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Reps C’ttee Ends 3-Day Retreat, Resolves To Probe Refinery TAM

27.09.2025

The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) is to investigate the state of the nation’s refineries before and after the shutdown. The committee also said it will inquire into the challenges of refinery owners to access crude oil supply. Chairman of the committee, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, who spoke at the end of the...

NGO Calls On Adamawa Govt To Sustain Gains Of Family Planning

27.09.2025

A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), The Challenge Initiative (TCI), has called on the Adamawa State Government to, as a matter of necessity, sustain the progress achieved in Family Planning Interventions, which have attracted‎ 69,000 new users between January 2023 and June 2025. The TCI Chief of Party, Dr Taiwo Johnson, made the call in Yola during...

Benue Links Coy Partners NAPTIP, Rescue 19 Trafficked Children

27.09.2025

The authorities of Benue Links Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued about 19 trafficked children in the last two months in the state. General Manager of the transport company, Mr Alexander Fanafa, disclosed this during an interaction with journalists in Makurdi. Mr. Fanafa...

PENGASSAN: Dangote Has Sacked Over 800 Workers

27.09.2025

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has alleged that the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE has sacked over 800 Nigerian workers. It further alleged that the management of the refinery has chosen to replace the sacked Nigerians with over 2,000 Indian workers, many of whom, it...

Lagos Set For 4th CDS Unity Basketball Tournament

27.09.2025

As part of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary, the fourth edition of the Chief of Defence Staff Unity Basketball South-West Tournament is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 30th, in Lagos State. The week-long event will parade 12 teams from the South-West, along with invited teams from other parts of the country. Fixtures will...

Gtext Group To Celebrate 10th Anniversary

27.09.2025

Gtext Holdings, through its subsidiaries Gtext Homes and Gtext Land, has announced a series of strategic developments as the company marks its 10th anniversary. The announcement included the acquisition of a licensed investment firm and plans for a landmark Guinness World Record attempt. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos at the weekend, Dr....

‘There Is Crisis In Nigeria Education Sector’

27.09.2025

Hajjia Rabia Adamu, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal College of Education, Ofeme-Ohuhu, in Umuahia, Abia State, has disclosed that the problem in the education sector is sponsored by insufficient teachers. Hajjia Adamu made this disclosure on Friday, September 26, while speaking during the maiden matriculation ceremony of the college. The Chairman said,...

Governance Is Not About Personal Gain

27.09.2025

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has reminded public officials that governance is about service and legacy, not personal gain. Governor Yusuf made this remark on Friday at Kaduna, while declaring open a three-day capacity building workshop on Anti-Corruption, Financial Fraud, Transformational Leadership, and Ethical Values for Commissioners, Special Advisers, Director Generals, and Permanent...

One Year After, Commissioners Comfort Eno, Eulogise Late Wife’s Legacy

27.09.2025

One year after the demise of his late wife, Patience Umo Eno, the College of Commissioners and Special Advisers serving under Governor Umo Eno‘s administration has once again urged the governor to take solace in God. In the same vein, they acknowledged the impact of the pet project of the Governor’s late wife, the Golden...

UNGA80: Shettima Meets UN Scribe On Security Council Bid, Others

27.09.2025

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday met with the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres at the organisation’s heeadquarters in the United States of America (USA) to discuss key issues. At the parley that took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 80 meeting of the organization, the two discussed various issues relating...

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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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