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Committee On Appropriations Accuses NNPCL Of Withholding Revenue

17.01.2025

…Nigeria’s revenue may double above N49.7trn in 2026 The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola, on Thursday, lamented that a lot of revenue has been held hostage by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Adeola who spoke at the National Assembly during a stakeholder’s public hearing/ interactive session on the 2025 Appropriation...

Amaka Okeke Honoured With Nelson Mandela Leadership Award Of Excellence

17.01.2025

West Africa Youth Council inducted the Executive Director, Optiva Capital Partners; Amaka Diane Okeke as “West Africa Youth Ambassador ” and Recipient of the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence and Integrity for her persistent hard work and resounding success in rapidly improving entrepreneurship and Youth Empowerment. The ceremony had in attendance representatives of the...

Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Mercy Chinwo’s Manager

17.01.2025

A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has issued a warrant of arrest against Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, the manager of renowned Nigerian gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, over allegations of diverting $345,000 in royalties. Justice Alexander Owoeye granted the order following an ex-parte motion filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Representing the EFCC, Bilikisu Buhari,...

Kwara Commissioner Delivers Maiden Lecture At LAUTECH

17.01.2025

...Dedicates Award to Gov AbdulRazaq The Kwara State Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Dr Alabi Afeez Abolore, has delivered the maiden edition of a lecture series organised for students in the Department of Estate Management, Ladoke Akinola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, with the theme, “Estate Management between the Academics and Practitioners: the catalyst...

Abandon Plan To Restrict Education Loan To Specific Courses, CAPPA Tells NELFUND

17.01.2025

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government and Trustees of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to abandon plans to restrict access to education loans to specific courses deemed “High demand” and “Practical” to national development. The organisation described this potential direction of the policy as discriminatory, a...

BPP Saves Nigeria N1.9trn From Contracts Fraud

17.01.2025

The Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement, Dr Adebowale Adedok7n, on Thursday, said that the agency had saved Nigeria N1.9 trillion from contract fraud over the years. Adedokun stated this in Abuja, during the budget defence session BPP had with the Senate Committee on Public Procurement. He said the agency set up 17...

OPEC: Nigeria’s Crude Production Falls By 1,000b/d

16.01.2025

Nigeria’s crude oil output fell by 1,000 barrels per day in December 2024, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, (OPEC) has stated. This was contained in the Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for December 2024 released yesterday. According to the report, using direct communication, Nigeria crude oil production was 1.485million barrels per day in December...

N’Delta: Iyn Leaders Praise Tinubu, Otuaro for Transformative Leadership

16.01.2025

Leaders of the Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) have lauded President Bola Tinubu and Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, for their commitment to developing the Niger Delta region. The prominent youths group particularly cited the recent award of scholarships to over 1,700 students from the region. In a statement by the IYN President...

Report: CPI Rebasing May Lower Nigeria’s Inflation Rate

16.01.2025

The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) decision to rebase the Consumer Price Index (CPI)- used to track household expenditure- may result in the lowering of Nigeria’s high inflation rate, according to a Bloomberg report. The report noted that the changes will come into effect at the end of this month, after the publication of December...

CFG Advisory: Debt Servicing Gulping Subsidy Removal Savings

16.01.2025

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CFG Advisory, Mr. Tilewa Adebajo, has expressed concern over Nigeria’s rising debt servicing costs, which, according to him, are now being paid for by the funds that the Federal Government saved from removing the subsidy on petrol. Adebajo, who stated this in the firm’s “Nigeria 2025 economic forecast,” contended...

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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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