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Zulum Defends Northern Governors’ Stance On Tax Reform Bills

02.12.2024

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has clarified the Northern Governors Forum’s position on President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills. New Telegraph reports that despite the governors’ concerns, the bills passed a second reading in the Senate on Thursday, November 28, 2024. In an interview on Sunday, Governor Zulum addressed allegations that the north...

2025 Hajj: NAHCON Allocates 1,518 Slots To Jigawa

02.12.2024

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has allocated 1,518 slots to Jigawa for the 2025 Hajj. The Director-General (DG), Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Ahmad Labbo, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday. Labbo said the board had so far distributed 70 per cent of the total...

Seahorse Empowers Anambra Youths With N10m

02.12.2024

Seahorse Lubricants Limited Chief Executive Officer Ebuka Onunkwo yesterday announced a donation of N10 million in support of Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo’s One Youth Two Skills programme. Onunkwo who was at this year’s Anambra Youth Conference in Awka Capital City noted that youth empowerment is key to crime fighting and securing the future of...

NNPP Chief, Ajadi, Congratulates New NUJ President, Yahaya

02.12.2024

South West Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, has joined other eminent Nigerians in congratulating Alhassan Yahaya, on his election as the President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the 8th Triennial National Delegates Conference in Owerri, on November 27. Recall that last Wednesday in Owerri, Imo State,...

Rivers Crisis: Group Asks US, UK To Withdraw Visa From Fubara, Judges For Derailing Democracy

02.12.2024

The National Democratic Coalition (NDC) has asked the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and EU member states to impose a visa ban on Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and some judges. The NDC made this call during a press conference in Abuja, where it expressed alarm over the erosion of democratic principles and constitutional...

One Year After, Kaduna Inaugurates 25- Bed Hospital, Skill Centre In Tudun Biri

02.12.2024

One year after the military mistakenly bombed Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area, of Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has commissioned a 25-bed Primary Healthcare Centre and Skills Acquisition center in the area. Sani also distributed 300 bags of 50kg rice, 300 bags of 50kg maize and 500 bags of 50kg NPK fertilizer...

GDP: Financial Institutions’ Contribution Up 31.7% To N3.28trn

02.12.2024

Banks and other financial institutions, excluding insurance, contributed N3.28 trillion to Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first nine months of this year, latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows. The amount represents an increase of 31.75 per cent or N790.84 billion when compared with the N2.49 trillion that...

Jonathan To Fubara: No One Becomes General Without Fighting Wars

02.12.2024

Former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has called for an end to the political crisis in Rivers, urging the feuding parties to give peace a chance. Jonathan, who made the call at the 1st Etche Festival of Food, Art and Culture Exhibition held at Nihi Community in Etche Local Government Area of the state,...

Why I Consistently Focus On Devt Of Ogun West, By Abiodun

02.12.2024

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has declared that his administration consistently focused on the speedy development of Ogun West Senatorial District due to age-long neglect of the zone by previous administrations. Abiodun, who spoke at this year’s grand finale of Oronna Day Celebration held at Ilaro, in Yewa South Local Government Area, said despite the...

‘Many Nigerians Begging For Survival, Can’t Afford Food ‘

02.12.2024

A leader of the All P r o g r e s s i v e s Congress (APC) in Osun State Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has said the cost of food items in the country was becoming worrisome and unaffordable for the masses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The member of the defunct APC...

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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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