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Outrage as Taraba commissioner pledges to ‘sustain poverty’

29.10.2024
Public outrage has greeted a statement by Habu James Philip, the Taraba State Commissioner for Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, after he was captured on a live television programme vowing to “sustain poverty” in the state. The controversial remark was made at a forum in China, where the commissioner claimed to have “learned new methods of...
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LASG urges miners, dredgers on safety

29.10.2024
The Lagos State Safety Commission has urged sand miners and dredgers in the state to be mindful of the importance of their lives while at the dredging location and mining sites across the state. The charge was given on Monday by the Director-General of the Lagos Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, in a welcome address at...
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U-23 World Wrestling podium finish thrills Kolawole

29.10.2024
African Champion Esther Kolawole has expressed her delight after bagging a bronze medal in the 62 kg weight class of the 2024 U-23 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 2024 Paris Olympian lost to USA Macey Kilty 3-3 on criteria in the 16th round. However, in a repechage match, she...
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HP promotes digital literacy to fight gender-based violence

29.10.2024
Technology multinational HP Inc. has announced a partnership with the Women at Risk International Foundation to tackle the issue of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria through educational initiatives and digital literacy. The information was disclosed in a statement shared with The PUNCH on Sunday. The Managing Director for Southern and Central Africa at HP,...
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Real Madrid boycott Ballon d’Or ceremony

29.10.2024
The Ballon d’Or ceremony got underway on Monday in the absence of Real Madrid stars Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham after the Spanish club said it would boycott over a perceived snub of its players. Vinicius was not among the nominees who paraded onto the stage at the Paris’ Chatelet Theatre where the ceremony was...
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NGX records negative close as investors lose N448bn

29.10.2024
Investors on Monday lost about N448bn on the back of sell-offs on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, bringing to a halt five days of positive trading. The local bourse opened the week with bearish sentiments, as the All-Share Index fell by 0.74 per cent to close at 98,708.90 points, retreating from the 100,000 points mark. Similarly,...
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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

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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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