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NECA rejects high FRC levies on private firms

18.03.2025

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has strongly condemned the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria over the imposition of what NECA described as “outrageous” annual dues on private and non-quoted companies. According to a statement, NECA warned that the move could cripple businesses and stifle economic growth. “This outcry follows the implementation of the Financial Reporting...

4 States Compete As US Consulate Hosts Inaugural Spellingbee In Nigeria Finals

18.03.2025

Grace Ahuoyiza Ebiebi Salami, an 11-year-old from Greenpath Preparatory School, Abuja, recently won Nigeria’s firstever Spellingbee In Nigeria (SpIN) competition. The grand finale, held at the US Consul General’s residence in Lagos, saw 64 exceptional finalists from Abuja, Lagos, Osun, and Taraba States compete in a thrilling display of linguistic mastery and academic excellence. The...

States plan N28.8tn spending on infrastructure

18.03.2025

State governors have outlined ambitious plans to boost capital expenditure in states to address the infrastructure deficit in their various domains. The governors have earmarked N17.51tn to fund capital projects in their 2025 budgets. They had earmarked N11.34tn to fund similar projects in 2024 but could not secure sufficient funds, as the states recorded a...

Asari Dokubo Fears Ijaw Nation’s Reaction, Urges Tinubu To Resolve Crisis

18.03.2025

Asari Dokubo has said that Ijaw Nation elders cannot guarantee the reaction of Ijaw youth if the Rivers State House of Assembly carries out their threat of impeaching Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The former Niger Delta agitator also criticised the Supreme Court’s ruling on the state, calling on President Bola Tinubu to address the concerns of...

PDP Reacts As Jandor Return To APC

18.03.2025

The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, following his return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). New Telegraph recalls that Jandor, a PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections in Lagos, announced his return to APC at a news conference on...

Dangote plans largest seaport in Ogun, laments $800m cement company demolition

18.03.2025

The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Ltd, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on Monday disclosed the readiness of the company to return to the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state for the largest seaport project in the country. Dangote also said that his company has equally returned to site to...

Rivers Crisis Deepens As Assembly Prepares Impeachment Notices For Fubara, Deputy

18.03.2025

The Rivers State House of Assembly has prepared an impeachment notice for Governor Siminialayi Fubars, and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Ordu over alleged gross misconduct. A day earlier, the lawmakers had accused the governor of not taking actions that show that he is genuinely interested in implementing the Supreme Court ruling, claiming that he is...

Prove Allegation Of LG Fund Diversion By Kaduna Gov, Shehu Sani Tells El-Rufai

18.03.2025

The former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has challenged the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, to publicly show evidence that Governor Uba Sani diverted Local Government council funds. Shehu Sani who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Monday debunked El-Rufai’s allegation, saying such a thing never happened. According to him,...

Invest savings in real estate, expert advises Nigerians

18.03.2025

A real estate consultant, Gbenga Salako Davis, has advised Nigerians to shift their savings into property investments, arguing that doing so could be the smartest financial decision they will ever make. Davis, who is the chairman of Hazel Crest Properties, made this observation during an interview with journalists, described savings accounts as “silent wealth killers,”...

Victimization: WAEC Workers Warm Up For Strike As NASU Gives 7-Day Ultimatum

18.03.2025

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU), has given a seven-day ultimatum to the management of West African Examinations Council (WAEC), to end continued victimisation of its workers and refusal to abide by a legally binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed on March 10, 2025, at the Federal Ministry of Labour 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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