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Kogi Assembly proposes establishment of rehabilitation centre to address drug abuse

01.11.2024

Members of the Kogi State House of Assembly have decried the illicit intake of hard drugs by some youths in the state. In a motion of urgent public importance moved on the floor of the assembly on Friday, the member representing Lokoja I State Constituency, Bin Tijani, called for the establishment of a rehabilitation centre...

CDS hails appointment of acting COAS, cautions against rancour

01.11.2024

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Friday, said the appointment of an acting Chief of Army Staff for the service is new in the history of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. He warned against any form of rancour among the top brass of the Nigerian Army following the appointment of Major General...

Obi slams court ruling stopping Rivers allocations, urges reversal

01.11.2024

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has voiced strong concerns over the recent court decision suspending federal allocations to Rivers State. In a statement on Friday via X, Obi described it as a troubling development that threatens the livelihoods of vulnerable citizens. On Wednesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja barred the Central Bank of...

PICTORIAL: Oluyede assumes office as acting Chief of Army Staff

01.11.2024

Major General Olufemi Oluyede has formally taken over as the Acting Chief of Army Staff in a handover ceremony held at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Friday. The Defence Headquarters revealed this in photos from the ceremony shared on X.com. The caption read, “Formal Taking Over Ceremony of the Acting Chief of Army Staff,...

Retired Abia permanent secretaries lament unpaid benefits, gratuities

01.11.2024

Some permanent secretaries who retired from the Abia State government last year have called on the government to urgently pay their emoluments, which include severance packages and gratuities. In a statement issued in Umuahia, the state capital, on Thursday, the spokesman for the group, Mr Nkwachukwu Agumuo, stated that since they were abruptly disengaged from...

N73,000 minimum wage implementation in Ondo begins November — Aiyedatiwa

01.11.2024

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, announced on Friday that the state government would begin implementing a minimum wage of N73,000 for civil servants in the state this November. It was gathered that the Federal Government commenced payment of the N70,000 new salary and its consequential adjustments to public servants across all levels of...

UCH JOHESU suspends strike

01.11.2024

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has suspended the strike it embarked on October 25. On October 10, PUNCH Online reported that JOHESU Issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve its pending welfare issues or its members will embark on an industrial action. The News Agency of...

Private airstrip: Reps opposition shows knowledge gap, says Keyamo

01.11.2024

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said that the move by a member of the House of Representatives to revoke the licences of certain airstrips in the country demonstrates a lack of understanding of the aviation industry. PUNCH Online gathered that some lawmakers, particularly in the House of Representatives, are pushing...

FG hails security agencies for rescuing kidnapped Kaduna doctor

01.11.2024

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has commended the efforts and collaboration of security agencies in securing the release of Dr Ganiyat Popoola and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy, who were kidnapped 10 months ago. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted on December...

Kwara workers protest new tax regime after minimum wage hike

01.11.2024

The organised labour in Kwara State has appealed to the Kwara State government to immediately reverse the new tax regime imposed on workers in the state following the implementation of the new minimum wage of N70,000 for least-paid employees in the state’s public service. The labour expressed dismay that the state government decided to effect...

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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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