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Clarification: AGF’s Audit Report Not For The Current PAP Administration

03.12.2024

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has clarified that the Auditor General of the Federation’s audit report highlighting the alleged infractions in managing funds does not relate to the current administration. The report noted that the PAP illegally withdrawn over N6 billion and paid tuition fees for students without records. However, the agency stated yesterday that...

EFCC Makes Single Largest Asset Recovery Till Date

03.12.2024

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments. This is the single largest asset recovery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, since its inception in 2003. The Estate...

Okpebholo Swears In 3 Judges Rejected By Obaseki

03.12.2024

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo yesterday swore in three judges who were rejected by his immediate past predecessor Godwin Obaseki. At the ceremony at Government House, Okpebholo said he had promised to look into the case. The governor noted that 11 months after the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) only five of those...

Nigeria Raises $2.2bn From Fresh Eurobonds Auction

03.12.2024

Nigeria has raised $2.2 billion through its latest Eurobonds auction, according to a statement issued by the Debt Management Office (DMO) late yesterday. The statement said that Nigeria successfully priced $2.2 billion in Eurobonds(Notes) maturing in 2031 (6.5-year) and 2034 (10- year) in the international capital markets on December 2, 2024, with $700 million and...

Oyo Govt Okays Over 70% Budget Increase For PWDs

03.12.2024

Oyo State Government has increased the 2025 capital budgetary allocation for Persons with Disabilities by over 70 per cent of what they received in 2024. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this in Ibadan, during the celebration of the 2024 stakeholders’ summit and International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Makinde, represented...

Group Wants Edo Language Added Into School Curriculum

03.12.2024

A group known as Great Benin Descendants (GBD), yesterday made case for the inclusion of the Edo Language into the school curriculum and to be taught in various schools with the aim of preserving the rich cultural heritage of the great Benin people. The group made the call during a stakeholder meeting with the theme:...

BPP, Others Reject Procurement Act Amendment

03.12.2024

The Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) and other stakeholders, yesterday, kicked against the proposed amendment to the Public Procurement Act, which seeks to punish contractors for unnecessarily delaying completion, or abandoning projects awarded to them. In his presentation, the Director-General of the BPP, Adebowale Adedokun, said there was no need for the amendment since the...

Zuma Int’l Film Festival Begins In Abuja

03.12.2024

The 14th Zuma International Film Festival began in Abuja yesterday. The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) Managing Director Ali Nuhu said the Nigerian film industry has embraced the digital revolution, leveraging innovative technologies to enhance production, distribution, and audience engagement. Nuhu, who spoke at the opening ceremony, highlighted the role of cinema as a transformative tool...

Vaping Decreases Blood Flow, Oxygen Levels –Study

03.12.2024

A new study has found that vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine. The research – which has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal, was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, taking place...

N’ West, N’Central At Risk Of Starvation Over Banditry –Kano PS

03.12.2024

The Northwestern Zone Coordinator of Permanent Secretaries Lauratu Ado Diso yesterday bemoaned the havoc being wreaked by bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in the North West and North Central. According to her, the development has made the areas vulnerable to hunger and starvation. The Kano State Ministry of Budget and Planning Permanent Secretary said...

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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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