COMMONWEALTH DAY 2024: NHRC reaffirms commitment to strengthening partnerships towards peaceful, sustainable common future

COMMONWEALTH DAY 2024: NHRC reaffirms commitment to strengthening partnerships towards peaceful, sustainable common future

COMMONWEALTH DAY 2024: NHRC reaffirms commitment to strengthening partnerships towards peaceful, sustainable common future By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has reaffirmed its commitment in upholding the values of the Commonwealth by enhancing efforts and strengthening partnerships towards a peaceful and sustainable common future. The Commission hampered on strengthening cooperation and collaboration to address global challenges such as poverty, climate change and conflict. The Executive Secretary […]

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Dangote names refinery road after Wigwe

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, has named the 120km road leading to his refinery in Lagos after the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the project. The announcement was made on Monday during a special event held in honour of the late banker at Eko Hotel, Lagos, titled ‘Celebrating Herbert Wigwe – A Professional Legacy.’ Dangote paid tribute to the […]

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Banks involved in 70% of financial crimes – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, indicted banks as being linked to about 70 per cent of the financial crimes in Nigeria. EFCC’s Chairman, Ola Olukayode, disclosed this while speaking in Abuja at the 2023 Annual Retreat and General Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria. He pointed out that the banking sector was increasingly becoming a cesspool of fraudulent activities and this […]

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Approach Zimbabwe for solution to inflation, Obasanjo tells FG

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised that Nigeria should approach the government of Zimbabwe for a solution to the current all-time high inflation in the country. He noted that since Zimbabwe was recently confronted with the same problem and came out of it, the southern African country would have useful advice for Nigeria. In its latest release, the National Bureau of Statistics put Nigeria’s inflation at 29.9 per-cent. The […]

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Food crisis: OPS warns of shutdown as hoodlums loot more trucks

The organised private sector has expressed concern about the spate of looting of trucks conveying food and raw materials by suspected hoodlums, warning that it can lead to a shutdown of industries across the country. Members of the OPS, gave the warning on Monday in separate interviews with The PUNCH just as miscreants attacked trucks conveying building materials and spaghetti in Ogun and Kaduna states. Also on Monday, the Federal […]

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Tribunal adjourns Sylva’s petition against Diri indefinitely over bias claim

The All Progressives Congress, along with its candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship poll, Timipre Sylva, has accused the election petition tribunal in Abuja of bias. The APC and Sylva demanded the outright disbandment of the tribunal headed by Justice Adekunle Adeleye and the reconstitution of another panel. The APC and its candidate, Sylva, are challenging the re-election of Governor Duoye Diri, and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrujakpo, in the November […]

March 5, 2024 6

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Sachet alcoholic drinks spike mental illness, enforce ban, psychiatrists tell Reps

Mental health experts have urged the House of Representatives to maintain the ban on sachet and small bottled alcoholic drinks, stressing that studies show that high intake is linked to mental health problems, particularly among young people. The psychiatrists stressed that the availability of sachets and small bottled alcoholic drinks has a more negative impact on mental health and said the ban is in the best interest of the Nigerians. […]

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Buhari sold Nigeria’s future, says Plateau gov

The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, on Monday, lamented the economic hardship being faced by Nigerians and blamed the situation on the last administration led by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during the swearing-in of 22 Special Advisers and heads of government agencies at the Government House in Jos, Mutfwang said Buhari left the country’s economy in terrible shape for his successor, President Bola Tinubu. Mutfwang said, “We are at […]

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Harsh economic policies worsening unemployment, OPS tells govt

Members of the organised private sector have stated that harsh economic policies from the government have exacerbated country’s unemployment rate. In separate chat with The PUNCH, they warned that if the poor economic policies are not quickly addressed, more businesses would fold up and it would worsen the country’s unemployment. The President of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, warned that the repercussions of inadequate economic policies and a hostile […]

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