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Ibeto Seaport Rakes In N4.24bn Shortly After Take-Off

22.09.2025

The Ibeto Seaport and Terminal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded ₦4.24 billion in revenue within just two months of operation, its pioneer Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Usenat Abubakar, has revealed. Speaking during a press briefing at the command headquarters, Abubakar disclosed that the first Single Goods Declaration (SGD) was captured on...

Ibas Must Account For Money Spent – Annkio Briggs

22.09.2025

Annkio Briggs, an environmentalist and human rights activist, has called on the immediate past sole administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, to account for the money spent during his six-month administration. Speaking, who spoke on Monday in an interview on Channels Television, Briggs alleged that Ibas spent the state money and should be held accountable....

Cases That’ll Shape New Legal Year

22.09.2025

As the nation’s judiciary resumes for the 2025/26 new legal year, there are a number of high profile cases being prosecuted by antigraft agencies which commenced years ago and are still pending before the various courts. AKEEM NAFIU and TUNDE OYESINA examine some of these cases Nnamdi Kanu The self acclaimed leader of the proscribed...

Soludo-Ekwunife Face Off: Lawyer Seeks Amendment Of Oaths Act

22.09.2025

A legal practitioner, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has urged the Nigerian Law Reform Commission (NLRC) to urgently amend the Oaths Act, 1963, to reflect modern realities and incorporate religious items such as the Bible and the Blessed Sacrament. In an open letter addressed to the Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Jaja argued that the existing...

Gov Aliyu Lauds Maituta Family For Philanthropic Efforts

22.09.2025

Sokoto State Governor, Dr Ahmad Aliyu, has urged descendants of the Ibrahimu Maituta Family Dynasty to redouble their efforts towards unity, tolerance, and understanding for the development of the state and Nigeria as a whole. Aliyu stated this during a grand reunion reception meeting organised by the Ibrahimu Maituta Foundation, held at Sokoto State Ummaru...

Tinubu To Declare 2025 Editors’ Annual Conference Open

22.09.2025

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the elite professional body of Managing Directors, Directors of News and Editors of print, broadcast and corporate online organisations, will hold its 2025 All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) from November 3-6, 2025 at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to a press statement yesterday by Eze Anaba and...

2027: APC Chief Canvases Tinubu/ Kwankwaso Alliance

22.09.2025

A chief of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Sam Nkire, has advised President Bola Tinubu to bring back the former Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to the ruling party, in order to further boost the party’s chances of securing victory in the next presidential election. Nkire, a pioneer member of the...

Rivers: Controversy Over IBAs’ N5bn Verification Savings Claim, Last Minute Appointments

22.09.2025

The claims by Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), the former Sole Administrator of Rivers State that his administration recovered the sum of N5 billion from a verification exercise for workers and pensioners has sparked controversy with some of the affected workers, alleging that the figure was inflated to prove his administration exhibited fiscal discipline. With...

NextMoney Set To Unveil Top 100 Firms In Nigeria

22.09.2025

NextMoney, a publication of Centre for Financial Journalism Ltd/Gte, is set to unveil Nigeria’s Top 100 Companies and host NextMoney Top 100 Companies Awards to celebrate the country’s highperforming companies. The unveiling and the award ceremony is scheduled for 5.00pm on October 3, 2025 at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. The...

BBNAIJA S10: Joanna, Kuture Leave BBNaija In Back-To-Back Evictions

22.09.2025

It was a night of surprises in the Big Brother Naija Season 10 House as viewers witnessed not one but two unexpected evictions immediately after last Saturday night party. The evening took a dramatic turn when Bright Morgan and Thelma Lawson were announced as the first set of housemates up for eviction. The announcement left...

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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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