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• 100 years ago, airmail took flight

  20-12-2018 04:13 via pulse.ng
  <p class="">On December 25, 1918 a daring French industrialist launched the world's first ever airmail service, flying between the southwestern French city of Toulouse and Barcelona in northeastern Spain.</p><p class="">It was the beginning of an adventure which would soon see pioneering pilots from the company, best known as Aeropostale, delivering letters to Morocco, Senegal in Africa and later to Latin America.</p><p class="">The pla
  
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• Adelabu's office, Defence HQ, govt buildings risk disconnection over debt

  02-06-2024 13:54 via pulse.ng
  
  No fewer than 20 government institutions risk disconnection as Abuja DisCo issued an ultimatum for them to settle their debts.The Power House building, Police and Nigerian Defence Headquarters have been listed for disconnection by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over huge electricity debt.The Disco also threatened to cut off supply to ministries and other government establishments that have defaulted on their debt obligation.Pule reports that the Power House building, located i
  
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• Meghan Markle writes to Osun monarch for hospitality during Nigeria visit

  02-06-2024 12:27 via pulse.ng
  
  Markle and her husband, Prince Harry were recently on a three-day working visit to Nigeria to show support to wounded veterans and meet with relevant stakeholders.Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry William, has penned an appreciation letter to Osun State monarch, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo,for the warm hospitality he accorded her during a recent visit to Nigeria.In a statement by the monarch’s Press Secretary, Alli Ibrahim, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, O
  
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• It's wrong to say the Yoruba tribe hates Igbo people - Peter Obi

  02-06-2024 11:46 via pulse.ng
  
  Obi said it's high time Nigerians united and spoke with one voice against misgovernance and bad leadership.The Labour Party presidential flag-bearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described it as a misconception to believe that the Yoruba tribe hates people from the South-East.The former Anambra State Governor disclosed this at an event organised to celebrate heroes of the 2023 election by the Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD) in Abuja on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
  
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• 2023 election wasn’t a Christian or Igbo project - Peter Obi

  02-06-2024 11:46 via pulse.ng
  
  Obi said it's high time Nigerians united and spoke with one voice against misgovernance and bad leadership.The Labour Party presidential flag-bearer, Peter Obi, has described it as a misconception to believe that the Yoruba tribe hates people from the South-East.The former Anambra State Governor disclosed this at an event organised to celebrate heroes of the 2023 election by the Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD) in Abuja on Saturday, June 1, 2024.Represented by the La
  
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• Otti offers scholarship to slain soldiers kids, puts ₦25m bounty on killers

  02-06-2024 11:02 via pulse.ng
  
  Otti visited the wives and children of the soldiers killed by suspected members of IPOB during the Biafra Day celebration last Thursday.Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has offered scholarships up to the university level for all the children of the soldiers killed by gunmen during a sit-at-home enforcement in Aba last week.The Governor also promised to give ₦25m to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of the act.The military officers - Sgt. Chalse Ugo
  
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• VIDEO: Abba Kyari's family throws party to welcome him home after 27 months

  02-06-2024 09:21 via pulse.ng
  
  Kyari was released on Friday after a judge granted him a two-week bail to allow him to conclude the burial rites of his Mother, Yachilla Kyari.There were celebrations in the household of the suspended super cop, Abba Kyari, after his release from detention, where he has spent 27 months.Kyari, a former Deputy Commissioner of Police and head of the Intelligent Response Team (IRT), was released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, May 31, 2024.He was deta
  
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• Tinubu orders army to go after those calling for sit-at-home in South-East

  02-06-2024 08:49 via pulse.ng
  
  Tinubu warned killers of soldiers that the fact that security forces are exercising necessary restraints shouldn’t be mistaken for weakness.President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces to go after masterminds of the attack that led to the killing of five soldiers in Aba in Abia State and enforcers of the sit-at-home order in the South-East.The President's directive came on the heels of the Thursday, May 30, 2024 incident at a military checkpoint located at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hil
  
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• Mechanics, barbers, drivers now into cultism - Lagos CP expresses worry

  02-06-2024 08:15 via pulse.ng
  
  The police boss said that the aftermath of drug abuse was a serious medical condition.The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, says that it is time urgent measures are taken to halt cultism and drug abuse in the society.He said this on Saturday at Ikeja, during an event organised by the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) tagged: “Teenagers Stay Informed: Know the Dangers of Cultism and Drugs”According to Fayoade, cultism and drug abuse have bec
  
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• Labour's ₦494K minimum wage demand of N9.5trn/yr unsustainable - FG

  02-06-2024 08:15 via pulse.ng
  
  The organised private sector has accepted the Federal Government’s proposal of a ₦60,000 minimum wage, a 100% increase from the 2019 minimum wage.The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has expressed concerns that the ₦494,000 national minimum wage demanded by organised labour, which totals ₦9.5 trillion, could destabilise the economy and negatively impact over 200 million Nigerians.Idris made these remarks during a press conference in Abuja,
  
