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Fresh $500m World Bank Loam Will Escalate Nigeria’s Debt Vulnerability –LCCI

02.04.2025

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has acknowledged the recent approval of a $500 million loan by the World Bank to Nigeria under the Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus Programme. The development comes at a time the country is grappling with mounting economic challenges, including inflation, declining purchasing power, and an...

Sokoto Police Celebrates Maiden Nat’l Police Day

02.04.2025

The Sokoto State Police Command has organized free medical services and a community outreach program to celebrate the maiden National Police Day. The event follows a presidential directive issued on April 15, 2024, declaring April 7 as the annual National Police Day. According to the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Musa, the Sokoto State Police...

Democracy, Rule Of Law Have Failed In Nigeria Under Tinubu – Obi

02.04.2025

Peter Obi has said that democracy and the rule of law have failed in Nigeria under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. He said the government is implementing anti-people policies and lacks a clear roadmap to drive economic and good governance. Speaking on Arise News Programme, Prime Time, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party...

Durbar Ban: Sanusi Abandons Horses, Drives To Pay Sallah Homage

02.04.2025

The Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II yesterday rode in a vehicle to pay Sallah homage on Governor Abba Yusuf at Government House following the ban on Sallah Durbar in Kano State. The ex-Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor therefore abandoned the traditional use of horses as a means of transport for Hawan Nassarawa. Sanusi...

Naira Devaluation Boosts Non-Oil Export Value By 24.79% To $7.45bn

02.04.2025

The country’s earnings from non-oil exports last year amounted to $7.45 billion, according to data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The amount is 24.79 per cent, or $1.48 billion, higher than the $5.97 billion that the nation generated from non-oil exports in 2023. New Telegraph’s analysis of CBN’s quarterly and monthly economic...

Barth Nnaji To Deliver The Bullion Lecture

02.04.2025

Globally acclaimed energy expert, Professor Barth Nnaji, is to deliver the 2025 edition of The Bullion Lecture. The theme of the lecture is “Architecting the Energy Sector for Nigeria’s $1-Trillion Economy Vision”. The lecture is scheduled for 10am on April 10, at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Nnaji, a recipient of three national honours:...

Drinking From Plastic Bottles Linked To High Blood Pressure –Study

02.04.2025

New studies suggest that plastic particles are influencing human blood pressure, a condition linked to serious cardiovascular problems. Results of the study were published in the journal ‘Micro plastics’. According to Dr. Johanna Fischer from the Department of Medicine at Danube Private University in Austria, a few recent findings have sparked new debates about what...

Eid-El-Fitr: COAS Rallies Troops To Wipe Out Remnants Of Boko Haram

02.04.2025

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede yesterday ordered troops battling Boko Haram fighters in the North West to completely wipe out the insurgents. Oluyede, who issued the order when he celebrated Eid-el-Fitr with wounded soldiers at the Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, urged the troops to remain steadfast and committed to the mission rid...

Edo Guber: Tribunal To Deliver Judgment On Election Petition Today

02.04.2025

There is heightened tension in Edo State as the governorship election tribunal will today deliver judgment on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the outcome of the poll. The governorship election was held on September 21 last year. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of...

Natasha Defies Ban, Says No One Will Stop Her From Going Home

02.04.2025

In spite of the Kogi State Government’s order and curfew declared by her local government leadership, embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, yesterday received a heroine’s welcome upon her arrival in the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State in a helicopter for a Sallah rally in her constituency. Twenty-four hours to her scheduled arrival the state...

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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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