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NMDPRA Seals Eight Filling Stations In Delta

18.12.2024

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has sealed eight petroleum retail outlets in Warri and environs in Delta State. The alleged offences, according to the Coordinator, NMDPRA, Delta State, Victor Ohwodiasa, include operating without valid licences, under-dispensing, poor safety culture and poor housekeeping. Ohwodiasa, in an interview with journalists in Warri yesterday,...

5M Nigerian Farmers Benefit From U.S.-Nigeria Partnership

18.12.2024

The US Government says it has supported more than five million Nigerian farmers in its multifaceted agricultural partnership programmes with Nigeria since 2019 through its agency for international development (USAID). The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the partnership has helped strengthen Nigeria’s food security by increasing food...

CBN Sets New Cash-out Limits For Agent Banking Transactions

18.12.2024

Against the backdrop of growing concern that Point Of Sale (PoS) mobile agents are capitalizing on lingering cash scarcity in the country to hike their charges, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, announced several policy interventions, including new cash-out limits for agent banking transactions. In a circular to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Microfinance...

Tinubu To Spend N47bn On Agric, Medical Universities

18.12.2024

The Federal Government has allocated N47 billion to support universities of agriculture and medical schools. The allocation aims to boost agricultural innovation and healthcare training. The Minister of Education Tunji Alausa said this during a meeting with pro-chancellors of federal universities in Abuja on Tuesday. The allocation breakdown includes N30 billion for agricultural universities and...

LIRS Boss, Ayodele Subair, Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree

18.12.2024

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is delighted to announce that its Executive Chairman, Mr. Ayodele Subair, has been conferred with a doctorate degree in Business Administration (honoris causa) by the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA). Subair received the prestigious award at the institution’s 13th convocation ceremony and 25th anniversary on December 14. The...

Nnamdi Kanu Release May Not End Insecurity In S’East

18.12.2024

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has said he is doubtful that the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, would bring an end to the insecurity challenges in the South-East. Governor who expressed his doubt during a press briefing at the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia said criminals...

Aiyedatiwa Dissolves OSRC Board, Appoints New DG

18.12.2024

The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has dissolved the Kunle Adebayo-led Board and management of the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC). This decision announced on Wednesday serves as a significant restructuring of the state-owned media organization. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, the...

Ex-Archbishop Of Canterbury, George Carey Resigns As Priest

18.12.2024

A former leader of the Church of England, George Carey, has announced his resignation as a priest following allegations that he did not handle the case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct properly. Carey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, quit following a BBC investigation that reported he allowed a priest...

Abia Proceeds With Electricity Bill Legislation Despite Senate’s Prohibition

18.12.2024

In compliance with the electricity Act 2023, which empowered States to generate and distribute electricity, Abia State Government has sent the State Electricity Bill to the House of Assembly for consideration despite Senate recent resolution barring States from legislating on power. Pursuant to this, the Abia State House of Assembly has scheduled the Bill for...

ICPC Recovered Over N50bn In One Year –Chairman

18.12.2024

The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Adamu Aliyu (SAN), has announced the recovery of N50. 6 billion since his appointment on December 13, 2023. During the period under review, the Commission also seized $966, 900, as well as assets valued at N2.5 billion. Aliyu, who made the disclosure at...

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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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