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FESTAC Residents Petition Police Over FHA’s Alleged Violation Of Court Injunction

25.11.2024

The residents of FESTAC Town in Lagos State have accused the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) of violating a court injunction by the continued demolitions in the area. Speaking through their lawyer, Adetayo Bello, the residents petitioned the Inspector General of Police to intervene and investigate what they describe as “a flagrant disregard for the rule...

Fuel Crisis: PETROAN Hails Dangote, NMDPRA, NNPC Ltd, Others

25.11.2024

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) Abuja has hailed the Nigerian Midstream-Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Dangote Refinery and other stakeholders in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry for reaching an agreement to ensure uninterrupted supply and distribution of petroleum products. It also...

Okonkwo Seeks God’s Intervention In Presidency, NASS, Others

25.11.2024

The Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr Mike Okonkwo, has called for God’s intervention in Nigeria’s Presidency, National Assembly and state assemblies. He also said the nation’s justice system should be purged, adding that Nigeria should become a country where every citizen will feel free and secure to reside, build and own...

Indian Investor To Boost Nigeria’s Health Care Sector With $100m Investment

25.11.2024

Nigeria-India investment relations got a boost, on Sunday, when Indian Origin Healthcare Group Padiyath Healthcare revealed that it has earmarked investment worth $100 million in the Nigeria’s healthcare sector. This disclosure was made by Padiyath Healthcare chairman Dr. Hazeeb Rahman Padiyath, during an address by visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Abuja. According to...

NACCIMA, OPS Caution On Impact Of Arbitrary Taxation On Businesses, Economy

25.11.2024

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the Organised Private Sector (OPS) have expressed concerns over the long-term implications of arbitrary taxation on businesses and the nation’s economy. Speaking at the 45th Trade Fair hosted by the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (KACCIMA), NACCIMA President, Dele...

Hardship: Muslim Group Sets Up Market Of Convenience In Lagos

25.11.2024

Some Muslim scholars under the umbrella of the League of Islamic Leaders in Mushin, Lagos, have established a market called ‘Market of Convenience (MFC)’ where foodstuffs especially would be sold at reduced prices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scholars held a one-day sensitisation programme yesterday in Lagos on the need for...

One Dead, Three Injured As Cargo Jet Crashes In Lithuania

25.11.2024

A cargo plane crashed near Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, early Monday morning, leaving one crew member dead and three others injured. The Boeing 737-400, operated by Spanish cargo airline, Swiftair for DHL, was on its final approach to the airport when it went down approximately 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) north of the runway, close to a...

Zulum Visits Flood-Ravaged Community Distributes Relief Items

25.11.2024

On Sunday, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum visited Gamboru Ngala, the headquarters of Ngala Local Government Area to assess the devastating impact of floods that left the town submerged and isolated for nearly four months. Accompanied by senior government officials, including Engr Bukar Talba, a member of the House of Representatives, and Alhaji Bukar...

FRSC Returns Money Recovered From Zamfara Road Accident To Relative

25.11.2024

Zamfara State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed it handed the sum of ₦630,750 recovered from a tragic road accident to Ibrahim Ahmad Karakkai, the relative of a road accident victim. The Sector Head of Public Education, Aliyu Kankara, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the FRSC Rescue Team...

Two Die In Catholic Christ The King Procession In Aba

25.11.2024

At least two persons have been confirmed dead during the “Christ “The King Procession” organized by the Catholic Diocese of Aba, Abia State on Sunday. New Telegraph gathered that the 2024 “Christ “The King Procession” by the Catholic Diocese of Aba, saw all the Urban Parishes within Aba converge at the Cathedral Premises of the...

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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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