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Oil Resumption: Ogoni Demands 20 Per Cent Revenue From FG

04.04.2025

Ogoni have demanded 20 per cent revenue from the Federal Government as proceeds of oil mining for the development of the area. The Forum of Kingdom Coordinators and Chapter leaders of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (FKCCL MOSOP) said the funds should be administered by the Ogoni Development Authority (ODA). The...

Edo Guber: Tribunal Judgement A Miscarriage Of Justice –PDP

04.04.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the judgement of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is a miscarriage of justice. The party in a statement yesterday added that the judgement was a betrayal of the trust Nigerians invested in the...

Rivers: State Of Emergency Declaration Has Security, Economic Implications – Ex-DSS Director

04.04.2025

A retired Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Dennis Amachree, has expressed deep concerns about the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, saying the action could lead to escalation of tensions. According to the security consultant: “The history of militancy in the Niger Delta shows...

Bishop Olinya: No Mass Killings, Arson In Eha-Amufu

04.04.2025

The Anglican Bishop of Eha-Amufu Diocese in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State Rev. Daniel Olinya has refuted the reports of mass killings and arson in Eha-Amufu. He said although the council in general as well as the EhaAmufu communities and farm settlements had suffered attacks by herders over the years, security has...

Int’l Travels: NCAA Threatens Sanctions Against Erring Airlines

04.04.2025

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to sanction international airlines over reports of Nigerian passengers being denied boarding or deported midway through their travels due to visa or travel restrictions. In a press statement released in Abuja yesterday, signed by the Director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, Michael Achimugu, the NCAA condemned...

Kogi Central Constituents Vow To Proceed With Recall, Finetune Process

04.04.2025

onstituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District have thanked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for validating 208,132 (43.86 per cent) signatures in the petition submitted for the recall of the suspended lawmaker representing the district in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The constituents, who are registered voters of Kogi Central, noted that, though they...

OPS: Trump’s 14% Tariff Offers Nigeria Limited Opportunities

04.04.2025

The Organised Private Sector (OPS) yesterday raised concern over United States President Donald Trump’s imposition of 14 per cent tariff on all goods imported from Nigeria on Wednesday. He said Nigeria’s existing 27 per cent tariff on American goods was detrimental to American businesses and consumers. The US also made a sweeping trade policy overhaul,...

Emergency Rule: Rivers Women Urge Tinubu To Lift Fubara’s Suspension

04.04.2025

Hundreds of Rivers State women who came under the aegis of Rivers Women Unite for Sim (RWUS) have urged President Bola Tinubu to cancel the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other elected officers of the state. This emerged on a day the sole administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) reportedly cancelled...

Peter Obi’s Analysis Of Tinubu’s Economic Policies Lacks Substance –IMPI

04.04.2025

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has described recent comments by the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on using money to drive economic productivity as not only simplistic but also hollow. The policy group noted that Mr Obi’s position which he canvassed in a recent TV interview...

Trade Reforms: IMF Backs Nigeria’s Single Window Portal Project

04.04.2025

Nation’s domestic dollar bond issue wins West Africa Deal Award As the Federal Government initiates various reforms to boost the economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the steps with specific reference to the recently unveiled Single Window Trade Portal. The global lender gave its support to the groundbreaking initiative, which is poised to...

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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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