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Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Advisory Council, Urges Traders To Promote Integrity

24.06.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide SanwoOlu, on Monday, inaugurated the Lagos State Market Advisory Council (LASMAC) and charged them to work diligently to improve market operations, enhance security, promote fair trade, and create an environment where businesses can flourish. Sanwo-Olu, who urged traders to shun sharp practices during business transactions, encouraged members of the Lagos...

…President Already Declared State Of Emergency On Food, Says Minister

24.06.2025

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari has recalled that on July 13, 2023, President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security and issued a presidential directive for urgent and innovative solutions. He noted that mechanisation was placed at the core of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The minister outlined...

Diri To Security Agencies: Ensure Release Of Abducted Judge

24.06.2025

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has directed security commanders in the state to ensure that a Judge of the state high court, Justice Ebieyerin Omukoro, that was abducted by armed men on Saturday in Yenagoa is released without harm. Diri disclosed this yesterday in Sagbama town during his ongoing local government thank-you tour to Sagbama...

EFCC Arrests Ex-NNPCL Top Officials For Alleged $7.2bn Fraud

24.06.2025

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries. Also in the custody of the EFCC is Jimoh Olasunkanmi,...

Senate Tasks NCS To Increase 2025 Revenue Target To N10trn

24.06.2025

The Senate, yesterday, tasked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), to pursue a revenue target of N10 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year, instead of the N6.584 trillion the agency earlier proposed. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Isah Jibrin (Kogi East), alongside other members of the Panel, gave the task when the agency came to...

PDP Disowns Spokesperson Over INEC Comment

24.06.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned its National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, and said his comment on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not authorised by the National Working Committee (NWC). Ologunagba had at an interactive session with journalists on Sunday, accused INEC of working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to scuttle...

Aiyedatiwa Sets C’ttee On Implementation Of Financial Autonomy For Judiciary

24.06.2025

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has met with the leadership of the state branch of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) with a view to resolve the issues that led to the strike action of the union. The judiciary workers had embarked on an indefinite strike action on June 13, 2025 over what...

Political Landscape Shifts In Ogun As PDP, APM Leaders Move To Join APC

24.06.2025

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday received top leaders of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) at his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, in what is being seen as a significant political realignment in the state. The delegation was led by Dr. Sikirulai Ogundele, a former PDP chairman in Ogun,...

Yelewata IDPs Plight: UNICEF Intervenes, Renders Support

24.06.2025

As the humanitarian crisis deepens for victims displaced by armed herdsmen attacks in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stepped in with critical interventions to address water, hygiene, and healthcare needs. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), currently camped at the Makurdi International Market, number over 4,685....

FCCPC To Arraign MultiChoice CEO Over Obstruction Of Investigation

24.06.2025

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) announced on Tuesday that it will be arraigning MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, its Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe, and other executives for obstructing the investigation and failing to comply with legal summons. This action follows a charge sheet marked FHC/ABJ/CR/197/2025, filed by the FCCPC legal team, led by...

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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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