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NSC Plans To Establish More Dry Ports Nationwide

24.02.2025

As the Kaduna dry port received and cleared over 500 containers of goods within the last three months, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) is planning to establish more dry ports nationwide to provide an alternative to traditional seaports. The Director of the Kaduna Port Office, Buba Danjuma disclosed this at the weekend after a maritime industry...

Osun LG Poll: Adeleke Violated His Oath Of Office – APC

24.02.2025

For conducting local government elections in Osun State over the weekend, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Governor Ademola Adeleke has violated the oath of office he took to protect the constitution. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, stated this in a statement he issued in Abuja yesterday. Morka, who condemned the action...

Roads: Delta’ll Sustain Partnership With FG, Says Oborevwori

24.02.2025

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has made bold to say the Big Heart State will continue to sustain its willingness to partner with the Federal Government for its overall socio-economic development. The governor, who spoke at the inauguration of the reconstructed 9.6km Abraka – Oben road, and the reconstruction flag-off of the failed portions of...

Ogun To Benefit As World’s Largest Protein Producer Invests $2.5bn In Nigeria

24.02.2025

Ogun State is set to reap huge benefits as the largest protein producer in the world, as JBS of Brazil, has indicated interest in investing $2.5bn in the livestock subsector of Nigeria’s economy. The Controlling Shareholder of the company, Mr. Wesley Batista, gave this indication yesterday when officials of his firm, led by the Controlling...

SERAP Takes CBN To Court Over ‘Unlawful’ ATM Fee Hike

24.02.2025

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its decision to increase Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees, which the organization describes as “unlawful, unfair, unreasonable, and unjust.” In a recent directive, the CBN announced that ATM withdrawals made at machines outside bank premises...

Oil Theft: Tantita, NSCDC Renew Partnership Strategies

24.02.2025

The Tantita Security Services Limited and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have renewed their partnership strategies to combat the menace of oil criminality in the Niger Delta region. The CommandantGeneral of NSCDC, Dr. Abubakar Audi, who led a team of top officers of the formation in the region, during an operational facilities...

Ex-Presidential Amnesty Students Back Otuaro

24.02.2025

Former leaders of the National Association of Presidential Amnesty Students (NAPAS) have expressed their support for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Administrator Dennis Otuaro. In a statement yesterday by the immediate past President Patrick Ipidei, NAPASA condemned the Niger Delta Liberators and Ex-Agitators Forum (NDLEF)’s protests against Otuaro. The group said: “We have watched with...

Lucky Mane Reflects On Creating Opportunities For Youths

24.02.2025

Onyeachonam Goodluck Chikwesiri, popularly known as Lucky Mane, has established himself not only as a business leader but also as a philanthropist committed to creating opportunities for young Africans. Through his company, Lucky Mane Group Ltd, he has transformed countless lives by providing training, mentorship, and financial assistance aimed at empowering youth to achieve economic...

Ex-Presidential Amnesty Students Tackle Detractors Of Otuaro

24.02.2025

Former leaders of the National Association Of Presidential Amnesty Students (NAPAS) comprising beneficiaries have taken exception to what they termed repeated and recycled lies against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dennis Otuaro, by some unscrupulous elements hiding under the cloak of ‘stakeholders’. The group stated this in a statement on Sunday signed by...

Election Observer Condemn Police Interference, Commend OSSIEC

24.02.2025

The Coalition of Election Observer Groups has commended the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) and the people of Osun State for their peaceful conduct during the Local Government elections. Sunday Telegraph had earlier reported that the Local Government election was held in Osun on Saturday, February 22, 2025 with People’s Democratic Party’s candidates winning...

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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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