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NCS Operation Whirlwind Seizes 67,000 Litres Of PMS Worth N84.8m

12.11.2024

The Nigeria Customs Service’s Operation Whirlwind in Kwara/Niger States axis has within a month seized 67,000 litres of petroleum worth N84.8m. It would be recalled that the ‘Operation Whirlwind’, commenced operation in May 2024 in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), while the exercise is being coordinated by the Office of the National Security...

Pensioners Barricade Finance Ministry Over Delay Pension

12.11.2024

…Declare lack of confidence in CPS Hordes of retirees of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) on Tuesday besieged the Federal Ministry of finance over prolonged delay in payment of pension arrears by the Federal Government. They shunned entities by the Ministry Senior officials to unblock the main entrance to the ministry for passage, saying they...

Mutfwang Dismisses False Alarm Of Explosives At Old JUTH

12.11.2024

Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has dismissed the rumours of an alleged Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted at the old Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) site near Terminus Market in Jos North Local Government Area. Mutfwang in an official statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs Dr Gyang Bere clarified...

Ebony First Lady Promised To Fight Gender-Based Violence

12.11.2024

The wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru, has said she will continue to defend the girl child and fight Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the state. The First Lady made this known on Tuesday in Abakaliki when she led a road walk on Tuesday to mark the 2024 Ebonyi Women’s Day Celebration with...

Gombe Gov Appoints Three New Permanent Secretaries

12.11.2024

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has approved the appointment of three new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service. The Governor’s approval was conveyed by the Head of Civil Service, Ahmed Kasimu Abdullahi, who explained that the appointments were based on the appointees’ outstanding credentials, extensive experience, hard work, commitment, and loyalty, as...

Dangote Refinery, IPMAN Reach Agreement To Lift Petrol, Diesel Directly

12.11.2024

The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals has approved the application of members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to lift petroleum products, including fuel technically called Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) directly from the plant located at the Free Zone, Lekki, Lagos. In an interview with journalists in Abuja, yesterday, IPMAN National President, Alhaji...

MAN: Inventory Of Unsold Goods Up 357% To N1.22trn In H1’24

12.11.2024

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has reported that due to the profound macro-economic challenges in the country, inventory of unsold products surged by 357.57 per cent year-on-year to N1.24 trillion in H1’24. MAN, in its Executive Summary of Half Year (H1) 2024 review of the economy made available to the press yesterday in Lagos,...

EFCC Convicts 50 Over Currency Racketeering, Dollarisation

12.11.2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has convicted over 50 persons for currency racketeering and dollarisation of the Nigerian economy in 2024. The Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, made this known on Monday in Abuja while speaking with the Senate Committee Chairman on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Emmanuel Udende, who was on an...

Customs Processes N1.41 Exports At Onne Port

12.11.2024

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 2 Command, Onne Port, has processed 2.44 million metric tonnes of goods with a free on board (FOB) value at N1.41 trillion ($826.6 million) in the last 10 months. Also, it generated a total revenue of N550.43 billion, translating to 89 per cent of the annual target of N618...

Four Drown In Ekiti River

12.11.2024

Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed that four men drowned on Sunday, while swimming in the Osun River, along Ajindo, Ikoro-Ekiti Road, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State. Confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police Command in Ekiti, DSP Sunday Abutu, said investigations had begun, to unravel the actual cause of death...

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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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