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Your Victory Testifies to Members’ Confidence in You, Tinubu Tells NUJ President

01.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu has told the newly elected President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Alhassan Yahaya, that his overwhelming victory was a testament to the members’ confidence in his leadership qualities. The President who extended his heartfelt congratulations to Yahaya on his election as the President of NUJ at the 8th Triennial National...

Nigeria Not Yet United Nation – Prof Egwu

01.12.2024

The Resident Electoral Commissioner of Benue State, Professor Samuel Egwu has said Nigeria as a country, is still lagging behind in becoming a united nation, due to ethnic citizenship that has eroded nationalism. Prof. Egwu states this while delivering a paper at a 6th Convocation lecture titled “Tertiary Education, Citizenship and Nigeria Democratic Development”...

Energy Security, Socio-Economic Gains of Port Harcourt Refinery

01.12.2024

For several years, Nigeria’s refinery stood as a mute testament to the nation’s paradox, a nation rich in crude oil yet impoverished by its inability to refine it. The cost of this paradox has been staggering and utterly embarrassing, to put it mildly. The nation’s four state-owned refineries, symbols of squandered potential have faltered, leaving...

Abia: Why Otti Should Tackle Insecurity Headlong

01.12.2024

The first major sign of a failing government is its deliberate politicisation of insecurity. Sadly, this is exactly what is happening today in Abia State under the watch of Dr Alex Otti and he needs sound advice from well-meaning people across the country before he digs himself and the state further into the insecurity hole....

Restructuring, Key to Nigeria’s Unity –Middle Belt Forum

01.12.2024

The Middle Belt Forum has reiterated its commitment to the restructuring of Nigeria, saying that it was the key to the unity of the country. The region has also warned that the prevailing system in the country has led to the marginalisation of minority groups and called for immediate restructuring to redress the injustice. Dr....

Nigeria Must Fight Oil Thieves to Save Our Economy, Says Nwibe

01.12.2024

Engr Bath Nwibe is a gubernatorial aspirant of the Labour Party and an oil and gas businessman. He speaks with OKEY MADUFORO on the economy of Nigeria and the way forward as well as his vision for Anambra State As an aspirant of the labor party for Anambra 2025, what is the fate of your...

Airfares: Return Tickets Hit Over N500,000 as Christmas Approaches

01.12.2024

Airfares have hit the rooftop as airlines may further push up fares on domestic routes to N300,000 for one-way economy flights as a result of demand by travellers travelling for Christmas. As from this week, return tickets to the Southern parts of Nigeria will go as high as N500,000 and N600,000 depending on the time...

Wike’s Camp Soldiers On, Fubara’s N85K Wage Sparks Jubilations

01.12.2024

The political crisis rocking Rivers State has taken a completely different dimension following the decision of the Federal Government to release the state’s monthly allocation, and the implementation of the new minimum wage by Governor Simimialayi Fubara. Workers went wild in jubilation last week in Port Harcourt and other parts of the state as Fubara...

Express Loan Approvals: SANs, financial experts, others caution NASS, Executive

01.12.2024

Some senior lawyers (SANs) have warned the National Assembly against becoming a rubber stamp to the executive arm of government in view of its expeditious approval and passing of the executive bills sent from the presidency to the NASS. This was even as they said that questioning the approval process without evidence of procedural...

Tinubu’s France Visit, Catalyst for Economic Growth, Says Mbah

01.12.2024

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has said that President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to France was a significant step towards strengthening bilateral relations and opening new opportunities for subnational governments. Mbah, who is on the Nigerian delegation, spoke with State House correspondents on the sidelines of the visit in Paris. The governor emphasised the...

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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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