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NPA vows to tackle poor port infrastructure

07.03.2025

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, says six Nigerian ports are grappling with decrepit infrastructure. While determined to ensure that the Nigerian ports take advantage of the intra-African trade that is expected to increase with the coming into operation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Dantsoho said the NPA...

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Women face career stagnation due to lack of mentorship – WIMBIZ

07.03.2025

Women in Management and Business and Public Service, a non-profit organisation, has stated that many women face career stagnation due to limited access to mentorship, sponsorship, and leadership development programmes. In a statement from the WIMBIZ Communications Team, it was stated that women in Nigeria and across the globe had made commendable strides in leadership...

AfDB plans $230m trade finance package for Access Bank

07.03.2025

THE African Development Bank has announced plans to provide a $230m trade finance package for Access Bank Plc to support trade finance activities and ease foreign exchange liquidity constraints for small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria.This was contained in a Project Summary Note seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, detailing the facility’s structure and expected...

Orji Kalu Pays Courtesy Visit To Tinubu In Aso Rock

07.03.2025

The former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kali on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu in Aso Rock. Confirming the visit in a statement issued on his official Facebook page, the former two-term governor revealed that he paid a friendly visit to President...

Renowned Poet, Playwright, Mabel Segun Dies At 95

07.03.2025

Renowned Nigerian poet, playwright, writer of children’s books, teacher, broadcaster, and sportswoman Mabel Segun has died at the age of 95. She passed on in the early hours of Thursday, March 6, 2025, according to the family announcement in a statement made available to New Telegraph. The statement reads: “It is with gratitude to God for...

Lent: Solemn Reminder Of Life’s Transient Nature

07.03.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday extended his heartfelt wishes to all Christians in Nigeria and across the world as they commence the season of Lent, describing the period as a solemn reminder of life’s transient nature. Tinubu said that beginning from Ash Wednesday, the 40-day period is a sacred time of fasting, prayer, and repentance,...

Imo Politicians Align With Amadi’s Mazi Organization

06.03.2025

Ahead of the 2027 Imo State governorship election, several prominent political figures in the State have joined forces with The Mazi Organization (TMO), led by Dr Chima Matthew Amadi, popularly known as Mazi Gburugburu. Speaking on Thursday at a press conference in Owerri, where top officials of the organization led by the Director General, Hon.Henry...

Nigerian Women, Driving Force In Socio-Economic Growth – Abbas

06.03.2025

…Declares cash gifts for Women’s Policy Lab winners The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has restated the significant contributions of women to Nigeria, describing them as a driving force in the socio-economic growth of the country. He said this on the final ceremony of the Women’s Policy Lab in commemoration...

Okpebholo Alleged Of Inducing PDP Members In Edo Assembly To Join APC

06.03.2025

The Edo State People’s Democratic Party on Thursday alleged that Governor Monday Okpehbolo has concluded plans to induce its members in the House of Assembly to decamp to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with N1.6 billion. In a statement issued by the state PDP Caretaker Committee Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, the party condemned the move...

Anambra Guber: Only 12 Parties Notified Us Of Primaries

06.03.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, said it received notification from only 12 out of the 19 registered political parties, of schedules of their primaries in Anambra State. INEC in a statement issued by its Chairman on Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, reminded the parties that the conduct of primaries for...

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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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