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CSOs kick as MDAs spend N16bn on estacode, compensations

28.01.2025

The ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government spent over N16bn on estacodes for officials and compensations for people affected by government projects in about two years, The PUNCH reports. Data obtained from GovSpend, a repository and accountability platform by BudgIT that analyses government spending, indicated that the MDAs spent N9.079bn on estacodes in...

Tinubu Pledges Universal Energy Access For Nigerians

28.01.2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to achieving universal energy access for Nigerians by 2030. President Tinubu gave this assurance during his address at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania on Tuesday, January 28. Joined by African leaders, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, International Finance institution heads,...

Fubara Vows Not To Be Power-Drunk As He Turns 50

28.01.2025

…Secondus flay Wike for distracting Fubara Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed not to be drunk with power or allow the benefits that come with holding a lofty position in government to change him, assuring that he will remain committed to transform the State to meet the dream of Rivers people. Fubara made...

Oando, Lagos govt to deploy 5,000 electric buses

28.01.2025

The Group Chief Executive Officer of OandO Plc, Wale Tinubu, said the plans of the oil company to partner with the Lagos State Government to deploy 5,000 electric commercial vehicles to the state are now in top gear. Tinubu said the decision of the firm to invest in electric vehicles, particularly public transportation, was triggered...

You’ve Bloggers, I’ve God, Mercy Chinwo Speaks Up Amid Legal Tussle With Ex-Manager

28.01.2025

Renowned Nigerian gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo has opened up about the challenges she faced with her former record label boss, Ezekiel ThankGod, popularly known as Eezee Concept. In a video titled, “You have bloggers, I have God,” and shared on her page on Tuesday, Mercy Chinwo finally addressed the alleged bullying, threats, and tarnishing of...

Insurance sector assets hit N3.88tn in Q3 – NAICOM

28.01.2025

Total assets in the insurance sector expanded by 5.15 per cent to N3.88tn at the end of the third quarter of 2024 compared to N3.69tn reported in the previous quarter. This was indicated in the bulletin of the insurance market performance in the third quarter published by the Research & Statistics Department of the National...

Firewood smoke kills 600,000 African women, children annually – AfDB

28.01.2025

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, has revealed that approximately 600,000 women and children die every year in Africa due to the lack of access to clean cooking sources. Adesina made this disclosure during the Africa Energy Summit, which is currently taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The summit, themed “Mission...

Awori Indigenes Laud Tinubu, Task Opeifa To Revamp Rail Sector

28.01.2025

The National President of the Awori Welfare Association of Nigeria (AWAN), Chief Mohammed Ajibola Olagbaye has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing a former commissioner for transport, Mr. Kayode Opeifa as the new chairman of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). Chief Olagbaye’s commendation came in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of...

Aside Politics, I’m Interested In Preservation Of Environment – Adebayo

28.01.2025

Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said that outside politics, his aim is to preserve the environment by planting at least one hundred million trees in his lifetime. Adebayo, who is known to many as a politician, is also a philanthropist par excellence, a sports enthusiast, a great...

SEC to intensify monitoring of capital market operators – Agama

28.01.2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission has pledged to intensify its oversight of capital market operators to ensure strict adherence to regulations and enhance investor confidence in Nigeria’s financial system. Speaking at the office launch of Norrenberger Asset Management Limited and the 2025 capital market outlook event in Abuja on Monday, the SEC Director-General, Dr Emomotimi...

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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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