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Tinubu Condoles With Minister Over Mother-In-Law’s Death

25.02.2025

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday condoled with the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, over the death of his mother-in-law, Hajia Hauwa Usman, who died at the age of 70. President Tinubu’s condolence message was contained in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga....

Mutfwang Calls For Peaceful Co-Existence Among Nigerians

25.02.2025

Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has appealed to Nigerians to explore their diversity to promote national unity in the country. Mutfwang stated this while speaking to Journalists after attending the 11th annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture and merit awards in Bauchi state The Governor represented by the Commissioner of Information and Communication...

NAWOJ FCT Partners With Traditional Rulers To Empower Rural Women

25.02.2025

As part of preparation for the 2025 International Women’s Day celebration, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), FCT Chapter, has partnered with traditional rulers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to amplify the voices of rural women. This partnership took place in Abuja to promote the rights and interests of rural women, who often...

Lagos Assembly Workers Condemn Detention Of Three Members By Security Agency

25.02.2025

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Lagos State Chapter, has condemned the detention of three staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly by the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the State Chairman of PASAN, Comrade Babatunde Ogunlana, condemned the humiliating arrest, detention and trial of the...

KCCI Backs Action To Sanitize Kano NGOs

25.02.2025

Kano Concerned Citizens’ Initiative (KCCI) has thrown weight behind the move to scrutinize the operations of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) being funded by foreign-based agencies in the state. KCCI pointed out that the urgent need to verify the motive and sources of funding of NGOs in Kano becomes pertinent considering the recent revelation of a United...

NPA Simplifies Export Shipments For Quick Turnaround At Ports

25.02.2025

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has created a one-stop-shop for cargo consolidation, stuffing, documentation, packaging, certification and onward shipment through electronic call-up to the ports for quick turnaround time for export processing. It noted that this had eliminatedthe duplications and bureaucratic overlaps that previously rendered Nigerian exports uncompetitive in the international marketplace. The Managing Director of...

Trump’s Tariff Increases Nigerians’ Cost Of Vehicle Importation By 25% To N1.88trn

25.02.2025

Following the United States’ auto tariff increase by 25 per cent, importers from Nigeria are now to pay an estimated N1.88 trillion ($1.25 billion) from this year. According to the United Nations Comrade figures, the annual value of auto export from the United States to Nigeria was pegged at $1 billion before the tariff increase....

Ex-Minister Congratulates Aiyedatiwa On Inauguration

25.02.2025

Former Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, has congratulated Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on his inauguration as the seventh elected governor of the state. In his congratulatory message to the governor, Adegoroye said “Your passion and commitment to public service are truly inspiring. You have made the All Progressives Congress (APC) family...

Gowon Was Under Pressure To Transform To Civilian President –IBB

25.02.2025

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has given more insight into why Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd) was removed as head of state by military officers led by then Brigadier Murtala Mohammed. Gowon was overthrown on July 29, 1975, while he was attending the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) meeting in Kampala, Uganda. The reason given...

El-Rufai: How Tinubu Stopped My Nomination As Minister

25.02.2025

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that President Bola Tinubu rejected him as a ministerial nominee and not the National Assembly. Speaking in an interview with Arise Television’s programme, Prime Time yesterday, El-Rufai said the President changed his mind on the nomination after asking him publicly to not be far from him...

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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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