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• Thugs have taken over streets since emirship tussle started, Kano residents

  02-06-2024 08:08 via pulse.ng
  
  The residents are calling for increased security measures, including foot patrols and the deployment of plain-clothes operatives, to apprehend the thugsResidents of the metropolitan Gwale, Dala, and Municipal Local Government Areas in Kano State have called on the State Police Command to deploy more operatives across the city and its environs to bolster security. A cross-section of the residents expressed their dismay and fear over the growing presence of thugs amidst the ongoing emirship tussle
  
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• Bauchi Gov mourns as Commissioner dies in auto-crash

  02-06-2024 07:58 via pulse.ng
  
  Mohammed extended his deepest condolences to the members of the late commissioner’s family and the entire people of the state.The Bauchi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ahmad Jalam, lost his life in an auto crash that occurred on Saturday.Governor Bala Mohammed disclosed this in a condolence message to the members of his immediate family and the entire people of the state issued in the early hours of Sunday.According to him, the commissioner lost his life i
  
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• Governor’s wife takes menstrual hygiene camping to secondary school

  02-06-2024 00:06 via pulse.ng
  
  NAN reports that the Governor’s wife distributed sanitary items to students and donated N1 million to the graduating students of the college.The wife of Kebbi Governor, Hajiya Nafisa Idris, has sensitised students on the promotion of menstrual hygiene among girls and women in the state.Hajiya Idris sensitised the female students on Saturday at Comprehensive Girls’ Secondary School, Argungu in Argungu Local Government Area of the state as part of activities marking the 2024 Menstrual
  
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• Children with disabilities not demonic – Social worker

  02-06-2024 00:03 via pulse.ng
  
  She lauded smart innovation and creativity for making children with disabilities relevant.The Convener of Smart Innovation and Creativity, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Omolola Olamijulo, has charged Nigerians not to isolate or tag children with disabilities as being demonic.Olamijulo appealed to a special Children’s Day party organised by Smart Innovation and Creativity for children with disabilities and other children on Saturday in Ibadan.She said that the special children’s da
  
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• Tinubu has never influenced electoral process, Shettima says

  02-06-2024 00:00 via pulse.ng
  
  Shettima said this was because Tinubu believed in political freedom, fair play and justice.Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Saturday in Ilorin said the present administration led by President Bola Tinubu has never influenced the electoral process.Shettima, while speaking during the 30th anniversary of Prof. Yusuf Ali’s Ghalib Chambers, explained why President Tinubu decided to steer clear of the electoral process.He said this was because Tinubu believed in political freedom, fair play and
  
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• This is ill-timed and unnecessary - NECA knocks labour over planned strike

  01-06-2024 23:55 via pulse.ng
  
  Oyerinde also called on the Federal Government to fast-track the implementation of reliefs for Nigerians, while reversing, without delay, the recent hike in electricity tariff.The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), has urged organised labour to shelve its planned indefinite strike as it could reverse the recent marginal gains on the economy.NECA’s Director-General, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, who made the call in a statement on Saturday, said the strike could incapacitat
  
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• Nigerians consume 1.6bn litres of milk, products annually – Minister

  01-06-2024 20:50 via pulse.ng
  
  The minister said that the Federal Government was mindful of the key issues and challenges of the dairy sector.The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi says Nigerians consume an estimated 1.6 billion litres of milk and its products annually.Abdullahi, who stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja, to mark the 2024 World Milk Day, said that 60 per cent of the products are imported.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ju
  
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• Doctors, patients rate Gov Abiodun low on healthcare in Ogun State

  01-06-2024 20:39 via pulse.ng
  
  Coker added that the present administration also recently launched the informal sector insurance scheme and was hoping to launch one for the formal sector soon.Stakeholders in the health sector in Ogun say Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration needs to do more regarding its policies and programmes in the sector after one year of re-election.Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ogun chapter, Dr Kunle Ashimi, while commending the state government’s efforts in strengthening the
  
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• 70,603 candidates write 2024 common entrance exam into unity colleges

  01-06-2024 20:33 via pulse.ng
  
  NAN reports that the schools visited during the monitoring include Model Secondary School, Maitama and Government Day Secondary School, Wuse II.Some 70,603 candidates sat for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into federal unity colleges on Saturday.The Registrar/CEO, National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, during the monitoring in Abuja, said there was a reduction in the registration compared to 2023, when 72,865 registered.Reeling out the statistics, Wush
  
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• Enugu armed robbers abandon operation, drop gun after sighting police

  01-06-2024 20:25 via pulse.ng
  
  Ndukwe quoted the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, as appreciating residents of the state whose information on the activities of criminals made the arrests possible.The Police Command in Enugu State has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery suspects in the metropolis.A statement issued on Saturday in Enugu by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said men from the Awkunanaw Police Division recovered the gun on May 29.Ndukwe said that the operatives responde
  
