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FEC Approves ₦13bn, $34m For Transmission Project, Transformer Upgrade

13.08.2025

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved ₦13 billion for right-of-way compensation under the Lagos Industrial Transmission Project, as well as $34 million for the procurement and installation of high-capacity transformers to upgrade Nigeria’s national electricity grid. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the FEC meeting chaired by...

Anambra Police Arrest Six Recover Arms, Illicit Drugs

13.08.2025

Six suspected cultists were on Wednesday arrested by the Anambra Police Command at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area. The raid which was carried out by the anti-cultism squad in Enugu Ukwu Njikoka Local Government Area saw the recovery of arms and substances suspected to be illicit drugs in the area. According to the...

Davido Speaks On Collaboration With Omah Lay, ‘With You’

13.08.2025

Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed that “With You”, his smash-hit collaboration with Omah Lay, almost didn’t make it onto his latest album, 5Ive. Speaking in an interview with ABC News, the Unavailable crooner admitted that he seriously considered cutting the track from the project. “It almost didn’t make...

NISO To Resolve Tariff Adjustment By Enugu Regulatory Agency

13.08.2025

The Nigerian Independent System Operator, NISO, has intervened in the tariff adjustment carried out by Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (ESERC), with a view to finding a common ground to resolve the crisis amicably. Speaking at the stakeholders meeting convened by NISO on Wednesday in Abuja, the Managing Director/CEO of the agency, Engr. A. B....

Okpebholo Approves Employment Of Youths Into State Civil Service

13.08.2025

The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved the recruitment of youths into the Edo State Civil Service as part of efforts to tackle unemployment and fast-track development across the State. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally for the Edo Central Senatorial By-election scheduled for August 16, 2025, in Irrua, Esan Central...

Shippers Council Boss, Akutah Hails Tinubu’s Bold Reforms

13.08.2025

…Says Subsidy Removal Yielding Results The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Barr. Pius Akutah has commended President Bola Tinubu on his bold and courageous reforms, especially in the economic sector. Akutah, who disclosed this while speaking with Benue Conference of Journalists (CBJ), who paid him a courtesy call in Abuja said the...

Insecurity: Niger Govt To Install Early Warning Alarm In Public Schools

13.08.2025

As part of plans to overcome the barriers to learning caused by insecurity in Niger State, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Dr Hadiza Asabe Mohammed has disclosed that the government has resolved to upgrade security infrastructure in public schools. While decrying the detrimental impact of insecurity on the state’s education system, she said plans...

UAE/Nigeria Relations Strengthen As Trade, Investment Flourish

13.08.2025

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Federal Republic of Nigeria continue to deepen bilateral ties through strengthened trade, economic cooperation, and diplomatic engagement, reinforcing a relationship that has grown steadily over the years. Since the inauguration of the UAE Consulate General in Lagos in 2019, the partnership between both nations has expanded across key...

EKSG Partners Foundation To Boost Creative Sector

13.08.2025

… As 50,000 Tourists set to visit Ekiti for Theatre Festival The Ekiti State Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy has keyed into a private-public partnership to advance the creative sector in Nigeria. The partnership is carried out in conjunction with the Duke of Shomolu Foundation, a prominent Lagos-based organisation owned by a reputable...

Ogun Govt Extends Deadline For Presentation Of Property Documents

13.08.2025

The Ogun State Government has extended the deadline for property owners/occupiers affected by the ongoing audit exercises to submit their title documents by two weeks. This was contained in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olatunji Odunlami According to the Commissioner, this extension is aimed...

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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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