Tag results for: Punch News
Cameroon election: World’s oldest leader, Biya, poised to win eighth term
Cameroon’s Paul Biya, already the world’s oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election, handing him an eighth term in power in the central African...
Presidency rejects World Bank’s poverty report
The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure...
Police arrest 12 suspects over Arise TV anchor’s death
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 12 suspected armed robbers linked to the killing of an Arise News staff member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard,...
FCTA pledges to boost health funding, establish infectious disease hospital
The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Thursday pledged to implement the Primary Health Care Under One Roof policy; create budget lines for core health programmes; and pass the FCT...
REA working to provide electricity access to 17.5m Nigerians – MD
The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, has said that the agency is implementing programmes aimed at providing electricity access to no fewer than 17.5 million...
