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Alaafin Never Stood for Ooni, Diaspora Royals Defend Centuries-Old Protocol

30.04.2025

…’History cannot be rewritten in a stance’ – OAITD The Oyo Alaafin in the Diaspora (OAITD) has firmly addressed growing debates around Yoruba royal protocol, particularly claims that the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, ever rose in deference to the Ooni of Ife. The group, speaking through its spokesperson, Engr. Prince...

Oyo Court Sentences Investment Fraudster To 63 Years In Prison

30.04.2025

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos, the Chief Executive Officer of Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited, to 63 years imprisonment for multiple counts of investment-related fraud. Justice Olusola Adetujoye handed down the sentence on Monday, April 28, 2025, following Amos’ conviction on nine of the 30-count charges filed against...

FY’24: Shareholders Laud Fidelity Bank’s Stellar Performance

30.04.2025

Shareholders of Fidelity Bank have applauded the board and management of the bank for delivering an outstanding performance in FY 2024. Speaking at the bank’s 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually on Tuesday, the National Chairman of Progressive Shareholders Association, Chief Boniface Okezie, praised the bank, saying: “This is a superlative performance and we...

Group Condemns Fake News, Urges Support For Nigeria’s Security Efforts

30.04.2025

The Guardians of One Nigeria (GON), a sociocultural group with vast network across Nigeria, on Wednesday warned those it described as “enemies of Nigeria”, to stop playing politics with the security of the country. In a statement in Abuja, the group said, “no amount of propaganda, campaigns of calumny or fake news could make a...

Choosing Okowa As Atiku Running Mate PDP Serious Mistake-Moro

30.04.2025

Abba Moro, the Senator representing Benue South, on Tuesday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have won the 2023 presidential election if it had not chosen a former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Moro, who made this known during an interview on...

NIMASA’s C4I Exposes Vessels Operating Illegally On Nigerian EEZ

30.04.2025

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4i) centre has revealed 1,723 vessels engaged in dark activities such as illegal fishing, illegal bunkering, oil theft and dumping of harmful waste in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ) in one year. According to the C4i centre, the illegal activites...

Nascon records 77% Q1 revenue growth

30.04.2025

Nascon Allied Industries Plc has reported a remarkable 77 per cent increase in its revenue for the first quarter of 2025. According to the company’s unaudited financial statements for the period ending 31 March 2025 filed on the Nigeria Exchange Limited recently, the company’s revenue from contracts with customers surged to N41.9bn, compared to N23.6bn...

Man Kicks Over Customs’ Planned Reintroduction Of 4% FOB Levy

30.04.2025

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed concerns over reported plans by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to reintroduce the suspended four per cent Free-on-Board (FOB) levy at the ports. Customs had promised to suspend the levy after the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Eduno, met the Comptroller...

PDP Threatens Legal Action Against Oborevwori, Others

30.04.2025

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday resolved to initiate legal proceedings against the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and other key stakeholders who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). New Telegraph gathered that after a six-hour closed-door meeting at its national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday,...

Govs Call For Timely Activation Of New Revenue Formula

30.04.2025

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has emphasised the urgency of having a new revenue allocation formula that aligns with the current economic realities. Chairman of the Forum and Executive Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, underscored the need for a review of the revenue formula which has been a work-in-progress for decades. Represented by Razaq...

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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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