Ahead of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has urged security agencies to leverage the success of the previous election in both states. The INEC chairman stated this at the meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security in Abuja on Friday….
Dentists have raised alarm over increasing oral health problems in the country amid a shortage of experts to take care of them. They said the major and common oral health problems are dental caries (tooth decay), especially among the younger population; periodontal disease (gum disease) which is common among the older population; maligned teeth, dental…
Unilever Nigeria Plc has pledged its support for the advancement of women-driven policies as part of efforts aimed at fostering inclusion in the workplace. The firm’s Managing Director, Tim Kleinebenne, according to a statement on Friday, made this pledge during a panel discussion session held at the company’s headA office in Lagos to commemorate the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the payment of pension to former governors and their deputies as outrageous and a daylight robbery, just as he commended Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for repealing the law backing pension payment for ex-governors and their deputies. Obasanjo spoke on Friday when he paid Otti a visit at…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has said that saboteurs in the government were frustrating the efforts made by the federal and state governments towards tackling the security challenges in the country. The group, while lamenting the spate of kidnapping and killings in the state, said the situation appeared as though the government lacked control or…
Former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has advised citizens to be well enlightened on budget monitoring to reduce corrupt practices among public officials. She stated this against the backdrop of lingering allegations of budget padding in the National Assembly. Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, had alleged that the National Assembly inflated…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has called on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, saying that his health is deteriorating in detention. The pro-Biafran group stated this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Friday. The statement read, “IPOB is bringing to the notice of the international communities, that…
Indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu may announce the new minimum wage on May 1 in commemoration of the International Labour Day and backdate its implementation to April. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the National Minimum Wage Committee was working to ensure that all negotiations regarding the new rate were finalised before then with the expectation…
Mr Dan Nwaomeh, the Senior Special Assistant on Mainstream Media to Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has said that over 200 houses in some parts of the state are built on water lines. Nwaomeh disclosed this on Friday in Enugu at the maiden edition of the CSO/Media Exchange organised by the Network of Water Rights…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Friday expressed dismay over the ongoing Ramadan feeding programme in the Kano metropolis. Yusuf expressed his disappointment with the programme during a surprise visit to one of the feeding centres in Gidan Maza, Municipal Local Government Area. Recall that the state government budgeted over N5 billion for the…
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Muhammad Idris, has said that President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that the current economic hardship in the country is temporary and will soon become a thing of the past. The minister made this known when he paid a courtesy call on the Kano State Governor,…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation on Friday called on the Federal Government to address the ongoing armed conflict in the country as it threatens water availability. Nigeria has been grappling with armed conflicts such as terrorism, banditry, and clashes between farmers and herders, among other issues, resulting in the loss of numerous…