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Nigerian Bank Recapitalization Gains Momentum: 8 Lenders Mee

07.08.2025

As the ongoing recapitalisation of the banking sector reaches a crucial stage, eight lenders have met their targets ahead of the March 2026 deadline. This exercise has reinforced the stability of the banking sector, writes FELIX OLOYEDE When the Central of Nigeria on March 28, 2024, announced a two-year bank recapitalisation exercise which commenced on...

Dangote Group Partners with IATF 2025 for $44bn Trade Boost

07.08.2025

Dangote Group has been announced as an official Premier Partner of the 2025 Intra-African Trade Fair, which is projected to bring in over $44bn in trade and investment deals. In a statement on Tuesday, it was revealed that Dangote Group will be a key partner for IATF at its fourth edition, to be held in...

2027: Tinubu’s Premature Re-Election Campaign Breach Of Electoral Act

07.08.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said President Bola Tinubu’s premature re-election campaign is a breach of the Electoral Act, 2022. ADC, in a statement issued by the interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji, choreographed Tinubu’s endorsements from Abuja to Kano and his campaign billboards lining the streets of Abuja, saying it flouts the Independent...

Nigeria’s Banking Sector Booms with $3.1bn Capital Inflow

07.08.2025

Capital importation into Nigeria’s banking sector surged to over $3.1bn in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. NBS data also showed that the manufacturing sector lost $62m in capital importation in the first quarter. The bureau, however, stated that capital importation into Nigeria rose...

G20 Sets Ambitious Labor Goals for Youth, Gender Equality

07.08.2025

Labour ministers from the G20 countries have adopted new global targets aimed at reducing youth unemployment and narrowing the gender pay gap, signalling a renewed international commitment to addressing labour market inequalities. The agreement was reached at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting, held in George, South Africa, under the theme Solidarity, Equality and...

FG To Spend N3trn For Emergency, Palliative Roads

07.08.2025

The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, on Wednesday, revealed that the roads declared as emergency/palliatives to be completed within a short period. The roads, according to the Minister, cut across all six geopolitical zones in the country, adding that the designated roads would cost N3 trillion. He said, “We need a total of 3 trillion...

NAWOJ Urges Action On Insecurity, Education, Flood Prevention

07.08.2025

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Zone D, has raised alarm over rising insecurity in the North Central region, particularly in Benue and Plateau States, where repeated attacks have left women and children most affected. In a communique issued after its virtual zonal meeting held recently, presided over by Vice President Chizoba Ogbeche, the...

APC Chairman Visits Jos, Seeks Blessings From Traditional, Religious Leaders

07.08.2025

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Yilwatda Nentawe, on Wednesday visited Plateau State to seek the blessings of Traditional and Religious Leaders ahead of his national assignment. He was accompanied by members of the APC Progressive Governors Forum, senators, and lawmakers from both the National and State Assemblies. Upon arrival at...

OHCSF, Water Resources Ministry Collaborate On Clean Nigeria Campaign

07.08.2025

As part of efforts to promote improved sanitation and hygiene across Nigeria, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) has expressed its commitment to working in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation to scale up implementation of the Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet Campaign....

Lagos Govt Halts Magodo Construction Over Missing Drainage, Embankment Plans

07.08.2025

The Lagos State Government has ordered an immediate halt to construction at a site on 18 Kunle Ogedengbe Crescent, Magodo, over the absence of approved engineering designs for drainage and embankment works. The directive was issued by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, after an inspection of the site on...

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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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