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Rivers Govt Directs MDAs To Stop Illegal Tax Collection

17.03.2026

The Rivers State Internal Revenue Service (RIRS) has directed all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in the state to immediately cease the direct collection of taxes, levies, and other government revenues. The RIRS, in a directive issued by its Executive Chairman, Sir Israel O. Egbunefu, also directed MDAs to desist from appointing third-party agents to...

Lagos CP Insists Task Force Officers Are Innocent

17.03.2026

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has launched a fierce defence of the Lagos State Task Force, categorically dismissing a viral video that allegedly shows its operatives extorting a motorist. In a high-stakes press briefing on Monday, the CP labelled the footage “Misleading,” “malicious,” and a gross misrepresentation of the facts. The...

Equity Mutual Funds Hit N67.5bn As Market Rally Boosts Returns

17.03.2026

Equity-based mu‑ tual funds in Ni‑ geria recorded a combined net asset value of approximately N67.5 billion as of February 2026, underscoring in‑ creasing investor appe‑ tite for equity-linked in‑ vestment vehicles amid the sustained rally in the domestic stock market. Figures compiled from the (SEC) indicate that the top 10 equity-based funds delivered strong...

CSO Urges NAHCON to Open 2027 Hajj Registration

17.03.2026

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been asked to immediately constitute a Hajj Calendar Harmonisation Committee and also open Hajj Registration for seamless exercises. The Independent Hajj Reporters, who advocated for workable policies within the Hajj industry, have advised the NAHCON to establish a special Hajj calendar harmonisation committee and commence early registration...

Bagudu Reaffirms Commitment To FG’s $1trn Economy Target

17.03.2026

Minister of Budget and Eco‑ nomic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has emphasised the importance of strong policy coordination and strategic planning in achieving the Federal Government’s ambi‑ tious economic goals. Receiving the new Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, on her assumption of duty yester‑ ay, he said the...

Families Of Missing Ebonyi Engineers Protest In Abuja

17.03.2026

The families of five engineers who have been missing since 2021 yesterday staged a protest in Abuja, asking President Bola Tinubu to order a fresh investigation into the circumstances surrounding their disappearance. Nelson Onyemeh, Ernest Edeani, Ikechukwu Ejiofor, Samuel Aneke, and Stanley Nwazulum were consultants with NELAN Construction Limited and were reportedly working on the...

Wike Warns Civil Servants Conniving With Land Grabbers

17.03.2026

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike insists civil servants often connive with land grabbers in Abuja. He said this after inspecting some road projects in the captal and Kuje, as well as a green area in the Guzape District, which an unnamed developer has allegedly illegally converted and commenced development of...

I Didn’t Interview Emefiele Directly During Investigation –EFCC Witness

17.03.2026

A prosecution witness, David Jaiyeoba, admitted that he did not personally interrogate the former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, during investigations. Emefiele, is charged with criminal breach of trust, forgery, abuse of office, conspiracy to obtain by false pretence and obtaining money by false pretence while serving as CBN governor. The Economic and Financial Crimes...

New Enugu Group Hails Gov As Icon Of Revolution

17.03.2026

The Convener of the New Enugu Group, Barr. Henry Okeke has extended warm felicitations to the Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, on the occasion of his 54th birthday, describing him as a transformational leader driving a new era of development in the state. In a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday in...

Dangote, Chinese Firm Seal $4.2bn Deal To Power Ethiopian Fertiliser Project

17.03.2026

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) and GCL Group, China’s leading private energy con‑ glomerate, have formalised a land‑ mark $4.2 billion, 25‑year natural gas supply agreement to power Dangote Group’s major expansion projects in Ethiopia. A statement yesterday said the agreement, signed in Lagos, reinforced one of the most significant China–Af‑ rica industrial partnerships to date....

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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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