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NYSC bars poly graduates without IT experience
The National Youth Service Corps has said polytechnic graduates or holders of the Higher National Diploma without evidence of undertaking the mandatory 12-month industrial training will not be registe...
30th August 2024
Group provides free medical treatment to residents
Heritage Advancement Forum recently conducted a free medical outreach titled, ‘Health is a Human Right,’ at the Community Primary School in Eputu, London Ibeju, Lekki. The event provided free medi...
30th August 2024
Tinubu seeks closer Nigeria-Brazil ties in agric, aviation
President Bola Tinubu encouraged the newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Jose Areias, to make the creation of direct flights between Nigeria and Brazil a top priority. While receiv...
30th August 2024
LASG commends stakeholders’ contribution to health sector
The Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has commended the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria for its significant contributions to the growth and development of the health sector in...
30th August 2024
Military bombs terrorists fleeing flood-ravaged hideouts in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force, on Thursday, said air strikes carried out in the Tumbuns area, near Lake Chad in Borno State killed many terrorists. The service said the operation was successfully carried out...
30th August 2024
Yobe distributes weighing scales to promote business standards
The Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has insisted on the use of standard weighing scales, known as ‘mudu’ by business owners in the state. The weighing scales, which were procured by the Minist...
30th August 2024
Commuters lament as fuel scarcity jacks up fares in Lagos
Residents in Lagos State have lamented the hike in fares following the increase in the fuel price in the country. PUNCH Metro gathered that the fare hike had left many commuters stranded and frustrate...
30th August 2024
Buni, Saudi Arabia bank discuss Yobe’s economic agenda
The Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, has started talks with Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, the President of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, on potential areas of collaboration and support be...
30th August 2024
Yobe denies payment of N70,000 minimum wage
The Yobe State Government has refuted claims circulating on the various social media platforms that the state government has approved the payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000. In an official p...
30th August 2024
Yobe trains 170 fish farmers, provides support package
In a bid to boost the agricultural sector, the Yobe State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in partnership with the Hafsum-Agricultural Enterprises, has conducted a one-day training progr...
30th August 2024
Ajaero honours police summons, faults terrorism allegation
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, on Thursday, visited the Intelligence Response Team headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja to honour the invitation extended to him...
30th August 2024
Presidential fleet: 200 families displaced as NAF demolishes houses
Landowners of Nuwalege, Abuja ejected by the Federal Government, have called on the government for compensation, The PUNCH reports. More than 200 families who resided in Nuwalege, a rural community al...
30th August 2024
Police foil kidnap attempt in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command says it has foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap a girl in Faru village, Jibia Local Government Area of the State. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by t...
29th August 2024
Rivers commuters groan over fare hike
Commuters in Port Harcourt and its environs are lamenting the hike in fares in major routes occasioned by the increase in the price of the Premium Motor Spirit otherwise called fuel. Despite the absen...
29th August 2024
Methodist Church Nigeria disowns Zimbabwean bishop deported by NIS
The Nigeria Immigration Service announced on Wednesday the deportation of a Zimbabwean bishop, Eben Nhiwatawi, for participating in the Methodist Church leadership election process while on a tourist ...
29th August 2024
NGO seeks media support to curb stigmatisation of HIV carriers
A non-governmental organisation, Greater Women Initiative for Health and Right, is seeking the support of the media to correct misrepresentations regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights is...
29th August 2024
Lagos task force impounds 106 motorcycles
The Lagos State Task Force impounded 106 motorcycles during enforcement operations at the Iyana-School bus stop, First gate bus stop by Igbo-Elerin, Iyana Iba-LASU Expressway, Megida bus stop and Ayob...
29th August 2024
Government plans evacuation, camps as flood hits 28 states
•Flooding affects 133 LGs, 526,703 persons, Tinubu promises aid According to the National Emergency Management Agency, the heavy rains and flooding that have wreaked havoc across the country in rece...
29th August 2024
Mpox: A’Ibom confirms four cases, Ogun probes 151
Nigeria’s Monkeypox cases are on the rise, with Akwa Ibom State reporting on Wednesday that it had recorded four confirmed cases. Meanwhile, Ogun State recorded 151 suspected cases, but none were co...
29th August 2024
Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports
Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unvi...
28th August 2024
Four arrested for cable, motorcycle theft in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended four persons for allegedly stealing a motorcycle worth N630,000 in the Imeruro area of Atan-Ijebu, Ijebu-North-East Local Government Area, and electrical ...
28th August 2024
NSCDC recovers Kano court property looted by protesters
The Kano State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has handed over equipment looted by hoodlums during the nationwide hunger protest to respective owners. The command recovered the...
28th August 2024
Lagos-Calabar highway demolition: 100 landowners team up for fresh legal war
Over 100 property owners in Lafiaji community, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, are planning legal action against the Federal Government as they are being issued demolition notices to eva...
28th August 2024
33rd anniversary: Osun, Anambra, Kogi, Edo, Delta list achievements
Some of the states established on August 27, 1991, celebrated their 33rd anniversary on Tuesday, highlighting achievements since their inception. Former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida,...
28th August 2024
Kano votes N99bn supplementary budget for new minimum wage
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, On Tuesday, wrote the state House of Assembly seeking approval of N99, 221, 503, 569. 90 supplementary budget to enable the state to pay workers the N70,000 new minimu...
28th August 2024
Military explains troops withdrawal from Niger communities
The Defence Headquarters explained, on Tuesday, that soldiers were withdrawn from bandits-troubled communities in Niger State for tactical reasons. The spokesman for the DHQ, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, co...
28th August 2024
Embrace First Lady’s N50m empowerment fund, Otti urges beneficiaries
The wife of the governor of Abia State, Mrs Priscilla Chidinma Otti, has urged the 1000 female beneficiaries of the N50 million recapitalization fund opportunity from Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator O...
28th August 2024
FG to shut errant filling stations as petrol hits N1,000/litre
Many filling stations operated by independent oil marketers have now fixed the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at between N900 and N1,000/litre. Owners of these stations ...
27th August 2024
WASSCE: ASUU, NUT differ as FG bans under-18 candidates
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Exam...
27th August 2024
FG may convert Arik, Aero Contractors to national carriers
The Asset Management and Corporation of Nigeria has said Arik and Aero Contractors airlines may be merged and converted to a national carrier. The AMCON Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Gben...
27th August 2024
Rivers community flees as oil spill destroys farmlands
A fresh oil spill has destroyed farmlands and boreholes in Rumuoduwere community in Elelenwo clan, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The spill which occurred on Sunday is alleged to be...
27th August 2024