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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Dropped To 22.97% In May

17.06.2025

Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped to 22.97 per cent in May 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The figure represents a decline of 0.74 percentage points when compared to the 23.71 per cent recorded in April 2025. On a year-on-year basis, headline inflation fell by 10.98 percentage points from 33.95 per cent recorded in...

Elumelu: Young Africans Digitally Native, Entrepreneurial, Hungry To Build

17.06.2025

The Chairman, United Bank for Africa, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has demanded a stronger partnership to fully exploit the potential in African youths, whom he described as digitally savvy and yearning to be at the top. Elumelu stated these in his X handle while reflecting on his dinner session with French President, Emmanuel Macron, at the...

Delta: Protests Rock INEC’s Delineation Exercise, Blackout Decades Of Blackout In Ndokwa Nation

17.06.2025

A group, the Isoko Political Youth Leaders of Thought, has called for an immediate suspension of the ongoing ward delineation exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State. This was as Ndokwa people trooped to the streets of Kwale to reject decades of power outage in their...

NHCI Condemns NIHOTOUR’s Unprofessional Conduct

17.06.2025

The Nigerian Hotel and Catering Institute (NHCI) has strongly condemned what it described as the unprofessional conduct of the National Institute of Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) over the arrest of hotel personnel and disruption of operations in Lagos recently. NHCI said the action, which was allegedly in pursuit of the NIHOTOUR Act of 2022 concerning...

Rich Diets In Fruits, Vegetables Promote Better Sleep Health –Study

17.06.2025

In a new study led by the University of Chicago Medicine and Columbia University researchers, a 5-cup increase (from no intake) in fruits and vegetables, meeting dietary recommendations, was associated with 16 per cent better sleep quality. The observational study was published this month in the journal ‘Sleep Health’ However, a better understanding of this...

Moses Simon Condemns Benue Massacre, Urges Nigerians To Unite Against Violence

17.06.2025

Super Eagles forward Moses Simon has joined growing voices condemning the recent deadly attack in Benue State, calling on Nigerians to stand united against violence and injustice. The appeal comes in the aftermath of a horrifying massacre in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area, where over 200 people—primarily internally displaced persons (IDPs)—were brutally killed in an...

Banks’ Improved Cash Disbursement Reduces PoS Deals By 17% To N4.33trn

17.06.2025

Improvement in cash disbursements by banks to customers and the latter’s resistance to high charges across the country dealt a huge blow on operations of Point of Sale (PoS) terminals last month as transactions through the channel dropped by 17 per cent to N4.33 trillion. This is just as the value of transactions through electronic...

Corps Members Cry Out As Gombe NYSC Camp Deteriorates

17.06.2025

The National Youth Corps Members at the Gombe State NYSC orientation camp have raised the alarm over what they described as unsafe and degrading living conditions, urging an immediate intervention from the NYSC authorities and Gombe State Government to ameliorate their plight. The camp, according to the corpers, has now become almost uninhabitable following days...

CAN Mourns Fr. Lubo, Hails His Legacy Of Peace, Service

17.06.2025

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has mourned the passing of Chairman of CAN, Plateau State, Rev. Fr. Dr. Polycarp Lubo, who went to be with the Lord on June 15, following a brief illness after a road accident. Archbishop Okoh who described Fr. Lubo’s departure as a profound loss to himself, the Christian community...

EU, Germany Inaugurate 2 Energy Efficiency Networks In Kano

17.06.2025

The European Union (EU) in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have launched two Energy Efficiency Networks (EEN) in Kano State. These initiatives seek to support Kano State which is Northern Nigeria’s commercial and industrial hub, in addressing the energy challenges impacting the state’s economic growth and social development,...

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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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