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NEITI Urges Smarter Borrowing, Transparent Debt Mgt

10.08.2025

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has warned state governments against excessive borrowing, cautioning that heavy debt servicing is eroding their ability to fund essential services, local infrastructure, and poverty reduction initiatives. Describing the situation as a “silent fiscal emergency” undermining subnational economic stability, NEITI issued the warning in a statement signed by its...

D’Tigers Set Sights On Afrobasket Championship

10.08.2025

D’Tigers have announced their final roster for the Men’s AfroBasket Championship, scheduled to take place in Angola from August 12 to 24. Nigeria’s men’s team will be aiming for a second continental title, 10 years after clinching their first in 2015. Placed in Group B alongside Tunisia, Madagascar and Cameroon, D’Tigers will open their campaign...

AFRIMA 2025 Smashes Record With 10,717 Entries

10.08.2025

…Nominees list out on August 24. The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has once again raised the bar for music excellence, receiving an all-time high of 10,717 entries for the 2025 edition of Africa’s Global Music Awards. This development represents a substantial increase from the last edition’s 9,076 entries, with the surge in entries showing...

Atiku Condemns NYSC For Withholding Corps Member Certificate

10.08.2025

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday criticized the alleged withholding of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate from Ushie Rita Uguamaye, a corps member who publicly criticised economic hardship in the country. Sunday Telegraph recalls that Raye as she is popularly called gained public attention months ago after a viral video in which...

Zulum Approves Establishment Of Equipment Maintenance Unit

10.08.2025

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has approved the establishment of a dedicated Equipment Maintenance Unit to ensure the optimal use and upkeep of heavy machinery owned by the state. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bukar Tijani, said the move aligns with the state’s ongoing development projects and recent...

Employees Compensation Scheme, Mechanism Of Social Justice

10.08.2025

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, has described the Employees Compensation Scheme (ECS) as a vital mechanism for social justice and corporate social responsibility. Faleye, speaking in Enugu during a Servicom Stakeholders’ Engagement organised by the Fund, stressed that the ECS is designed to protect both employers...

NDLEA Arrests Church GO Over Drug Trafficking

10.08.2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday arrest the founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye) for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. In a statement issued by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the arrest said the development followed evading...

Olowu Urges Keyamo To Temper Justice With Mercy In K1, ValueJet Dispute

10.08.2025

The Olowu of Kuta, HRM Oba Dr. Hammed Oyelude Makama, CON, Tegbosun III, has appealed to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, to forgive popular fuji musician, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Anifowoshe, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, over his recent altercation with ValueJet officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja....

Secretariat Complex Of NSE Katsina Branch Commissioned

10.08.2025

The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala, FNSE, has commissioned the newly constructed Secretariat Complex of the NSE Katsina Branch, marking a historic milestone for the engineering community in the state. The event, held in Katsina was preceded by an official visit to the state governor, Dikko Umaru Radda,...

Aivoji Dissociates Lagos Pdp From Inauguration Of Congress Screening C’mtte

10.08.2025

The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Philip Olabode Aivoji, has disassociated the State Executive Committee of the party from the purported inauguration of the party’s congresses committee by the Chief Bode George group, as reported by a section of the media a few days ago. Aivoji, who made...

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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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