1. 2027: Wike promises N10m to councillors who deliver wards<\/h3>\n
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has promised to reward councillors with N10m each if they deliver their political wards to President Bola Tinubu and other All Progressives Congress candidates in the 2027 general elections.\n<\/p>\n
Wike made the promise on Monday at a Rainbow Coalition stakeholders\u2019 meeting in Kwali Area Council, where he urged the councillors to mobilise residents and community groups for the party.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAny councillor that delivers his ward will get N10 million reward,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cLet\u2019s deliver our ward to Mr President.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also endorsed Senator Philip Aduda for the FCT Senate seat and Danladi Chiya for the Abuja South Federal Constituency.\n<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> https:\/\/punchng.com\/2027-wike-promises-n10m-to-councillors-who-deliver-wards\/<\/a><\/p>\n Babcock University has confirmed that a student seen in a viral video at one of its hostels is alive and responding to treatment at the institution\u2019s teaching hospital, dismissing reports suggesting that he had died.\n<\/p>\n In a statement signed by its Associate Vice-President, Communication, Media and Branding, Johnson B. Akintayo, on Monday, the university said, \u201cContrary to reports suggesting that the student may have died, we wish to assure the public that he is responding positively to treatment and is receiving the necessary medical care.\u201d\n<\/p>\n It added that the student\u2019s roommate, who sustained injuries while trying to rescue him, had been treated and discharged.\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> https:\/\/punchng.com\/babcock-student-in-viral-hostel-video-alive-varsity\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Presidency has cautioned the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, against politicising national sports teams after he alleged that officials of the Nigeria Football Federation stopped him from greeting members of the Flamingos at an airport. <\/p>\n In a statement, the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, said the national athletes \u201crepresent the entire Federal Republic of Nigeria, not any specific political party or individual ambition.\u201d\n<\/p>\n He also described Obi\u2019s account as an attempt to turn standard security and administrative procedures into political victimisation, saying, \u201cTo spin standard security and administrative protocols into a narrative of political victimisation is a disservice to the unity that sport is meant to foster in our country.\u201d\n<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong>: https:\/\/punchng.com\/dont-politicise-sports-presidency-tells-obi-over-flamingos-greeting\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n Canada has made its Rural Community Immigration Pilot a permanent programme, creating a pathway for skilled foreign workers to settle in smaller communities facing labour shortages.\n<\/p>\n The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lena Metlege Diab, announced the decision on Monday, saying the move would help rural communities attract and retain essential workers.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re transitioning our successful rural immigration pilot into a permanent program,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n The programme will initially continue in 14 participating communities, while 5,500 admission spaces have been allocated to it under Canada\u2019s 2027\u20132029 Immigration Levels Plan.\n<\/p>\n\n2. Babcock student in viral hostel video alive \u2014 Varsity<\/h3>\n
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4. Canada makes rural immigration programme permanent to attract skilled workers<\/h3>\n
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