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Tax Reform Bills: We Want To Drive Revenue, Support Investments –Deputy Speaker

24.01.2025

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the major aim of the tax reform bills is to raise the revenue profile of the country and also support investments both locally and internationally. He disclosed this at a meeting on UK -Nigeria Strategic Dialogue with the Deputy Leader, House of Lords and...

2027: Group Backs Seyi Tinubu To Contest Lagos Guber

24.01.2025

A youth group under the aegis of Southern Youth Movement (SYM) yesterday asked Seyi Tinubu to contest the 2027 Lagos State governorship. In a statement by National President Promise Lawuru, the group said they have 101 reasons why Seyi should be the next governor of the state. The statement said:“Agewise, he is eligible to contest...

Sammya Nigeria Gets ISO Certification Of Competence

24.01.2025

A Nigeria-based Engineering/Construction Company, Sammya Nigeria Limited, has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification in Engineering/Construction work by the IAF, a member of the Multilateral Recognition Arrangement. The certification encompasses expertise in Engineering, Infrastructure, Roads, Bridges, and Building Construction. The certificate, issued on October 23, 2024, remains valid until September 23, 2026. The Managing Director of...

Adult Children Of Divorced Parents Face Stroke Risk –Study

24.01.2025

A recent study by researchers in the United States and Canada has found that older adults are at greater risk of having a stroke if they experienced their parents divorcing during childhood. Results of the study were published online in ‘PLOS One’. Among Americans aged 65 and older, one in nine whose parents had divorced...

Sultan Maccido Institute Moves To Boost Girls’ Education

24.01.2025

Sokoto State-owned Sultan Maccido Institute for Qur’anic and General Studies is to partner with the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to boost girls’ education enrollment. Director Abubakar Alhaji said the partnership is necessary due to the decline in girls’ enrollment, particularly in the school. Abubakar attributed the decline to parents’ reluctance to enroll...

Tinubu’s Govt Not About Party, But People, Good Governance

24.01.2025

…Tinubu Votes in N50bn for Abuja’s Communities Water supply The Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike on Thursday said that President Bola Tinubu was not after a political party as much as he is about the people’s welfare and general good governance. Wike disclosed this at Kuje Area Council when he commissioned one...

Trump Sends Strong Message To World Leaders

24.01.2025

The newly inaugurated President of the United States, Donald Trump on Thursday told the business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to manufacture in the US or face tariffs. New Telegraph reports that after President Trump’s inauguration on Monday, he said Washington could impose steep tariffs on major trading partners Canada, Mexico and...

Student Loan: N116.184bn Disbursed So Far

24.01.2025

…Gets N58.4 bn budget envelope for 2025 Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), on Thursday, disclosed that it has disbursed N116. 184 billion for the upkeep of students across 176, 252 beneficiary institutions in the country as of 1st January 2025. Despite the enormity of the responsibility of the agency, the Education Loan Fund was, however,...

Senate Committee Passes 2025 Budget Estimates For OAuGF

24.01.2025

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts (SPAC), on Thursday, approved the 2025 budget estimates for the Office of Auditor General of the Federation (OAuGF). The Committee Chaired by Senator Aliyu Wadada Ahmed (SDP, Nasarawa West), had on Tuesday this week, asked the Auditor-General of the Federation, Shaakaa Kanyitor Chira, to give clarification on grey areas...

Oyo Assembly Seeks Regulation Of Number Plates To Curb Criminal Activities

24.01.2025

Oyo Assembly Seeks Regulation Of Number Plates To Curb Criminal Activities Sola Adeyemo, Ibadan The Oyo State House of Assembly has waded into stemming the tide of criminality in the state by introducing a motion to regulate the use of covered number plates, unregistered vehicles, political stickers, and dealer number plates. The motion, which was...

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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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