, Drycleaning Business Not For Dropouts

07.08.2025

Mr Ẹni-Ibukún Adebayo, the foundation Chairman of the Fabricare Professional Drycleaners Association (FPDA), has declared that the business of laundry and drycleaning is not for the choiceless, idle soul who may want to fall back on it as a last option of engagement. Rather, the blunt-talking gentleman has insisted that the business is a “Professional...

FG To Spend N3trn For Emergency, Palliative Roads

07.08.2025

The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, on Wednesday, revealed that the roads declared as emergency/palliatives to be completed within a short period. The roads, according to the Minister, cut across all six geopolitical zones in the country, adding that the designated roads would cost N3 trillion. He said, “We need a total of 3 trillion...

NAWOJ Urges Action On Insecurity, Education, Flood Prevention

07.08.2025

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Zone D, has raised alarm over rising insecurity in the North Central region, particularly in Benue and Plateau States, where repeated attacks have left women and children most affected. In a communique issued after its virtual zonal meeting held recently, presided over by Vice President Chizoba Ogbeche, the...

OHCSF, Water Resources Ministry Collaborate On Clean Nigeria Campaign

07.08.2025

As part of efforts to promote improved sanitation and hygiene across Nigeria, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) has expressed its commitment to working in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to scale up implementation of the Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet Campaign....

Lagos Govt Halts Magodo Construction Over Missing Drainage, Embankment Plans

07.08.2025

The Lagos State Government has ordered an immediate halt to construction at a site on 18 Kunle Ogedengbe Crescent, Magodo, over the absence of approved engineering designs for drainage and embankment works. The directive was issued by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, after an inspection of the site on...

Oyebanji Solicits Support For New Traditional Council Chairman

07.08.2025

…as Ogoga pledges Royal inclusion Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has solicited support for the New Traditional Rulers Council Chairman and Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Adu Alagbado. This is just as the governor urged monarchs in the state to bring their collective wisdom and experience to bear on the discharge of their duties....

Food Security: Tinubu Has Increased Wheat Production More Than Tenfold

07.08.2025

President Bola Tinubu is aggressively increasing agricultural production in Nigeria through strategic investment in production and post-production programs that have yielded positive results, according to an award-winning Soil Scientist whose trailblazing experience and impact resonates across disciplines and borders (Nigeria, Belgium, UK, Japan and Canada), Speaking during a monitored television program on Wednesday in Abuja,...

Adeleke Affirms Support For Press As Osun NUJ Chair Launches Book

07.08.2025

Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu, on the launch of his book “Echoes of My Journey”, describing it as a significant literary contribution that reflects the resilience and commitment of Nigerian journalists. Adeleke, who was represented by the Commissioner for Political...

FAAN Probes K1 De Ultimate’s Over Alleged Breach Of Airport Security Rules

06.08.2025

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday said it has commenced an investigation into an incident involving popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, over an alleged breach of airport security rules at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In a statement signed by Director, Public Affairs and...

Stop Ascribing Etymology Of Other Tribes To Yorubas

06.08.2025

…As Yoruba Council of Elders visit him in his palace The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has cautioned Yoruba traditional rulers from ascribing the etymology of other tribes to the Yorubas. Oba Akanbi, however, reiterated his commitment to protect the Yoruba race and its appurtenance from infiltration such as deity worshipping by kings,...

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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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