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• Enugu armed robbers abandon operation, drop ammunition as police show up

  01-06-2024 20:25 via pulse.ng
  
  Ndukwe quoted the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, as appreciating residents of the state whose information on the activities of criminals made the arrests possible.The Police Command in Enugu State has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery suspects in the metropolis.A statement issued on Saturday in Enugu by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said men from the Awkunanaw Police Division recovered the gun on May 29.Ndukwe said that the operatives responde
  
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• Strike: Private sector agrees to pay ₦60,000 as new minimum wage - MAN DG

  01-06-2024 20:13 via pulse.ng
  
  The manufacturers have aligned with the Federal Government on the new minimum wage proposal of ₦60,000.The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN) has confirmed that the organised private sector agreed with the proposed ₦60,000 new minimum wage by the Federal Government.The Director-General of MAN, Ajayi Kadri, made this known during an interview with Channels Television in Abuja on Saturday, June 1, 2024.Kadri explained that the tripartite negotiations involving the government, p
  
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• DSS alleged of illegal invasion of Abuja property despite court order

  01-06-2024 19:13 via pulse.ng
  
  The lawyer stated that despite a Court of Appeal judgment delivered two weeks ago, a stay of execution on the judgment has already been filed.Victor Giwa, a human rights activist based in Abuja, has raised an alarm over the invasion of a property at 1 Mekong Close, Maitama, by operatives of the Directorate of State Services (DSS).The property includes two flats, 3B and 3C, currently involved in a legal dispute between Ms Asabe Waziri, a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) employe
  
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• Research thoroughly before introducing economic policies, Cleric tells Tinubu

  01-06-2024 19:06 via pulse.ng
  
  A cleric, Rt. Rev. Babatunde Adeyemi, on Saturday, urged President Bola Tinubu to research thoroughly before introducing economic policies.Adeyemi, the Bishop, Diocese of Anglican Communion, Cathedral Church of St. Thomas, Badagry, Lagos State, said that the present economic policies were tough.He advised the second session of the Seventh Synod of the Diocese of Badagry, held at the Church.“We want a better Nigeria and we know that he did well in Lagos, and we know he can do well in Nigeri
  
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• Ezekwesili consoles families of soldiers killed in Aba, knocks military, FG

  01-06-2024 18:43 via pulse.ng
  
  Ezekwesili lambasted the Federal Government and the military over the state of security in the country.Former Education Minister, Obiageli (Oby) Ezekwesili, has sent condolence messages to the families of five soldiers killed by gunmen in Aba, Abia State during the week.The soldiers were murdered at a military checkpoint located at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill, by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during enforcement of a sit-at-home order on Thursday, May 30, 2024.Reac
  
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• Encomiums trail appointment of former Lagos PC as new INTERPOL boss

  01-06-2024 17:34 via pulse.ng
  
  The expert emphasised the significance of the strategic posting, noting that Owohunwa’s role would be crucial in enhancing international police cooperation.Commendations have trailed the Inspection General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun’s appointment of AIG Idowu Owohunwa as the Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB).The Managing Director of Absolute Security and Advance Protocol Ltd., Seyi Babaeko, joining the train, said the appointment was commendable.Babaeko, a UK-train
  
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• Immigration says efforts to reach owners of 107,646 passports futile

  01-06-2024 17:31 via pulse.ng
  
  The NIS CG directed that all Passport Offices in Lagos should operate on Saturdays between 9 am – 2 pm.The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Kemi Nandap has said that 107,646 produced passports remained uncollected nationwide.The Service Public Relations Service (SPRO) Kenneth Udo said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.The CG however, appealed to applicants whose passports have been produced to go for pick-up at the various Passports Issuing Centres across the co
  
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• We will continue to prioritise the interest of Rivers people — Fubara

  01-06-2024 17:22 via pulse.ng
  
  Fubara thanked everyone who graced the occasion, especially the artists, for the performances which included singing and dancing.Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has said that his administration will continue to prioritise the interest of the people of the state under the mantra: ‘Rivers First’.Fubara remarked during the praise night organised on Friday by the state government to mark his first year in office, in Port Harcourt,The governor, represented by his deputy, Prof. Ngozi
  
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• Darkness, scarcity loom as oil, electricity unions mobilise for strike

  01-06-2024 16:48 via pulse.ng
  
  The Acting General Secretary, Dominic Igwebike, gave the directive to the members in a statement.The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to comply with the directive of the two labour centres to begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday.Its General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, in a statement on Saturday, said the union was committed to ensuring total compliance with the directive.Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union C
  
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• Michelle Obama loses mother, Marian Robinson, at 86

  01-06-2024 13:49 via pulse.ng
  
  Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86.In a statement, her family said that Robinson had died "peacefully" on Friday morning.Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama's administration between 2009-17.She spent much of that time taking care of her two granddaughters, Malia and Sasha, daughters to Michelle and Barack Obama.In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, Mrs. Obama called her mother her "roc
  
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