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Lagos Govt Committed To Driving Economic Growth Through Water Tourism, Says Benson-Awoyinka

24.12.2024

Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, has expressed the commitment of the State government to drive the economic growth of the state through water tourism, stressing that it would also boost tourism and create job opportunities as well as boost local business. The commissioner made this disclosure during the recent...

Tinubu Approves N95bn For Kano Dams, Eastern Bypass

24.12.2024

President Bola Tinubu has approved N95 billion for the rehabilitation of over 16 dams in Kano State to boost irrigation farming as well as the construction of the Eastern Bypass. The Hadejia River Basin Development Authority Director Finance of Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso said already a technical committee on the evaluation of dams had been Inaugurated...

Budget: ActionAid Seeks Accountability, Inclusive Implementation

24.12.2024

An NGO, ActionAid Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government to ensure accountability and inclusive implementation of the 2025 budget. Communications Coordinator of the organisation, Oluwakemi Akinremi-Segun, said it was only by doing this that the federal government could achieve its goals on the 2025 budget. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akinremi-Segun stated...

Leadway Holdings Champions Safety With December On-Lock Campaign

24.12.2024

Leadway Holdings, Nigeria’s foremost non-banking financial services group, is once again prioritising the safety of its customers and the risk protection of their belongings through its annual December On-Lock campaign. Now in its third year, this initiative reaffirms Leadway’s dedication to safeguarding lives, assets, and wellbeing during a season renowned for heightened activity and celebration....

Farotimi Meets Bail Conditions, Released From Correctional Center

24.12.2024

…as activist sets free from Remand The Federal High Court and the Ekiti State Magistrate Court have granted the application of the human rights activist and Lagos-based lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi on Tuesday, December 24, was set free from the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. Farotimi’s legal counsel while confirming his release...

PMS: MRS Enforces N935 Price Slash Nationwide

24.12.2024

MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, a prominent player in the Nigerian downstream oil industry, has implemented a new petrol price of N935 per litre across all its retail service stations nationwide. This follows an announcement by the President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has partnered with MRS Oil and Gas...

NNPC Ltd, OGMP 2.0 Committed To Methane Transparency, Net Zero Goals

24.12.2024

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has officially joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 for methane transparency and net zero goals. It stated that this milestone aligned with the company’s sustainability-focused strategy and its target of achieving net zero methane intensity by 2030 and a key step towards advancing methane...

OPC Urges Tinubu To Declare State Of Emergency On Food

24.12.2024

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) loyal to late Frederick Fasehun, on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a state of emergency on food nationwide. OPC also expressed sorrow over the death of over 65 Nigerians rushing for donated free foodstuffs. In a statement by its General Secretary, Comrade Bunmi Fasehun, lamented the reported...

NCS: Why Wheelchairs, Crutches Not Allowed In Correctional Centres

24.12.2024

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) has said wheelchairs and crutches can be used as weapons and therefore not allowed in custodial centres. A representative of the NCS in Abia State Superintendent Frederick Iheke said this during a stakeholders’ meeting on the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) organised by the Center for Transparency Advocacy. He...

Ifelodun LG Commences Non-Indigene Registration

24.12.2024

The Executive Chairman of Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA), Kwara State, Hadji Abdulrasheed Femi Yusuf, has inaugurated a 20-member committee to commence immediate registration of non-indigenes residing in the LGA. The committee, according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Abdulqadri Jimba, has been tasked with establishing a comprehensive registration process...

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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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