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NAHCON Announces Cuts In 2026 Hajj Fares

11.11.2025

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced a downward review of the 2026 Hajj fares for intending pilgrims across the country. The move was after President Bola Tinubu, in October, through his Deputy Chief of Staff, Sen. Ibrahim Hadeija, directed NAHCON to reduce the cost of the 2026 Hajj fares that it had...

Airport Security: FAAN Seeks Replacement Of Obsolete National Facilitation Programme

11.11.2025

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, has called on the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on the need to release or upgrade the national facilitation programme. There are indications that the current Nigerian National Facilitation Programme (NNFP) is obsolete and may not meet the dynamics of airport...

PDP National Convention: Oyo Court Adjourns Suit To Nov 12

11.11.2025

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan yesterday again adjourned the hearing of a motion on notice in a case filed by Folahan Adelabi against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its Acting National Chairman, and others till tomorrow. The presiding judge, Justice Ladiran Akintola, had last week ruled on an ex-parte motion ordering the...

Tier-1 Banks Suffer N545bn Capital Erosion In 10-Day Market Crisis

11.11.2025

Investor sentiment on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) turned sharply negative over the past 10 trading days, leading to a massive N545.13 billion loss in market value across four Tier-1 banks GTCO Plc, Access Holdings Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. The sell-off, which analysts have attributed to heightened investor...

Flavanols In Cocoa May Improve Blood Flow –Study

11.11.2025

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, have found that flavanols may help counteract the effects of prolonged sitting. Findings of their study are published in ‘The Journal of Physiology’. The researchers found that young men who drank a high-flavanol cocoa drink before sitting for two hours maintained better blood flow in...

Benue Begins Biometric Review, Issuance Of New ID Cards To IDPs

11.11.2025

The Benue State government yesterday announced the commencement of the biometric review and issuance of new identity cards to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr James Aondoakaa Iorpuu, disclosed this during the distribution of food and nonfood items to the displaced population at...

Dufil Prima Foods Reaffirms Commitment To Empower Educators

11.11.2025

Dufil Prima Foods, makers of the Indomie noodle brand, reaffirmed its commitment to education by hosting the 16th Annual Teachers’ Seminar at the University of Lagos. The event, themed “Innovative Education: Integrating 21st-Century Skills as Learning Experiences into the Curriculum,” brought together thousands of educators for a day of immersive training focused on modern teaching...

FCC Holds Workshop On Online Submission Of Nominal Roll Data For MDAs

11.11.2025

To deepen federal character at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government, the Federal Character Commission is holding a two-day sensitisation workshop for desk officers of MDAs on online submission of Nominal Roll Format and Processes. The event is holding at the ICT centre of the Nassarawa State University Keffi, Nassarawa State. The...

Flooding: Rivers Gives Relief Materials, N3m To Affected Families

11.11.2025

The Rivers State Flood Prevention and Management Committee has handed out relief materials and N3 million cash to families affected by recent flooding in Ahoada East Local Government Area, after it flagged off the exercise in the Orashi region. The Deputy Governor and Chairman, Flood Prevention and Management Committee, Prof Ngozi Nma Odu, who presented...

Multiple Taxation: Anambra Targets N60bn Revenue Profile For 2026

11.11.2025

Anambra State Government has announced that its internal revenue profile would hit N60 billion by next year ahead of the tax laws of consolidation and harmonisation of all windows. To this end, the challenges of multiple taxation and revenue loss would be put to and end through its one-stop payment to local government, state and...

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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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