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Australia Moves To Ban Under-16 From Social Media

27.11.2024

Australian lawmakers on Wednesday moved a step closer to banning under 16 from social media platforms, threatening companies that fail to comply with multimillion-dollar fines. According to the report, the decision has passed parliament’s lower chamber and is now set to be debated by the Senate. New Telegraph reports that the new rules would mean...

M’Belt Forum, Ortom Mourn Unongo, Say He Was An Icon In Region

27.11.2024

…He was a true patriot, my mentor when I was Benue governor, says Ortom More Nigerians, groups, leaders and organizations continue to shower glowing tribute on former Northern Elders Forum (NEF) National Chairman, Wantaregh Paul Unongo over his passage, with the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) also yesterday mourning the passage of the Second Republic Minister...

Tinubu Departs Abuja On State Visit To France

27.11.2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Wednesday departed Abuja for France. The duo are currently on a state visit at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, H.E. Brigitte Macron. Upon arrival, the Nigerian delegation will be formally received at Les Invalides, the historic 350-year-old French military...

Shettima Attends Côte d’Ivoire’s 2024 SIREXE Conference

27.11.2024

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima departed Abuja on Wednesday to attend the 2024 International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources (SIREXE) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The event, running from November 27 to December 2 at the Abidjan Exhibition Centre, focuses on strategies for sustainable growth in the extractive and energy sectors. Shettima’s participation is at...

Poor Mental Health Tied To Negative Content Online –Study

27.11.2024

Researchers have found that people with poorer mental health are more prone to browsing negative content online, which further exacerbates their symptoms. Findings of the study led by University College London (UCL) researchers are published in ‘Nature Human Behaviour’. The researchers have developed a plug-in tool that adds “content labels” to webpages—similar to nutrition labels...

Expert Advocates Strict Regulations To Address Antimicrobial Resistance In Nigeria

27.11.2024

The National Coordinator Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Dr Ayodele Majekodunmi, has called on the Nigerian government to put strict regulations in place to curb the high number of deaths associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Nigeria. Speaking at a Step-Down training Programme on Media-EIS tracks and AMR for members...

NADF, Heifer Int’l Begin 5-Year 10,000 Tractors Programme For Farmers

27.11.2024

The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) and Heifer International Nigeria, have initiated a programme aimed at deploying 10,000 tractors to Nigerian farmers within a period of 5 years. The initiative said to be set for its pilot phase, will start with the deployment of 2,000 tractors within the next six months. This disclosure was made...

President Tinubu Pays Tributes To Unongo

27.11.2024

President Bola Tinubu has described the late former Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo, as a man who offered wisdom and vision that surpassed ethnic and religious divides. President Tinubu said Pa Unongo’s death was a great loss for Nigeria, the North, and the people of Benue State. Represented by...

CACOL Commends Senate On RMAFC Bill, Asks Tinubu To Assent To Bill

27.11.2024

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has commended the Senate for passing the Bill for an amendment of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Act. The Centre asked President Bola Tinubu to sign the Bill into law. It said the Bill will grant RMAFC enforcement powers in the monitoring of accruals...

Of Umahi And Nigeria’s Infrastructure Revolution

27.11.2024

Not many people will relate President Bola Tinubu’s insistence on adopting Renewed Hope as the payoff of his march to Nigeria’s presidency. As the strategic pathfinder to the historic merger of feeble opposition political parties into the mega All Progressives Congress (APC) that ousted an incumbent in 2015, he did not want to diminish hope...

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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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