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Nigeria must engage technocrats to revive economy – Obasanjo

31.10.2024

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that there are many technocrats in the country who can be called upon to improve and build a robust economy. He wondered why the country has to hang on to the mediocre who have subjected Nigerians to harsh economic situations. The former president spoke at a valedictory programme organised...

National carrier revival gains momentum after failed Nigeria Air

31.10.2024

Following the unsuccessful attempts to establish a national airline after the defunct Nigerian Airways, the government has stepped up efforts to create a new national carrier. Aviation industry experts have proposed various strategies to turn this vision into reality, OLASUNKANMI AKINLOTAN writes Nigerians recall how the government’s bid to launch Nigeria Air in the final...

Three Rivers policewomen arrested for extortion

31.10.2024

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three female Inspectors over alleged extortion of motorists at the Rumuokoro area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. This came after the social media was awash with complaints of the actions of the female operatives in the area. The police said they were arrested on Tuesday following a coordinated...

Group lauds Oborevwori for ‘restoring night life’ to Delta communities

31.10.2024

A socio-political group comprising leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has lauded the governor of the state, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, “for restoring nightlife” to the various communities in the locality following the street lights initiative put in place by the present administration. The group also...

Dafinone partners BoI on entrepreneurs empowerment in Delta

31.10.2024

The lawmaker representing Delta Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Ede Dafinone, has unveiled the various empowerment initiatives of the Bank of Industry to small and medium-scale entrepreneurs in the constituency. The one-day sensitisation workshop hosted by Dafinone in collaboration with the BoI, at the Petroleum Training Institute Conference Centre in Effurun, on...

Firm advocates stakeholders’ collaboration in insurance sector

31.10.2024

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Life Assurance Company Limited, Nigeria, Mrs. Funmilayo Omo, has called for improved collaboration among stakeholders to enhance growth in the country’s insurance sector. Omo made the call while speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the maiden edition of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, South-South region,...

Gunmen kill man, set body ablaze in Ebonyi

31.10.2024

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of a 48-year-old man, Mr Michael Nnaji, a native of Amuri in the Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Tuesday night at the Amaka Ngbo community in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, where...

N’Delta activist advises Tinubu to cut fuel prices, beware of deceptive counsellors

31.10.2024

An elder statesman and Niger Delta activist, Sokari Soberekon, has cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara to beware of men and women who come to tell them lies, disguised as half-truths. Soberekon, issued the piece of advice in an exclusive chat with South-South PUNCH in Port Harcourt, on...

Hotelier demand N1bn from Rivers over hotel demolition during COVID-19

31.10.2024

Owner of Prodest Hotel, demolished by the administration of the immediate past governor of Rivers State during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Mr. Gogorobari Promise Needam, has dragged the Rivers State government to court over the demolition of his hotel. The hotel, located in Eleme Local Government Area of the state was demolished on the orders...

Otu kickstarts APC campaign for Saturday LG poll, promises rural development

31.10.2024

Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Edet Otu, has flagged off the All Progressives Congress campaign for the upcoming November 2 local government council elections. Governor Otu, represented by his deputy, Peter Odey, performed the formal flag-off ceremony at the Ikom Township Stadium, Ikom, on Sunday. In his remarks, the governor congratulated the party’s chairmanship...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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