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Stakeholders await FG on proposed MSMEs census

21.02.2025
Stakeholders have disclosed that the Federal Government has begun preliminary consultations with business membership organisations as they await an inaugural meeting to discuss the planned Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises census. The PUNCH learnt from separate phone interviews with the National Vice President of the National Association of Small-Scale Industrialists, Segun Kuti-George, and the President...
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Travellers stranded as train suffers technical glitch

21.02.2025
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has confirmed that all passengers are safe following a technical glitch that affected the Itakpe-Warri train service on February 18, 2025. It was, however, gathered that the passengers were left stranded at the station for several hours as they had to spend the night there. In a press statement signed by...
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Court Convicts Man Over Quran Burning

21.02.2025
…sentences terrorist to 60 years imprisonment The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, has convicted one Olarenwaju John Ifagbemi, in a case concerning an insult to a religion. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, February 18, the trial Judge, Justice N. U Agomoh (Court 1) held that the prosecution was able to advise...
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Austria Card eyes partnerships in Nigeria

21.02.2025
International card and secure chip solution provider, AustriaCard Holdings, has indicated that it is looking at local partnerships with established service providers in the financial space rather than competing with them on its expansion into the Nigerian market. This was disclosed by AustriaCard’s Executive Vice President, (Turkiye, Middle East, and Africa), Burak Bilge, in a...
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PDP Govs’ Forum Backs Adeleke Amid Osun LG Crisis

21.02.2025
The People’s Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has expressed deep concern over the recent political violence in Osun State, condemning the loss of lives and destruction of property. In a statement signed by its chairman, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, and made available to New Telegraph, the Forum reaffirmed its solidarity with Osun State Governor...
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Dangote, NNPCL refineries not supplying 50% local fuel demand – FG

21.02.2025
Despite having a combined refining capacity of 985,000 barrels per day, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has disclosed that the country’s three operational refineries contribute less than 50 per cent of the nation’s daily petrol consumption. It said the significant shortfall was being filled through the importation of...
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Evans Seeks Mercy With Plea Bargain

21.02.2025
Convicted billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has told the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafa Balewa Square that he is now a certified teacher at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre after obtaining a diploma in economics. Evans, who once terrorized the nation with high-profile kidnappings, said he has turned a new...
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300,000 Households To Benefit From Yari Ramadan Gesture

20.02.2025
No fewer than 300,000 needy households across the 14 Local Government Areas of Zamfara State will benefit from the 2025 Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar planned Ramadan gestures, Chairman Committee on Publicity AA Yari feeding programme, former Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Muhammad Birnin Magaji has disclosed. Muhammad Birnin Magaji made thi disclosure at the Secretariat of...
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