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FG unveils asphalt testing facilities in Nigerian universities

30.10.2024

The Federal Government has launched an initiative to boost Nigeria’s engineering and construction sectors by commissioning a state-of-the-art Asphalt Testing and Material Characterization Laboratory at the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute. The ceremony also included the handover of advanced construction testing equipment to six federal universities across Nigeria. During the commissioning event held in...

UK police dismiss Nigerian-British officer for ‘biting’ colleague

30.10.2024

The Metropolitan Police Service of the United Kingdom has dismissed a Nigerian-British officer, Shola Balogun of Bromley Police Station, for biting a colleague (name withheld) at a birthday party in Bexleyheath, Kent. This was disclosed in a hearing that was held from October 21-23, 2024, and chaired by a high-ranking officer, Christopher McKay, with IPM...

Bill to establish FMC in Lagos passes second reading

30.10.2024

The House of Representatives has passed from a second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a Federal Medical Centre in Lagos State. Titled, “A bill for an Act to amend the Federal Medical Centres Act and establish the Federal Medical Centre, Orile, Lagos State and for Related Matters,” the proposed legislation was sponsored by...

Late justice’s daughter accuses executor of frustrating will proceedings

30.10.2024

The daughter of a late President of the Customary Court of Appeal in Abuja, Justice Moses Bello, Ann Eniyamire Bello, has accused her father’s will executor, alongside some court officials, of trying to frustrate and truncate proceedings. This was contained in a letter dated October 29, 2024, addressed to the Federal Capital Territory High Court...

Women hit on me more than men- Tiwa Savage reveals

30.10.2024

Popular singer, Tiwa Savage has revealed that women make advances toward her more frequently than men. Speaking in an interview on Beat 99.9 FM, the 44-year-old hitmaker revealed her surprise at this pattern. Tiwa Savage stated, “I do not know why, but a lot more women hit on me more than men. I do not...

JUST IN: Court stops CBN from releasing allocation to Rivers

30.10.2024

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to Rivers State Government. The presiding judge held that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Siminalayi Fubara before a four -member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to...

PICTORIAL: Goodluck Jonathan in Botswana as African Union Observers Monitor elections

30.10.2024

Members of the African Union Election Observation Mission on Wednesday visited polling stations across Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, to observe the Botswana Elections. This was made known in a statement shared by Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former president and leader of the AUEOM, on X.com. Elections Observers He wrote, “Out early on Election Day in Botswana, we,...

N1bn defamation threat: Taraba cleric dares TY Danjuma, says book God’s words

30.10.2024

A Taraba-based cleric and the International Director of the Holiness Revival Movement Worldwide, Paul Rika, has responded defiantly to former Defense Minister Theophilus Danjuma’s threat of a N1 billion lawsuit over alleged defamation. The cleric asserted that his writings were divinely inspired messages and urged Danjuma to accept them as God’s words rather than pursue...

Lawmakers question N1.46bn road contract in Kaduna

30.10.2024

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday, opened an investigation into alleged abandoned Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman Rafi-Saminaka-Kano road project in Kaduna state worth N1.46 billion. The committee registered its displeasure during an investigative hearing on Tuesday in Abuja while quizzing the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works, Dr Yakubu Adam on the...

Oba of Benin urged to invoke curses as cult violence escalates in Edo

30.10.2024

Following renewed cult-related killings in Edo State, a group, Benin United Forum has called on the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II to invoke curses on those involved in cult-related killings like he did when human trafficking assumed an embarrassing dimension in the kingdom. Also, the Edo State Police Command has...

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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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