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FG Mandates History For Primary, Secondary Students –Minister

02.01.2025

President Bola Tinubu has approved reintroducing History as a mandatory subject for primary and secondary school students, effective 2025. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, made this known on Channels Television’s 2024 YearEnd Review on December 31, 2024. History was reportedly removed from Nigeria’s basic school curriculum in 2007, attracting criticisms for years. However, the education...

……Burna Boy, Wizkid, Olamide, Tiwa Savage, Others Thrill Fans At #GreaterLagosCountdown2025 Fiesta

02.01.2025

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the year 2025 would be a year of togetherness, bold ambitions, new beginnings and shared prosperity. The governor spoke in his address during the #GreaterLagosCountdown2025 fiesta held at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Island on Tuesday night till Wednesday morning, He said: “This government will work for...

ASUU To Tinubu: Poor Welfare Chasing Young Vibrant Nigerians From Lecturing

02.01.2025

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the poor welfare conditions of public university lecturers leads to the reluctance of qualified hands in taking up teaching jobs in tertiary institutions. The Chairman, University of Ibadan Chapter of the Union, Prof Ayo Akinwole, who stated this in a New Year message, noted that...

New Year: Mutfwang, Otu Pardon 56 Inmates

02.01.2025

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has ordered the release of 11 inmates in the various correctional centres in the state. Similarly, no fewer than 45 prisoners have regained their freedom through Governor Bassey Otu exercise of his prerogative of mercy In his New Year State-wide Broadcast yesterday in Jos, Mutfwang said the gesture was in...

Holding Your Urine Can Be Harmful –Experts

02.01.2025

Medical experts have cautioned people to listen to their bladder and avoid postponing passing urine whenever they are so pressured. Holding your urine for hours when you clearly have to pee can cause infections in the bladder and urinary tract as well as potentially other more dangerous consequences. Once the bladder is half full, your...

Works Ministry: Our Goals Are To Advance Nigeria’s Devt

02.01.2025

The Minister of State for Works Bello Goronyo has said the Renewed Hope Agenda’s goals are to advance the development of the country. He commended President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for their vision: He said: “Their visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to the Renewed Hope Agenda have set our nation on the...

CBN: October Consumer Credit Fell By 17.6% To N3.50trn

02.01.2025

Consumer credit outstanding declined by 17.64 per cent to N3.50 trillion in October compared with N4.25 trillion at the end of the previous month, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. The apex bank, which disclosed this in its economic report for October 2024, released on Tuesday, attributed the decline in consumer credit to...

Fintiri Urges Nigerians To Believe In Nigeria Despite Hardship

02.01.2025

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri yesterday urged Nigerians to believe in Nigeria and the Nigerian project despite the severe hardship. He expressed confidence that things would improve this year. The governor said: “As a nation, we have a lot to be thankful for in the year 2024, hoping that the hope, dreams and expectations of...

2025: There’s Need To Pray Off New Infirmities –Olukoya

02.01.2025

The General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide, Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya has called for more prayers to successfully navigate the events of the New Year, particularly to “pray off new infirmities”in the New Year. Olukoya in his prophetic window into the 2025, said the year was a year of “restoration”,...

Jigawa Govt Aquires N1bn Stake In Kano Electricity Company

02.01.2025

The Jigawa government has approved N1 billion for the payment of 10 per cent stake in the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). The Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, Sagir Musa,confirmed this in a statement in Dutse on Tuesday. He said the State Executive Council approved the release of the fund as part of...

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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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