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Kagame Slams Ramaphosa For Alleging Rwandan Troops Killed S’African Soldiers

30.01.2025

Rwandan President, Paul Kagame has expressed his displeasure over a claim by his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, who said 13 soldiers from his country were killed by the Rwanda Defence Army (RDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). New Telegraph recalls that the recent conflict in the DRC has led to the deaths...

PDP Need To Speak With Obi, Other Political Leaders To Defeat APC

30.01.2025

A member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) reconciliation committee, Eddy Olafeso has said the party must speak with Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate and other opposition political party leaders for an alliance that will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027. Olaeso who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today program...

FG Promises To Revive ALSCON

30.01.2025

…Hails equipment, facilities in the plant. The Federal Government has raised the hope that the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State will soon restart production. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, who visited the plant on Thursday, expressed satisfaction with the condition of equipment and facilities...

Burst aircraft tyre: FG suspends Max Air, examines other airlines

30.01.2025

The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, has announced the suspension of operations by Max Air following Tuesday night’s incident involving the airline’s aircraft in Kano. It also announced on Wednesday that it had commenced organisational risk profiles for each scheduled airline, including Max Air, adding that the exercise was nearing conclusion. The...

Active bank accounts hit 311.65m in December – NIBSS

30.01.2025

Latest data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has revealed that the volume of active accounts in the Nigerian banking system rose to 311.65 million as of December 2024. This marks a 48.89 per cent appreciation in the 12 months from January 2024, when the figure stood at 209,311,667, to December, when it hit 311,649,173....

Inflation: Experts Urge FG To Shore Up External Reserves

30.01.2025

An economist, Dr Ayo Teriba, has urged the Federal Government to shore up the country’s foreign reserves to stabilise the Naira and ameliorate the rising inflation rate. Teriba, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Economic Associates, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. He said that...

456,000 Northern Farmers To Get IFAD/ FG Support

30.01.2025

No fewer than 456,000 small holder farmers and rural entrepreneurs across nine states in the northern part of the country comprising Borno, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara are to benefit from the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Federal Government of Nigeria’s Value Chain Development Programme. IFAD official, Dr. Isaac Mensah,...

Nigerdock records 17m man-hours without loss time injury

30.01.2025

Nigerdock said it had achieved a significant safety landmark of 17 million man-hours without lost time injury across its operations. The company announced this in a statement on Tuesday obtained by The PUNCH. Nigerdock, in the statement, added that the noteworthy achievement is indicative of the company’s implementation of global safety standards and sustainable business...

IATA: African Airlines’ Cargo Capacity Increased By 13.6% In 2024

30.01.2025

African airlines’ cargo capacity increased by 13.6 per cent year-on-year in 2024, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. IATA on Wednesday released data on 2024 global air cargo market performance which showed that African airlines recorded 8.5 per cent year-on-year demand growth for air cargo. The data also showed that the airlines’ capacities...

NUPRC boss bags CEO award

30.01.2025

The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe, was named the Chief Executive Officer of the Year at ThisDay’s 30th Commemoration Awards. Komolafe received the CEO award at an event held in Lagos between Monday and Tuesday. Speaking after receiving the award, Komolafe said it would spur him to be more...

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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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