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Tinubu Arrives Tanzania For Energy Summit

27.01.2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as part of his efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s bilateral relations and promote regional cooperation. Upon his arrival, the Nigerian leader was warmly received at the airport by Tanzania’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, and the Chargé d’Affaires of the Nigerian High Commission to...

Lawmaker Urges Communities To Address Societal Reorientation

27.01.2025

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Alternative Education, Architect Ibrahim Aliyu Rabah has urged communities to consider addressing the reorientation of societal values as the most challenging factor in tackling insecurity. Rabah, representing Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituency also described the plight of out-of-school children and Almajiris as a serious menace to national security. As Chairman...

COREN Regional Engineering Stakeholders Summit On Restructuring Holds In Lagos

27.01.2025

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) is set to host the Lagos Regional Engineering Stakeholders Summit, a pivotal gathering aimed at unveiling and discussing the restructuring, reforms, and new operational framework of COREN. The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been invited as the special guest of honour at...

EPL Reacts To Referee’s Abuse As Investigations Begin

27.01.2025

The English Premier League (EPL) on Sunday strongly condemned the abuse aimed at referee, Michael Oliver. The Premier League Football made this condemnation in a press statement issued in reaction to the Sunday night alleged abuse. Oliver has come under serious backlash following his decision to send off Myles Lewis-Skelly during Arsenal’s 1-0 win at...

Residents Feeling Impact Of Our Fight Against Terrorism, Banditry –Military

27.01.2025

The Nigerian Army has said that the war against terrorism and banditry in the Northwest is gradually and steadily being won by its troops. The Commander of the 8th Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Ibikunle Ajose, stated this at the West African Social Action (WASA) 2024 held at the weekend in Sokoto. According...

Enugu Tanker Explosion: S’East Senators Mourn Victims

27.01.2025

The Senate Alliance South-East Senatorial District yesterday mourned the victims of Saturday’s petrol tanker explosion that killed at least 18 persons in Enugu State. The driver of the fuel carrier lost control while driving along the Ugwu-Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onyesha Expressway, causing the vehicle to overturn and burst into flames. Eight other vehicles were...

NDIC Wants Inclusion Of Deposit Insurance Module In ICAN Exams

27.01.2025

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has called for the inclusion of deposit insurance module in the curriculum of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). A statement by Hawwau Gambo, the Acting Head, Communication and Public Affairs of the Corporation in Abuja on Sunday, said Mr Bello Hassan, the Managing Director of NDIC,...

By 2030, Nigeria’ll Experience Three Times Current Brain Disorders Burden –Neurologist

27.01.2025

A Consultant Neurologist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr Temitope Farombi, has disclosed that by 2030, Nigerians may experience three times the current burden of brain disorders. Farombi revealed that one in four persons in Nigeria has hypertension and one in six persons have diabetes, warning that in the next five years, Nigeria...

25 Feared Killed As Explosion Rocks Mining Site In Niger State

27.01.2025

More bodies have reportedly been recovered from the scene of yesterday morning’s explosion at a mining site in Sabon Pegi in Mashegun Local Government Area of Niger State, bringing the total to 25. An unspecified number of people are said to have suffered various degrees of injuries and are in critical condition, receiving treatment at...

Tafawa-Balewa: Nigeria’s Legislators Have Failed Their Constituents

27.01.2025

A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Dr Abdul-Jhalil Tafawa-Balewa, says lawmakers in all legislative houses have failed the people of their various constituencies. Tafawa-Balewa, a medical doctor and businessman, said this while reacting to the socio-economic challenges being faced by Nigerians. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

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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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