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Army Debunks Introducing Automatic Promotion For Select Officers

26.02.2025

The Nigerian Army yesterday dismissed claims that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.- Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, had introduced automatic promotion for soldiers who have served in their current ranks for five years or more. In a statement, the Director of Army Public Relations Major Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu described the claims as misleading and baseless,...

Deputy Speaker Emerges AU Parliament’s Monetary, Financial Affairs C’ttee Chair

26.02.2025

I n recognition of his parliamentary skills and contributions, Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has been elected Chairman of the Monetary and Financial Affairs Committee of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) with Senator Christine Mwando Katempa (Democratic Republic of Congo) named Deputy Chairman. The Chairmanship of the Monetary and Financial Affairs...

Child ID System Crucial For Effective Cash Grant Distribution

26.02.2025

The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has noted the critical link between child protection and birth registration, emphasizing that Universal Cash Grant initiatives cannot be effectively implemented without a proper child identification system. The minister disclosed this when she hosted the United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) Regional Director, West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou...

FG Reaffirms Commitment To Conducive Business Environment

26.02.2025

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to creating an enabling environment for the private sector-led investments to thrive in order to boost economic growth in the country. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, gave the assurance in his office in Abuja when he received Mr. Anil Nair, the...

NNPC Shipping, Stena Bulk, Caverton Launch Joint Venture

26.02.2025

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Shipping, Stena Bulk, and Caverton Marine Limited have announced the signing of a new joint venture that will transform Nigerian maritime transportation. According to a statement yesterday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Olufemi Soneye, the agreement, signed in London, last week,...

FG Bonds Oversubscribed By N719.6bn

26.02.2025

Investors demonstrated their unflinching faith in Nigeria’s economy yesterday by oversubscribing to the Federal Government’s bonds issuance by the Debt Management Office (DMO), details of February bonds allocation results by DMO revealed. On Monday, the debt agency reopened two bonds – 19.30 per cent FGN APR 2029 and 18.50 per cent FGN FEB 2031. They...

Edo Police Arrest Pastor, One Other For Killing Minor

26.02.2025

The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects, 45-year-old Pastor Ijebor Simon and Destiny Okojabhole aged 23 years, over the murder of seven-year-old Evans Okojabhole. Speaking on the arrest, the state command PPRO, Moses Yamu, noted that the incident was reported by the deceased father, John Okhojibole, of the Jehovah’s...

Be Prudent, Embrace Financial Reform Initiatives- AGF Tells FPOs

26.02.2025

The Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein has Charged Federal Pay Officers (FPOs) to be financially prudent and embrace the new financial reform initiatives in the discharge of their duties. The AGF also reiterated her mandate to Federal Pay Officers to ensure that Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the States comply...

Nigeria Heading Towards A One-Party State –Momodu

26.02.2025

Chief Dele Momodu is a former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on the crisis rocking the party, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports The is PDP imploding and shooting itself on the foot as its own worst enemy. What do you have to...

FG inaugurates CIPMN Council, Seeks Stronger Industry Support

26.02.2025

The Federal Government has inaugurated the governing council of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN), urging the body to play a more active role in supporting industrial growth. The Minister of State for Industry, John Enoh, inaugurated the council in Abuja. The Minister, represented by his Senior Special Adviser on Policy and...

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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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