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Failure To Fund 2024 Capital Budget Destroying Businesses, Situation Room Tells Tinubu

16.01.2025

The Economic Situation Room, a coalition of 48 civil society groups in Nigeria, has warned that the Federal Government’s failure to release funds for completed contracts under the 2024 capital budget is having a devastating impact on businesses and the economy. According to the group, the government’s inaction is crippling businesses, perpetuating hardship among Nigerians...

APC Chieftain Writes Ondo Senator Over Performance, Empowerment

16.01.2025

I’ve Impacts In Ondo North- Senator Ipinsagba A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ife Ajibuwa, has criticized the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district, Senator Jide Ipinsagba, over his performance since he was elected into office 20 months ago. In an open letter to the Senator, the APC chieftain said there is nothing substantial...

USTDA backs Zenith Bank’s digital transformation with training grant

16.01.2025

The US Trade and Development Agency has awarded Zenith Bank Plc a training grant to support the bank’s adoption of Microsoft Azure, a hyperscale cloud platform. The USTDA’s announcement on its website on Monday emphasised the grant’s role in strengthening the bank’s institutional capabilities. However, the agency did not disclose the specific amount of the...

Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Kwara Gov Lays Wreath, Hails Sacrifices Of Fallen Heroes

15.01.2025

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday laid the wreath at the cenotaph of the unknown soldiers, a nationwide activity that concludes the weeks-long commemoration of the Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The Governor also freed the white pigeons, another symbolic gesture that signifies Nigeria’s commitment to peace and harmony following a 30-month civil war...

NERC transfers full electricity regulatory oversight to four states

15.01.2025

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has completed the transfer of regulatory oversight to four states. The states are Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, and Imo, which are now fully responsible for the regulation of their electricity markets. NERC made this known on its X handle on Monday, noting it has begun the transfer of regulatory oversight to...

‘Life Got Better After My Mohbad’s Death’, Says Father

15.01.2025

Joseph Aloba, father of the late Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has revealed that his life improved significantly after his son’s sudden death. In an interview with media personality, Akin Abolade, known as Mrlilgaga, Aloba said, “Let me just say yes, my life got better after Mohbad’s death because he was...

I Don’t Hate Tinubu, I Just Criticise His Policies

15.01.2025

On Tuesday, the Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume said he has too much respect for President Bola Tinubu to criticise him. The Senator who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today dismissed claims that he is hostile towards President Tinubu. According to him, he respected Tinubu but his condemnation is aimed at the...

Tariff hike: Telcos, ICT firms owe banks N1.69tn

15.01.2025

Information, communication, and technology firms, including telecommunications companies in Nigeria, owed Deposit Money Banks N1.69tn as of September 2024 amid telcos’ calls for a hike in the tariff payable by subscribers for data and voice calls. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s quarterly statistical bulletin indicate that the indebtedness of the telcos and...

Ex-NUC Scribe, Okebukola, Defends Jamb Registrar

15.01.2025

Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) and former executive secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has described Professor Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar of JAMB, as a “showpiece for accountability and transparency” in Africa. In a statement addressing allegations surrounding JAMB’s 2025 budget, Okebukola dismissed the...

PDP Will Bounce Back In 2027

15.01.2025

A leading National Ex-officio aspirant from the North Central Zone of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hajiya Farida Umar has expressed confidence that the party will bounce back stronger in 2027. Hajiya Umar, who hails from Nasarawa State said the party will not only bounce but will take over power from the under-performing All Progressives...

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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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