Israeli-Hamas war: NCPC shifts Jerusalem pilgrimage resumption

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has shifted the resumption of the 2024 pilgrimage to Jerusalem to May from the earlier March proposed date. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev Stephen Adegbite, disclosed this to our correspondent, while also stating that the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, would no longer lead a delegation of Christians…

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Reps, disability agency summon KFC over alleged discrimination

The House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities has invited fast-food restaurant operator, Kentucky Fried Chicken, over the alleged ill-treatment of Mr Adebola Daniel, a person living with disability and son of a former Ogun State governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel. The chairman of the committee, Bashiru Ayinla, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing House of Representatives…

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LASTMA decries attacks on officers by danfo passengers

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said that some passengers harass officers of the agency out of ignorance while defending drivers of commercial buses, commonly known as danfo. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. He also…

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Reps, disability agency summon KFC over alleged discrimination

The House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities has invited fast-food restaurant operator, Kentucky Fried Chicken, over the alleged ill-treatment of Mr Adebola Daniel, a person living with disability and son of a former Ogun State governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel. The chairman of the committee, Bashiru Ayinla, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing House of Representatives…

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LASTMA decries attacks on officers by danfo passengers

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said that some passengers harass officers of the agency out of ignorance while defending drivers of commercial buses, commonly known as danfo. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. He also…

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Six scavengers arrested for defacing Falomo Bridge

The Lagos State Waste Management Authority Monitoring and Enforcement Team dislodged scavengers who recently erected illegal structures under the Falomo Bridge along the Nigerian Law School on Victoria Island. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a post on X on Tuesday, said the structures were erected by scavengers who were…

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Plateau motorcyclists shun govt ban on operations

In spite of the extant law banning the operations of commercial motorcycles within the Jos and the Bukuru metropolis, operators have continued to defiantly contravene the law. Arewa PUNCH reports that the law, which was passed by the Plateau State House of Assembly in 2012 and assented to by former Governor Jonah Jang, also prohibits tricycles…

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Host communities urged to partner multinationals

Members of communities playing host to multinational organisations have been urged to leverage the presence of these companies for the advancement of their lives and that of their localities. This was the thrust of the lecture at the bi-annual community training for communities neighbouring Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC, according to a statement on Tuesday….

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Bridge curriculum, industry need gap – LCCI

The Education Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a conference to address the growing disparity between school curricula and industry needs in Africa, specifically Nigeria. A statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday said the African International Education Conference had the theme ‘Innovation, inclusion, collaboration for sustainable education.’ The CEO of POISE…

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