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Security Expert Wins Ondo Man of The Year Award

01.07.2025

A renowned pipeline-security expert and philanthropist, Mr Femi Meshe, has emerged as the Ondo State Man of the Year 2025 Meshe joins an exclusive league of past recipients, including Ajayi Boroffice, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, David Ijalaye SAN, IfeOluwa Oyedele and Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa firmly cemented their place as one of Ondo State’s most impactful and...

Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Monarch’s Appointment In Ondo

01.07.2025

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Ikare-Akoko has dismissed a suit challenging the appointment of Oba Yaya Olawale Obaniyi of the Oyagi Ruling House as the Oludaja of Daja, Ajowa-Akoko, in Akoko Northwest Local Government Area of the state. In a judgment delivered by Justice Femi Akinbinu, the court affirmed Obaniyi’s appointment, thereby settling...

Dantata’s Body Arrives Saudi Arabia For Burial

01.07.2025

The body of the late Nigerian business mogul and elder statesman Aminu Dantata has arrived in the holy city of Madina, Saudi Arabia, ahead of his burial scheduled for Tuesday, July 1. The Spokesperson for the Dantata family, Mustapha Junaidu, confirmed the development in a statement. Junaidu noted that the delegation had landed safely and...

Court Adjourns Lawmaker’s Immunity Claim In N1b Defamation Suit

01.07.2025

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has adjourned to July 10 the hearing of a preliminary objection filed by Folawumi Fayemi-Obayelu, the lawmaker representing Ilaje Constituency II in the Ondo State House of Assembly. The objection is in response to a ₦1 billion defamation suit filed against her by Olugbenga Edema, a former...

Jega, EFCC Witness Recants, Says Arik Loan Not Performing Since Inception

01.07.2025

A former Executive Director, Credits at Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Muhammed Abass Jega, has disclosed that the Arik debt in AMCON, which was onboarded at the time he served as Executive Director, fell within the category of non-performing loans as categorised by the regulatory agencies in the country. He stated this during...

RMAFC Lauds Tinubu For Accenting Tax Reform Bills

01.07.2025

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for endorsing Revenue Mobilisation Allocation Commission and Tax Reform bills. The commission in a statement said the legislative achievements not only underscore the administration’s dedication to enhancing transparency, accountability, and efficiency in revenue generation and allocation, but also laid a solid...

CBN: Nigeria Posts $3.73bn Trade Surplus Amid Rising Non-Oil Exports

01.07.2025

Nigeria recorded a robust trade surplus of $3.73 billion in the first quarter of 2025, underscoring the growing resilience of its external sector amid persistent global volatility and the far-reaching effects of domestic economic reforms. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) latest Balance of Payments (BoP) report, the Q1 surplus—though marginally lower than...

Shell Confirms Plans To Acquire TotalEnergies’ Stake In Bonga Field

01.07.2025

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), yesterday confirmed its interest to acquire TotalEnergies’ 12.5 per cent stake in deepwater Bonga Field. Sources said that an agreement has already been signed by the two parties. However, the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions and is expected to be completed before the...

Afreximbank: LATF Deals Set To Surpass $100bn

01.07.2025

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union Commission (AUC) and AfCFTA Secretariat have disclosed that the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) is expected to fetch the continent about $44 billion in trade and investments deals during the fair being hosted by the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, in Algiers in September this year. Similarly, Afreximbank...

CAN Charges Church Leaders To Rise Against Gender-based Violence

01.07.2025

Disturbed over the rising cases of gender based violence which has continued to claim many lives, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged church leaders to protect the vulnerable from all forms of abuse, exploitation, and violence. CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, who spoke at the launch of the gender-based violence prevention project themed:...

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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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