December 2024 – Page 8

Greater Lagos Countdown 2025: Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Olamide, Others Headline Event

31.12.2024

The Lagos State Government has announced the Greater Lagos Count – down 2025, a spectacular 24- hour celebration to usher in the New Year in grand style. This highly anticipated annual event will take place from today, tomorrow, offering an unforgettable musical and cultural experience for all attendees. Headlining this year’s celebration are global Afrobeat...

Tax Reform Bills: Retract Your ‘Threats Against Tinubu’, Presidency Tells Bala Mohammed

31.12.2024

The Presidency has asked Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, to withdraw his recent comments against President Bola Tinubu regarding the proposed Tax Reform Bills. Mohammed, who chairs the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, had criticised the reforms, alleging they are skewed to favour one region. He claimed the bills amounted to “calls for anarchy”...

World Leaders Pay Tribute To ‘Lifelong Humanitarian’ Jimmy Carter

31.12.2024

World leaders have reacted to news that former US President Jimmy Carter, who as president brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work, has died at age 100. Politicians in the US remembered a giant. Joe Biden said his memories of Carter boiled down to “decency,...

Sokoto Bombing: One Mistake Too Many — ACF

31.12.2024

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the mistaken attack on two communities in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State, describing it as one mistake too many. The northern apex sociocultural and political body also called on the authorities to investigate what actually transpired and adequately compensate the victims in the shortest possible time....

Maiduguri Flood: Committee Receives N28bn Donations

31.12.2024

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum yesterday received the report of the Maiduguri Flood Relief Disbursement Committee. Committee Chairman Baba Bukar Gujibawu said they received a total of N28.2 billion as donations from the federal and state governments, corporate organisations and individuals. According to him, about N18.08 billion has been distributed to over 101,330 families. Gujbawu...

Benue Assembly Passes N550.1bn – New Telegraph

31.12.2024

The Benue State House of Assembly, presided over by its Speaker, Hyacinth Dajo, yesterday passed the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N550.1 billion. Leading the debate during plenary in Makurdi, the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Appropriation, Mr Cephas Dyako (LP/Konshisha), said the total revenue projection of the 2025 proposed budget was N550.11 billion. He said...

Jigawa Assembly Approves N698bn Budget

31.12.2024

The Jigawa State House of Assembly, yesterday passed the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N698 billion. The passage followed the adoption of the report of the House Standing Committee on Appropriation at plenary in Dutse. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Ibrahim Hamza, (APC-Malam Madori), said the budget comprised N90.73 billion personnel cost, other...

Non-Oil: Nigeria Exports $119.49m Urea Fertiliser In Q4’24

31.12.2024

Investors reap N987.18bn in sustained Yuletide surge Following Federal Government’s efforts to boost the economy through export, a total of 314,460 metric tonnes of bulk urea fertiliser valued at N197.16 billion ($119.49 million) was shipped from Nigeria to Brazil in the last quarter of the year. Findings indicated that between November and December, a total...

Tinubu: Carter Was Beacon Of Service To Humanity

31.12.2024

President Bola Tinibu has described the 39th President of the United States of America (USA), Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100 years, as a beacon of service to humanity, demonstrating to leaders worldwide the profound impact of dedication beyond the highest office. As a Nobel Peace laureate and global statesman, Carter devoted...

NCC, ATCIS Debunk Reports Of Telecom Tariff Increase From Jan 2025

31.12.2024

The Association of Telephone Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS) has denied reports of tariff increment by telecommunications companies, which was published by some online media and a daily newspaper, saying that the report is untrue and called on members of the public to disregard the news. This was corroborated by the Nigerian...

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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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