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Christian Leaders Urged To Improve On Faith To Cope With Difficulties

04.12.2024

By Ayobami Agboola Christian leaders have been urged to strive to improve on their faith so as to survive in difficult times. The Founding Bishop of Victory Life Ministries International, Bishop Mike Bamidele gave the charged at the 25th anniversary of Gloryland Christian Church of God International, Osogbo, Osun State. The Bishop said only those...

Why Nigeria’ll Continue To Produce Fossil Fuels – FG

04.12.2024

By Pauline Onyibe The Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said Nigeria will produce fossil fuels despite the global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. He said at the 13th Practical Nigerian Content organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board in Yenagoa yesterday Nigeria already has enough market...

Tax Reform Bills:Northern Youths Stage Rally For Barau

04.12.2024

By Chukwu David, Abuja and Mohammed Kabir Youths from across the 19 Northern States yesterday staged a solidarity rally in support of Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin for his position on President Bola Tinubu’s much-criticised Tax Reform Bills, describing him as the “Sardauna of our era”. According to them, the rally was organised to warn...

Police Arrest Human Rights Lawyer Farotimi Over Defamation Allegation

04.12.2024

Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have reportedly arrested human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi’s arrest was revealed by the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, in a post on his X handle yesterday. Sowore called for the lawyer’s immediate release, emphasising that the police should not be used to settle...

Shettima To NCP: Maximise Value From National Assets To Benefit Nigerians

04.12.2024

By Lawrence Olaoye Vice President Kashim Shettima has charged members of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to maximize value from the nation’s core national assets for the benefit of Nigerians. He specifically noted that the nation’s core national assets were critical to the economic agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The Vice President who...

NIBSS: Increased Cashless Policy Adoption Raises POS Deals To N10.54trn

04.12.2024

By Tony Chukwunyem The total value of Point of Sales (PoS) transactions in the first 10 months of 2024 stood at N10.54 trillion compared with N9.16 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2023, indicating a 15.09 per cent increase, findings by New Telegraph has shown The Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) had revealed a...

Alleged N76bn Fraud: Court Orders Arrest Of Ex-AMCON MD, Kuru

04.12.2024

An Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of erstwhile Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Managing Director Ahmed Lawal Kuru for failing to appear for his arraignment in connection with an alleged N76 billion fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada made the order after Kuru and his lead counsel Olasupo Shasore...

Air passengers lost 19,274 luggage in six months – FG

04.12.2024

About 2,000 air passengers lost 19,274 pieces of luggage between January and June this year, the Federal Government has revealed. Data obtained from the half-year report of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, an agency of the Federal Government that regulates civil aviation, further indicated that 19,250 passengers were delayed for long hours during the review...

Polaris Bank, Amtis Skills Place partner to empower young designers

04.12.2024

Polaris Bank has partnered with Amtis Skills Place to identify, train and mentor young designers through the 2024 Amtis Fashion Competition. In a statement on Tuesday, it was revealed that Amtis Skills Place founded in 2015 is a body dedicated to training youth Nigerians in contemporary vocational skills. The 2024 Amtis Fashion Competition sponsored by...

Google, Microsoft delete 65m contents after complaints from Nigeria – NITDA

04.12.2024

Major tech firms including Google, X, Microsoft, and TikTok, have removed more than 65 million pieces of content from their platforms in Nigeria following user complaints, according to a report by the National Information Technology Development Agency. NITDA’s Director of Corporate Communications & Media Relations, Mrs Hadiza Umar, disclosed this in a press statement on...

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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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