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Nigeria To Partner Bloomberg On Global Investment Appeal

25.12.2024

As part of efforts to attract investors into the countty, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), is set to partner with financial news outfit, Bloomberg, in a two-year initiative. At a meeting with the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, in his...

Christmas: Akpabio Urges Nigerians To Show Love, Unity

25.12.2024

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Christmas as an avenue to exude peace, love and unity. Akpabio, in a Christmas message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh in Abuja yesterday, said the festive period called for celebration and reflection. He said: “In the spirit...

Egbetokun: Police Arrested 30,313 Suspects, Rescued 1,581 Kidnap Victims In 2024

25.12.2024

The fight against terrorism, banditry, armed robbery and other violent crimes in the country resulted in the recovery of 1,984 assorted firearms, 23,250 rounds of ammunition, and 1,438 stolen vehicles in the last one year, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, said yesterday. Egbetokun spoke yesterday during a strategic meeting with senior officers...

Broadband: Telecoms Firms Task Govt With Improving Infrastructure

25.12.2024

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has called on the Federal Government (FG) to address the infrastructural deficit, economic constraints and systemic challenges of broadband internet expansion. The association’s president, Mr Tony Emoekpere, made the call on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ways to address the barriers...

Professors Protest UniAbuja’s VC Selection Process

25.12.2024

University of Abuja (UniAbuja) professors yesterday protested against the selection process of a new Vice-Chancellor. The school has been plunged into crisis over the appointment process for a new VC following Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah in July. The protesters accused the Marshall Saddiq Kaita Governing Council in cahoots and certain staff members of trying to install...

LPDC Rejects Afe Babalola’s Request To Debar Farotimi

25.12.2024

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a petition filed by Aare Afe Babalola’s law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, seeking the revocation of Dele Farotimi’s practising licence over criminal defamation and professional misconduct. In the petition, Emmanuel Chambers alleged that Farotimi, in his book: ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’ made defamatory assertions against the...

Nigerians’ll Enjoy Further Fuel Price Reduction In 2025 — IPMAN

25.12.2024

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Associations of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that Nigerians will enjoy further reductions in the prices of petroleum products, especially fuel even next year. The National Public Relations Officer, IPMAN, Chinedu Ukadike gave the assurance in an interview with New Telegraph yesterday. He described the current reduction of fuel prices in the...

Mbah Signs N971bn 2025 Budget, Promises Diligent Implementation

25.12.2024

The Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has signed the N971 billion 2025 Appropriation Bill into law, vowing that his administration would diligently implement the budget to achieve the target of exponential economic growth and inclusive prosperity for the state. The budget comprises N837.9 billion Capital Expenditure, representing 86 per cent of the budget,...

Import Tax Adjustments Cut Value Of Nigerians’ Vehicle Imports To N463bn

25.12.2024

The value of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) importation by Nigerians has been cut by prevailing charges with regard to Import Adjustment Tax (IAT). Findings by New Telegraph shows an estimated value of N463 billion ($280.7 million) for SUV importation in 2024 due to IAT levy of two per cent of the value of the vehicle....

Tinubu At Christmas: Nation On Promising Path Of Restoration, Progress

25.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu has assured that the country was on the path of restoration and progress. The President stated this in his Christmas message to the people across the country yesterday. The President, who extended his heartfelt greetings to Christians in the country as they commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, also called...

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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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