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Tinubu Elated Over Shell’s $5bn Investment In Bonga North Deep-Water Project

17.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu yesterday hailed Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell plc’s decision as it announced a final investment decision (FID) on Bonga North, a deep-water project off the coast of Nigeria. Bonga North will be a subsea tie-back to the Shell-operated Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)...

Minister Decries Incessant Boat Accidents, Seeks Stricter Safety Measures

17.12.2024

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has decried the spate of boat accidents on the nation’s waterways and stressed the need for stricter measures to curtail incessant boat mishap. He expressed grief over the tragic boat accident that occurred on Sunday, December 15, 2024, when a wooden boat capsized while crossing passengers...

FG, states to validate $700m project against climate change

17.12.2024

The Federal Government, in collaboration with 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, is set to endorse and validate the first phase of the Strategic Catchment Management Plans under the Agroclimatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape project. The endorsement is expected to be finalised on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ session in Abuja, following extensive engagements...

UBA Donates N500m To Lagos State Security Trust Fund

17.12.2024

…pledges more support United Bank for Africa (UBA), through UBA Foundation, its corporate social responsibility arm, has donated the sum of N500 million to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), as part of its continued commitment to secure the environment for individuals and businesses. The N500 million cheque was presented to the Lagos State...

Bleak Christmas As Inflation Sustains Rise, Hits 34.60%

17.12.2024

As Christians across the country prepares for the Christmas celebrations, the headline inflation has continued to rise as it spiked further in November, settling at 34.60 per cent, relative to the October headline inflation rate of 33.88 per cent. The rise in headline inflation was occasioned by unrelenting higher prices of food items, National Bureau...

Eno Pledges Realization Of Deep Seaport Project Soon

17.12.2024

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has expressed the readiness of his administration to place priority on the Deep Sea project inherited from previous administrations but stated that it is impossible for any state government to execute such huge project on its own. The governor stated this during inter-ministerial briefing ongoing at the Banquet...

NASS Urged To Save Nigerians From Extortion By Discos

17.12.2024

The National Assembly has been enjoined to invoke its powers of oversight functions and organise a public hearing in Lagos to save thousands of residents from extortion by electricity distribution companies (DisCos) through the prepaid metering system. In a press statement issued in Lagos yesterday by Africa Anti-Slavery Coalition (AASLAC) and signed by its Convener,...

World Bank Approves $500m Loan For Nigeria’s Road Infrastructure

17.12.2024

The World Bank has approved $500 million in concessional financing for the Rural Access Agricultural Marketing Project-Scale Up (RAAMP-SU), aimed at improving Nigeria’s rural road infrastructure. In a statement, the World Bank said this financing, alongside an additional $100 million contribution from the Nigerian government, will help address the pressing infrastructure challenges faced by rural...

TikTok Requests S’Court Intervene, Block Ban

17.12.2024

On Tuesday, the social media platform, TikTok sought the judgment of the United States (US) Supreme Court to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese owner to either sell the platform or shut it down within a month. Recalls that the law, enacted by President Joe Biden in April, would prevent TikTok from...

Lack Of Trust Biggest Problem Of Tax Reform Bills –Yusuf

17.12.2024

Prof. Usman Yusuf is a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). In this interview, he speaks on President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to France and its implication on Nigeria’s economy and security, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports Nigeria-France relationship is not...

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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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