No fewer than 75 people were convicted within four days by a special court set up by the Kwara State Government to try those who flouted the state’s environmental laws. Arewa PUNCH reports that the offenders who were tried between Wednesday and Saturday last week and were found guilty of breaching the environmental laws were
Lagos – The Delta State Governor, Elder Sherriff Oborevwori has officially declared open the 18th edition of the Nigerian Red Cross Society’s International Youth Camp which is holding at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Training School in Agbor, Delta State. Formally opening the gathering of young Red Crossers, the Governor who was ably represented […]
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has petitioned the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to rescue Kaduna-based Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped last December and has been in the abductors’ den for nearly eight months. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of
The Principal of the Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Akoka Secondary School, Lagos, Mrs Khadijat Abdul-Salam has called on parents to renew their commitments to proper upbringing of children amidst the various societal, economic distractions and challenges. Mrs Abdul-Salam made the call on the sidelines of the 2023/2024 speech amd prize giving day activities […]
Officials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria have refused to state their positions on sprinter Favour Ofili being labelled ‘uncontrollable’ by an unnamed official of the federation over her rumoured plan to switch allegiance, The PUNCH reports. Ofili has been at loggerheads with the AFN and the Nigeria Olympic Committee over its failure to register
BENIN – The Edo State Mercy Committee has disbursed the sum of N400 Million to assist over 624 indigent persons in the state between 2020 and 2024. Disclosing this at a press conference in Benin on Tuesday, Igbogo Ebamiyo Peter, Secretary of the committee, said the setting up of the Mercy Committee by Gov. Godwin […]
Nutrition experts have raised the alarm that the lack of access to healthy diet by millions of Nigerians will put children under five at risk of poor brain development, weak learning, low immunity, increased infections and, may increase infant mortality. They noted that inadequate nutrition among children under five increases their risk of death, stressing
The world economy faces a sobering reality. The global growth rate—stripped of cyclical ups and downs—has slowed steadily since the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Without policy intervention and leveraging emerging technologies, the stronger growth rates of the past are unlikely to return. Faced with several headwinds, future growth prospects have also soured. Global growth will […]