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CeProd Receives Accreditation As IQA Training Centre

07.01.2025

The Centre for Public Service Productivity and Development (CeProd), has been accredited as an International Qualifications and Assessment (IQA) Training Centre. The announcement was contained in a press release signed by its Director General, Dr Chris Egbu. According to Dr Egbu, “The accreditation was in recognition of CeProd’s commitment to excellence in productivity research, and...

APC Chieftain Urges INEC To Conduct Election For 26 Rivers Assembly Members

07.01.2025

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has called on Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct an election for candidates to occupy the 26 seats of the faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly members led by Hon. Martins Amaewhule....

FG borrowings projected to exceed N13tn target

07.01.2025

It has been projected that borrowings by the federal government may exceed the planned N13tn to plug the budget deficit in 2025. Analysts at Afrinvest Research, in their 2025 Outlook Report, projected that net issuances of at least N13.7tn may be required to bridge the gap between the proposed expenditure and revenue in the 2025...

Edo LG Chairmen Remit N12bn To PDP Leaders In 15 Months

07.01.2025

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday, said the suspended 18 Local Government Council Chairmen remitted about N12 billion to leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 15 months. Governor Okpebholo made this claim while playing host to acting Chairmen and Councillors of the 18 Local Government Areas, who were in Government House on...

Reps Will Apply Stringent Parameters On 2025 Appropriation Bill

07.01.2025

The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Philip Agbese has said the Green Chamber will adopt stringent measures in the consideration of the 2025 Appropriation Bill. He also assured that the parliament will work on the proposal to advance the cause of the nation. Recall that President...

China Foreign Minister Wang Yi, To Visit Nigeria Wednesday

07.01.2025

The Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, will on Wednesday, January 8 arrive in Abuja for an official visit, New Telegraph reports. The Acting spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa made this known in a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. During the visit, Yi will...

N’Delta Youth Demands Relocation Of Oil Companies Headquarters To S’South

07.01.2025

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has demanded the immediate relocation of oil companies headquarters and their affiliates to the oil-producing states. Speaking at a world press conference, the National Coordinator of NDYC, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, condemned the systemic exploitation and marginalization of the Niger Delta region. Uwejeyan said for decades, oil-producing states in the...

‘N100bn Intervention Fund’ll Stabilise Petroleum Products’ Market’

07.01.2025

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has said that it requested from the Federal Government N100 billion intervention fund to help stabilise the petroleum products’ market and make them more accessible to Nigerians. PETROAN President, Dr. Billy Gillis-Harry, spoke while featuring on Arise TV’s This Morning Show yesterday, adding the demand...

Group Tasks HoS On Preservation Of Institutional Reforms

07.01.2025

…insists Shamseldeen Ogunjimi not qualified for Accountant General The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA) has urged the Head of Service (HoS), Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, to preserve institutional reforms by ensuring appointments to critical positions were based on merit, integrity, and transparency. In a letter addressed to the HoS, the group raised alarm...

Osun Election Not Do Or Die Affairs, YPF Tells Adeleke’s CoS

07.01.2025

The National Coordinator of a Sociocultural group, Yoruba Progressive Forum (YPF), Alhaji Lateef Olalekan, on Tuesday, said electing new leadership into any position should never be a do-or-die affair. Olalekan popularly called Asiri Ede, however, urged the Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke to caution his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye to refrain from acts...

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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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