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Coronation Sponsors 13th BusinessDay CEO Forum

13.07.2025

Coronation Group, Africa’s leading financial services conglomerate committed to sustainable wealth creation, proudly sponsored and actively participated in the 13th edition of the BusinessDay CEO Forum, held at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. 2025 forum, themed “Nigeria – From Reform to Recovery,” convened the country’s most influential business leaders, policymakers, and...

UK University Honours Nigerian Philanthropist, Zaura

13.07.2025

In recognition of his enduring commitment to youth empowerment, social transformation, poverty alleviation, and educational development, the University of Sunderland in Nigeria, in partnership with the London Academy Business School (LABS), UK, has conferred a prestigious Honorary Diploma in Humanities on Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkarim Zaura, popularly known as AA Zaura. The University of Sunderland in...

60 Nigerians Graduate From 2025 K-Pop Dance, Vocals Academy

13.07.2025

No fewer than 60 young Nigerians have graduated from the 2025 K-Pop Academy, following intensive training in Korean pop (K-Pop) vocal and dance performance. The graduating class comprised 37 dance students and 23 vocal students, who dazzled friends, families, and guests with captivating performances at the graduation ceremony held over the weekend at the Korean...

Sanwo-olu, Gbajabiamila, Obasa Hail Conduct Of Lagos Lg Polls

13.07.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the Local Government elections across the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas of the state, describing the process as peaceful and well-coordinated. This came as the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and the...

APC Chieftain Warns Coalition Leaders To Stop Heating Up Polity

13.07.2025

Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has warned opposition political leaders to stop heating up the polity ahead of 2027 general elections. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, gave the warning while addressing newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo. The APC chieftain said that the utterances and actions of many...

Alaafin’s Grandson, Oladigbolu, Wins African Entrepreneur Award

13.07.2025

…Dedicates honour to new Alaafin Prince Kolade Afeez Siyanbola Oladigbolu, a distinguished mariner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, and grandson of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abubakar Siyanbola Oladigbolu, was on Saturday honoured with the African Entrepreneur Award at the 2025 edition of the African Illustrious Awards held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The...

New Tax Acts: Dealing With Exemptions, Waivers

13.07.2025

Banks to play key role against tax evasion Who should not pay the new tax? According to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, under the new tax laws, Nigerian households earning ₦250,000 or less per month are classified as poor and exempt from paying taxes. The former...

Mwadkwon Empowers 200 Women With Economic Tools

13.07.2025

Former Senate Minority Leader of the 10th Senate, Senator Simon Mwadkwon, has empowered 160 women across the six Local Government Areas of Plateau North Senatorial District with economic tools to boost their livelihoods. The benefiting LGAs include Bassa, Jos North, Jos South, Jos East, Barkin Ladi, and Riyom. The empowerment items, which comprised grinding and...

Dickson Backs Natasha’s Return To Senate

13.07.2025

Senator Seriake Dickson, representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, has publicly declared his support for the reinstatement of his colleague, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central, following a Federal High Court ruling mandating her return to the Senate. Sunday Telegraph recalls that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended on March 6, 2025, after a contentious dispute with Senate...

IMF: Climate Change Puts Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Stability At Risk

13.07.2025

Climate events, such as rising temperatures, greater frequency of extreme heat days and increasing frequency of high-intensity rainfall, pose risks to Nigeria’s macroeconomic stability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. The Fund, which gave the warning in a paper titled, “Nigeria: Macroeconomic Implications of Climate Challenges,” released over the weekend, predicted that the...

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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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