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Kwara: Teachers Trained To Fight Drug Abuse In Schools

11.09.2025

…As Gov AbdulRazaq restates commitment to fight menace Kwara State Government has partnered the MTN Foundation, United Nations Office on Drug Control (UNODC), and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to train principals and teachers in selected schools to fight drug abuse among primary and secondary schools’ students in the state. Speaking at the...

Reps Worried Over Implementation Of 2024, 2025 Budgets

10.09.2025

…2024 Budget 80% Implemented, Says Edun The House of Representatives has expressed concerns over the slow implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets, even as the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has disclosed that the 2024 appropriation act is 80 per cent implemented. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abubakar Bichi, disclosed this...

ICRC Urges FG To Explore Private Investments To Bridge Power Gaps

10.09.2025

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Jobson Ewalefoh, has called on the Federal Government to explore private sector investments through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, to address the challenge of unreliable power in hospitals Delivering a presentation titled Leveraging PPP Models for Reliable Power Infrastructure in Nigeria’s Health Facilities on Wednesday at...

Customs Shortlists 286,697 Candidates For Second Stage Screening

10.09.2025

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that out of 573,523 applications for the December 2024 recruitment exercise, 286,697 candidates who had been screened are to proceed to the next phase of the exercise. In the advertisement published in national newspapers on Friday, 27th December 2024, a total of 3,927 vacancies were declared across the...

NUPRC Secures Over $400m In Pre-Sale Decommissioning, Abandonment Liabilities

10.09.2025

The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, has said that Nigeria was applying lessons from costly global divestment cases to safeguard its oil and gas sector, securing over $400 million in decommissioning liabilities and setting stricter rules for recent asset transfers. Komolafe made this disclosure on Wednesday at the...

Mbah Urges Nigerians To Turn Culture Into Power

10.09.2025

The Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has called on Nigerians to transform the country’s cultural wealth into economic power that would create millions of jobs and drive sustainable growth. Declaring open a three-day Culture and Creative Economy Summit at the Landmark Nike Resort on Tuesday, Governor Mbah represented by the Secretary to the State Government,...

How Prince Of Abuja Is Driving Innovation While Strengthening Philanthropy

10.09.2025

In the heart of Nigeria’s capital, the Prince of Abuja, Ulonna Osondu, has become a name tied to resilience and innovation. Today, he is better known as Larry Banks, and his leadership of Auto Prince Technologies Nigeria Ltd reflects a story not just of business growth but of a broader mission to redefine what success...

Ogun Wins Sustainability Award At IATF 2025, Algiers

10.09.2025

Ogun State, on Wednesday, emerged as the winner of the Most Sustainable Going Green Stand award at the Intra African Trade Fair (IATF) 2025 event held in Algiers, Algeria. According to the organisers, the award is in recognition of Ogun State’s exceptional contribution to the 2025 IATF held in Algiers, Algeria between September 4 and...

Sokoto Govt To Recruit 3,000 Workers

10.09.2025

The Sokoto State Government (SOSG) is set to recruit 3,000 workers into the State Civil Service. Governor Ahmed Aliyu made this announcement at the inauguration of a committee tasked with overseeing the recruitment of state indigenes. The initiative aims to reduce high unemployment rates and youth restiveness, which often lead young people into social vices....

BBNaija S10: Kola Would Have Moved On Before I Return

10.09.2025

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 housemate, Dede, has said fellow housemate, Kola, who has been actively attracted to her since the first week of the show, would have moved on before she returned to the house. New Telegraph recalls that Biggie staged a fake eviction on Monday afternoon, sending housemates Dede, Joanna and later...

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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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