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NIMASA Urges Stakeholders To Prioritise Sustainable Maritime Practices

19.03.2025

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has emphasised the need for Africa to prioritise sustainable and responsible maritime practices in line with international frameworks as the continent develops. The Director General of NIMASA, Dayo Mobereola explained at the maiden Africa Strategic Summit on Shipping Decarbonisation held at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja that...

Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Commissioning Of 16 Blocks Of Classrooms

19.03.2025

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 flag off the official commissioning of 16 Blocks of classrooms, comprising a total of 408 classrooms in public schools across the state’s six education districts in the state. According to the Chairman of the Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (SCRPS), Hakeem Smith,...

Rivers Crisis: How We Averted Bloodbath In Abalama

19.03.2025

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has said it averted what could have been a major bloodbath in Abalama, Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Saturday during a reception in honour of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The IYC, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its...

Civil Servants Warn Rivers Assembly Over Budget Delay

18.03.2025

A coalition of concerned civil servants in Rivers State, and the Rivers Solidarity for Good Governance, have warned the state House of Assembly of a mass resistance action over the delay of the 2025 budget. The workers said that the delay of the lawmakers has obstructed governance, warning that there will be mass resistance if...

Conflicts, Tension Reduced In The Niger Delta

18.03.2025

Leaders and Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), have said that Dennis Burutu Otuaro’s leadership in the last one year, has helped to reduce tension and conflicts in the Niger Delta Region. This they said has been made possible by him working closely with ex-agitators, community leaders and government agencies to maintain stability by...

Tinubu Declares Six-Month State Of Emergency In Rivers

18.03.2025

In a decisive move to address the escalating political turmoil in Rivers State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a six-month state of emergency, effectively dissolving the state’s executive and legislative branches. This announcement came during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday at 7:00 PM, transmitted live via the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal...

Senate Moves To Compel Social Media Platforms Have Offices In Nigeria

18.03.2025

The Senate, on Tuesday stepped up its determination to use legal means to compel all social media platforms operating in Nigeria to establish physical offices in the country. Accordingly, the piece of legislation, titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, set to mandate the establishment of physical offices...

Bamidele: Beneficiaries Of Subsidies Ganged Up Against Tinubu’s Govt

18.03.2025

Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele yesterday explained how key beneficiaries of fuel subsidies made governance difficult for President Bola Tinubu in the first eighteenth month of his administration. Bamidele, currently representing Ekiti Central in the Senate, also expressed confidence that the 2025 Appropriation Act would largely solve the country’s socio-economic challenges not only at the national...

N’Delta Youths Hail Soneye’s Contributions

18.03.2025

Niger Delta youths have commended the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Oladapo Soneye, for his contribution to the development of the region. The Niger Delta Youths under the aegis of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas and Pipeline Impacted States Youth Council of Nigeria and HOSTCON...

Ogun Guber: AGF Lacks Power To Prosecute Offences Under Electoral Act – Court

18.03.2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday, declared that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), lacked the power and authority to initiate, maintain and prosecute offences under the Electoral Act, 2022. In a judgment delivered, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could...

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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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