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Anambra South APC Salutes Otu Over Conduct Of Guber Primary

07.04.2025

Anambra South chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday praised commended the seven-man Primary Election Committee headed by Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu for the conduct of Saturday’s primary that produced Nicholas Ukachukwu as the APC’s the candidate for the November 8 Anambra State governorship poll. Anambra South APC Vice Chairman Tochikwu Okeke...

Domestic Debt Service Cost Up 36.2% To N5.97trn

07.04.2025

The Federal Government spent a total of N5.97 trillion on domestic debt service in 2024, latest data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) shows. The amount is N1.59 trillion or 36.26 per cent higher than the N4.38 trillion that the government spent on servicing domestic debts in 2023. An analysis of the actual domestic...

Alia Debunks Rising Debt Profile From N122.5bn To N187.5bn

07.04.2025

Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has bruised aside claims in some quarters that the debt profile of the state has climbed from N122.5 billion to N187.5 billion from September to December 2024. The governor described the widely circulated narrative as a fallacy, concocted by bitter exiles who seek to mislead the public and undermine the...

SERAP To Tinubu: Reject $1.08bn World Bank Loan, Probe Missing N233bn

07.04.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued President Bola Tinubu a 7-day ultimatum to reject the approved $1.08 billion World Bank loan. It said the government should should launch investigations into the allegations that over N233bn of public funds are missing, diverted or unaccounted for by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc and...

Intrigue As Suspended Rivers Lawmakers Embark On UK Tour

07.04.2025

Rivers State lawmakers led by suspended Speaker Martins Amaewhule have departed for the United Kingdom on a tour. Since they were suspended with Governor Siminialayi Fubara, nothing had been heard about the lawmakers, who were on the verge of removing Fubara before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a State of Emergency. It was, however, learnt...

Kalu Demands Swift Prosecution Of Expatriates, Police’s Killers In Abia

07.04.2025

The Senate Committee Chairman on the South East Development Commission (SEDC) and Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Senator Orji Kalu, has called on the Inspector General of Police and Abia State Government to ensure an immediate arrest of the killers of two Chinese nationals and a police inspector in the state. The victims were...

US Tariff: FG To Deepen Non-Oil Export To Shield Economy

07.04.2025

In the wake of the14 per cent import tariffs imposed on Nigerian goods by the United States, the Federal Government is adopting a more pragmatic approach that will shield the economy, including but not limited to deepening the non-oil sector and building a resilient economy. Responding to the US tariff hike in a statement yesterday,...

Plateau Killings: Declare State Of Emergency On Insecurity, ACF Tells FG

07.04.2025

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on the Federal Government to “declare a state of security emergency on vulnerable and banditry-prone communities” across the country. ACF in a statement in Kaduna yesterday also condemned the killings in Plateau State and called on the federal and Plateau State governments to put in place measures for...

…He Fought For Justice Persistently, Says Obasanjo

07.04.2025

President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the passing of late former Oyo State Governor, Dr. Victor Olunloyo, as a “deep loss”. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, yesterday in Abeokuta, he described the late Olunloyo, as a renowned mathematician turned politician that fought for justice persistently. The Ex-President, however, decried...

He Was Beacon Of Responsible Leadership –Adeleke

07.04.2025

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has extended toheartfelt condolences to his Oyo State counterpart, Governor Oluseyi Makinde, family, and the people of the state, over the demise of a former Governor in the state, Baba Omololu Olunloyo. Adeleke who expressed deep pain over the passing of the elder statesman, described the deceased as a beacon...

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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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