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women empowerment

30.05.2025

Access Bank Plc, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and MicroSave Consulting have entered into a partnership to empower 50,000 female agents across Nigeria through a new financial inclusion initiative. The initiative, titled Scaling Female Agent Networks in Nigeria, aims to increase women’s participation in the agency banking space by providing them with training, financial...

Firm builds terminal to cut crude evacuation cost

30.05.2025

Operators in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector have identified evacuation bottlenecks as a major obstacle to achieving the Federal Government’s target of three million barrels of crude oil production per day. Indigenous energy firm, Green Energy International Limited, has declared that the industry’s soaring crude oil production costs are poised to drop by at least...

Edo Guber: Ighodalo Heads To S’Court As A’Court Affirms Okpebholo’s Victory

30.05.2025

The Court of Appeal Abuja yesterday affirmed Governor Monday Okpebholo ‘s victory in lat year’s Edo State governorship poll. The three-member panel led by Justice M. A. Danjuma dismissed an appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Asue Ighodalo and his party to challenge the declaration of Okpebholo of the All...

Fidelity Bank awards scholarships on Children’s Day

30.05.2025

Fidelity Bank Plc has unveiled a scholarship award and Read2Lead Anthology, a collection of essays written by young Nigerians as part of the bank’s flagship literacy initiative in commemoration of the 2025 Children’s Day. The initiatives were launched at the Children’s Day event of the bank held at the Fidelity Grounds in Oniru, Lagos, which...

Nigeria’s Wildlife Protection Bill Passes Third Reading At Reps

30.05.2025

The Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill 2024 has passed its final and third reading in the House of Representatives and is now set to be sent to the Senate for concurrence. The Bill enhances Nigeria’s response to serious and organised wildlife trafficking, and introduces stricter penalties for wildlife crime. It provides investigators with greater...

No ongoing maintenance in P‘Harcourt refinery, marketers claim

30.05.2025

Local fuel retailers in Rivers State have insisted that there is no maintenance activity going on at the old Port Harcourt refinery. The retailers under the aegis of Eleme & Okrika Host Community Bulk Petroleum Retailers Association stated that the facility was denied crude for over three months before it was eventually shut down for...

FG begins CNG buses rollout to federal varsities

30.05.2025

The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses to Nigerian universities, beginning with the University of Abuja, as part of efforts to cushion high transportation costs and promote cleaner energy use on campuses. The project, tagged ‘CNG-Sprout’, is the first phase of the “Project CNG Special Palliative Relief for...

APC: Tinubu Driving Nigerians To Peace, Enduring Prosperity

30.05.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday praised President Bola Tinubu for effort to develop the country. At a midterm review of the President’s performance in Abuja, spokesman for the APC Felix Morka said Tinubu is driving Nigerians to a place of peace, security and enduring prosperity. The party also said he has broken stagnating culture...

Broad money supply rose to N119tn in April – CBN

30.05.2025

Nigeria’s broad money supply rose to a record N119.11tn in April 2025, reflecting one of the sharpest monthly expansions in recent quarters, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The figure represents a 22.9 per cent increase from N96.97tn recorded in April 2024 and a 4.3 per cent rise from N114.22tn in March...

Toyota to Unveil New Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in 2025

30.05.2025

Toyota Nigeria Limited says it has concluded plans to introduce a fuel-efficient vehicle and a hybrid/electric vehicle in response to the country’s economic situation and the Federal Government’s drive for a green environment. The Managing Director of Toyota Nigeria Limited, Kunle Ade-Ojo, made this known at a press conference on Thursday in Lagos. The briefing...

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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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