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BOUESTI, Ekiti Honours Enugu Gov

10.03.2025

Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has been conferred with the prestigious Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) degree by the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI) Ikere Ekiti. He was honoured for his inspiring leadership and contributions to the advancement of quality education. Receiving the honorary degree at the maiden convocation of the...

UK Returnee Die Of Lassa Fever As Death Toll Hits 98

10.03.2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who tested positive to Lassa fever, after returning from the United Kingdom. A public advisory signed by Director General of the NCDC, Jide Idris, reported that 98 deaths have been recorded across 14 states in Nigeria, as of...

Fire Breaks Out At Geometric Premises

10.03.2025

There was a fire outbreak in the early hours of Monday, March 10, in a temporary building in the premises of Geometric Power. According to a statement issued by the management of Nigeria’s foremost integrated power company, located in the Osisioma Industrial Layout, Aba, Abia State, the building was used by a defunct South African...

PDP Crisis Deepens As NWC, Wike Camp Clash

10.03.2025

The crisis rocking the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) took a different dimension on Sunday as the camp of the former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, rejected the South-South Zonal Caretaker Committee announced by the National Working Committee (NWC). The PDP National Vice Chairman for the South-South, Dan...

Bauchi Govt Rewards Civil Servants For Exceptional Performance

10.03.2025

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reaffirmed his commitment to career progression and welfare of civil servants in the state. Speaking at a Ramadan iftar event, the governor emphasized that improving remuneration and welfare for civil servants is a top priority for his administration. He noted that civil service is crucial for delivering dividends of...

Allow Local Refineries Survive, Group Urges Regulators

10.03.2025

Conference of Energy & Finance Consultants (CEFC), a group championing integrity, quality delivery and financial management amongst energy consultants, has called on the major oil regulatory agencies in Nigeria to allow local refineries function smoothly. The group specifically urged the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari,...

Violent Uprising Looms, Catholic Bishops Warn Corrupt Leaders

10.03.2025

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) yesterday warned corrupt public officials about “the dangers of provoking the populace to effect change through violent uprisings”. President Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, who spoke at the opening session of the 2025 first plenary meeting of the conference in Abuja, bemoaned the severe economic hardship, youth unemployment, election rigging,...

Shehu Sani To Nigerians, NASS: Do Your Bits To Make Legislature Vibrant

10.03.2025

A former Kaduna senator and pro-democracy activist, Shehu Sani, yesterday said Nigerians should do their bits for the legislature to be vibrant and make good laws for the country. Sani stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja. He said even though ‘godfathers and mafias’ were presently in control...

FG’s Reforms Boost Nigeria’s Exports By 30.4% To N9.14trn

10.03.2025

Nigeria’s exports to African countries rose by 30.40 per cent or N2.13 trillion to N9.14 trillion last year, compared with N7.01 trillion in 2023, findings by New Telegraph has shown. An analysis of Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics reports, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), indicates that the value of the country’s exports...

Fubara Explores Peace, Invites 27 Pro-Wike Lawmakers To Meeting

10.03.2025

The political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn yesterday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara invited the Amaewhuleled members of the House of Assembly to a meeting. This was contained in a letter issued in Port Harcourt by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, and sent to newsmen. The letter, addressed 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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