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Reps Pass 40 Bills, Move To Ratify Geopolitical Zones

25.03.2025

In an unprecedented move, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed 40 bills through second reading and referred them to the Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution for further legislative action. Among the bills passed during the plenary session, presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, was a bill seeking...

Plateau Govt Partners Police, Others

25.03.2025

The Plateau State Government, in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Social Media Analysts, the Police School of Public Relations, and the Institute of Conflict Management and Negotiation Analysts, has organized a three-day workshop on effective security communication. The workshop, titled “Effective Security Communication: Leveraging Digital Tools for the De-escalation of Insecurity in Plateau State,”...

Tinubu Hails Ihedoha’s Contributions At 60

25.03.2025

President Bola Tinubu has commended the former Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha, for his contributions to the nation’s democracy and development as he turns 60. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, hailed the former lawmaker for having served as a worthy representative of his community, constituency, state and nation. Ihedioha, a journalist,...

Mbah Approves Promotion, Conversion Of 2,061 Civil Servants

25.03.2025

Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has approved the promotion and conversion of 2,061 civil servants, who participated in the 2024 promotion and conversation exercises in the state. This was even as elated civil servants in the state expressed delight at the prioritisation of their welfare by the Mbah administration through the prompt payments of salaries...

First Lady To Nigerians: Take TB Seriously, It’s Curable

25.03.2025

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has called on the people to take tuberculosis seriously and watch out for early warning signs insisting that the disease was curable. Mrs. Tinubu made this call in in her remarks commemorating the World Tuberculosis Day yesterday. She wrote: “Today, on World Tuberculosis Day 2025, I join the global community...

Sokoto Lawmaker Extends Love To Constituents

25.03.2025

Mani Maishinko, representing Silame/Binji Federal Constituency under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has distributed cash assistance worth N43 million, along with food items and clothing materials, to 3,500 households in Sokoto State. The initiative aims to bring relief to his constituents, especially the vulnerable, during Ramadan and in preparation for the upcoming Sallah celebration. Maishinko...

Tinubu Flag – Off 2nd Niger Bridge Access Road To Ease Connectivity, Safety

25.03.2025

President Bola Tinubu yesterday flagged off the construction of the 17.5km dual carriage access road on the 2nd Niger Bridge to ease connectivity, safety and boost trade and commerce across Nigeria. The President, who was represented by the Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori said the difficulty being experienced along the corridor would soon be a...

Tactical Units Must Not Supplant Police Departments, PSC Warns

25.03.2025

The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday, warned that Tactical Units should not be allowed to supplant recognised Police Departments, especially at the State Command Headquarters. This was as the commission approved the appointments of nine Commissioners of Police (CPs), some of whom will resume at Cross River, Taraba and other state commands. A statement signed...

LASG, LIFC Sign MoU With City Of UK, FCDO For Lagos Int’l Finance Centre

25.03.2025

The Lagos State Gover nment, in partnership with EnterpriseNGR under the platform of the Lagos International Financial Council (LIFC), yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of UK and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for the development of an International Financial Centre in Lagos to drive economic growth. The signing...

June 12: Prof Humphrey Nwosu Deserves National Recognition

25.03.2025

Former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), the late Prof Humphrey Nwosu, needs no introduction in Nigerian politics over the role he played in the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election. Nwosu superintended the complex political transitions from military to civilian administration, under the then Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, who ruled this country...

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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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