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32% Of Children Under 5 In Bauchi Infected With Malaria –BACATMA

01.05.2025

Bauchi State Action Committee on Tuberculosis Malaria and HIV/AIDs (BACATMA) has revealed that 32 per cent of under-5 children are affected by the malaria in the state. Executive Chairman Adamu Sambo said this at an event to mark this year’s World Malaria Day yesterday in Bauchi. Represented by the Director of Administration and Human Resources...

Ghana’s President Joins Tinubu In Celebrating Adenuga @ 72

01.05.2025

Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, has joined his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu, in celebrating the Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga, Jr., on his 72nd birthday. The two leaders commended Adenuga for his outstanding contributions to both countries, their people and economies. While Mahama described the celebrant’s life “as a shining example of vision,...

First Lady Advocates End To FGM, Rallies Oyo Monarchs

01.05.2025

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has called on traditional rulers to support eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), HIV/AIDS, Syphilis and Hepatitis. She made the appeal on Tuesday during her meeting with members of the Oyo State Council of Traditional Rulers in Ibadan, Oyo state capital. The First Lady told the monarchs that health challenges could...

Dangote’s W’Bank’s Appointment Apt, Says Tinubu

01.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu has described the appointment of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, to the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab, a body tasked with promoting investment and job creation in emerging economies, as apt. This, according to a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, was given Dangote’s rich private sector experience, strategic...

Gombe Easter Truck Tragedy Deliberate Attack –Probe Panel

01.05.2025

A government-appointed investigative panel has concluded that the fatal Easter Monday truck incident in Biliri, Biliri Local Government Area of Gombe State was a deliberate act, not an accident. The ad-hoc committee, which included representatives from both Christian and Muslim communities, was tasked with probing the circumstances surrounding the April 21 tragedy that claimed six...

Senate Summons Lafarge Africa Plc Over Proposed Divestment Of 83.8% Shares

01.05.2025

The Senate Committee on Capital Market, on Wednesday, resolved to summon Lafarge Africa Plc over planned divestment of 83.8% majority shares it controls in the cement industry. This was however, as the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), assured the Senate that the 16.19% share held by the Nigerian public in Lafarge was intact. The Committee...

Sen Gyang, Lalong Sympathize With Victims Of Jos Main Market Inferno

01.05.2025

Senator Istifanus Dung Gyang, who represented Plateau North Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, has expressed deep sorrow over the fire incident that engulfed shops at the temporary Jos Main Market on Tuesday night, resulting in significant economic losses for traders, families, and the Plateau State economy. In a statement issued in Jos, Senator...

N’Assembly Assures Unflinching Support For Progressive Institute

01.05.2025

The National Assembly has pledged unwavering support for the Progressive Institute, an initiative of the All Progressives Congress (APC), aimed at training young Nigerians on democratic values and governance. The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, made this commitment on Wednesday while receiving the Director General of the Institute, Dr. Lanre Adebayo, and...

FG Commissions Defence Holdings Company Ltd

01.05.2025

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, officially commissioned the Defence Holdings Company Limited (DHCL) in Abuja on Wednesday. This strategic initiative aims to shape and boost the capacity of the military’s contribution to national development and contribute to the welfare of troops and their families. This is contained in a statement issued by Mati...

FG Moves To Fast-Track N1.5tn Private Sector Investment In Highway Roads

01.05.2025

The Federal Government is in advanced talks with private sector concessionaires to unlock over ₦1.5 trillion in investments aimed at reconstructing and managing nine key highways across Nigeria under long-term Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements. This development was disclosed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, after a high-level...

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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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