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FG to empower 500,000 rice farmers – AFAN

03.02.2025

The price of rice in Nigeria is set to decrease as the Federal Government steps up its efforts to support local farmers, particularly those engaged in rice production. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabir Ibrahim, disclosed that the National Agricultural Growth Scheme – Agro...

Lassa Fever Cases Drop In Week 3, But Deaths Rise — NCDC

03.02.2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has reported a decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases for Epidemiological Week 3 of 2025. However, fatalities remain a concern, with 39 deaths recorded so far this year. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest Lassa Fever Situation Report published yesterday via its official website. According...

Non-competitive goods undermine Nigeria’s BRICS ambitions – Technoglass CEO

03.02.2025

The Chief Executive Officer of Technoglass Industries Ltd and national council member of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, John Aluya, speaks to ARINZE NWAFOR on Nigeria’s export prospects following the BRICS partnership and the global competitiveness of local products Nigeria recently joined BRICS as a partner country. How strategic is this partnership to the country’s...

2027: No Credible Alternative To APC, Says Masari

03.02.2025

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Masari, yesterday said there was no credible alternative to the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) administration in salvaging the plight of Nigerians. Masari spoke yesterday in Kafur, Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State, during the inauguration of the campaign for the state’s local government councils...

Oando revenue hits N4.1tn

03.02.2025

Oando Plc reported a 45 per cent increase in revenue to N4.1tn for the financial year ended December 31, 2024, compared to N2.9 trillion recorded in the previous year. The company’s unaudited financial statements, released on Friday on the Nigeria Exchange Limited, also showed a nine per cent growth in profit after tax, rising to...

Shelling At Busy Sudanese Market ‘Fills Mortuary With Bodies’

03.02.2025

Shelling at a busy market near Sudan’s capital has filled a mortuary with bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. MSF and the Sudanese authorities said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for Saturday’s attack in the city of Omdurman, which killed and injured more than 100 people – a claim...

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MTN spent N11bn to fix 2,502km fibre cables – GSMA

03.02.2025

MTN Nigeria, the country’s biggest telecom operator, spent N11.1 billion repairing and relocating 2,502km of fibre-optic cables over two years, according to data from the new GSMA Nigeria Digital Economy report. It stated that if these funds had been used for rollout instead of maintenance, the operator with 77 million subscribers could have laid an...

Mercedes Raced By Moss, Fangio Sells For Record £42.75m

03.02.2025

A Mercedes ‘streamliner’ raced by Formula 1 legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has sold for a record £42.75m (€51.155m) at auction. The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen was driven by Argentina’s five-time F1 champion Fangio as he won the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix. Britain’s Moss piloted the car at the Italian Grand Prix...

Adopt asset-based framework for economic growth, treasurers advise FG

03.02.2025

Treasurers have identified adopting an assets-based framework as a viable alternative for economic growth to the output-based approach taken by multiple government administrations. The Association of Corporate Treasurers of Nigeria noted this during its 2025 Economic Outlook event on Friday in Lagos, themed ‘Navigating Nigeria’s Economic Landscape in 2025: Opportunities and Challenges for Corporate Treasurers’....

NIBSS: More Nigerians Go Cashless As PoS Terminals Rise By 127% To 5.56m

03.02.2025

Point of Sale (PoS) terminals deployed across the country by financial institutions surged by 127.07 per cent to hit a record 5.56 million as at the end of December 2024, compared with 2.45 million in the corresponding period of the previous year, latest data released by Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) shows. This implies that...

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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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