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…Begs NUPENG To Suspend Planned Strike

08.09.2025

The Federal Government yesterday appealed to the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to suspend its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin today. The Minister of Labour and Employment Muhammad Dingyadi, who made the appeal, urged the union to reconsider its decision, warning that shutting down the petroleum sector would severely cripple...

Atayero Lauds Oyebanji’s Leadership Qualities In Ekiti

08.09.2025

…Partners N. E. Y. I., NITDA to train Ekiti Youths on Digital Skill The Royal Eminence of Atayero Royal Family of Arakale Ruling House Aramoko Ekiti, Dr Olusegun Aderemi, has lauded the leadership qualities of the Ekiti state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, in moving the state forward with development strategies. Atayero stated this during a royal...

AIBEN Group Unveils Multi-Billion Naira Mall, Urges FG To Support

08.09.2025

…Urges FG To Support Real Estate A real estate firm, AIBEN Investment and Properties Limited, has unveiled a multi-billion-naira commercial complex, CitiMall, in Lugbe, Abuja, aimed at boosting economic activities, creating jobs, and providing a one-stop hub for shopping, business, and leisure. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony,l at the weekend, Chief Executive Officer of AIBEN...

Senator Ben Bruce Pitches For Air Peace

08.09.2025

Nigerian business magnate/politician and founder of Silverbird Group, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, OON, has called on the federal government to “commit to purchasing no less than fifty per cent of all outbound seats on each Air Peace flight to Brazil until such a time when passenger traffic naturally peaks. “Without such support, he said, “the airline,...

Yeye Mofin Of Lagos, Chief Mrs. Leila Fowler, Dies At 91

08.09.2025

Chief Leila Euphemia Apinke Fowler, the distinguished Yeye Mofin of Lagos and founder of the prestigious Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, has passed away at the age of 91. Her death was confirmed by Bashorun J.K. Randle, who disclosed to journalists that she died on Saturday morning, September 6, 2025. Born on March 23,...

2027: Lone Opposition Party Going Against APC May Fail –LP

08.09.2025

Labour Party has said that unless opposition parties are united it may be difficult to dislodge the All Progressives Party (APC) in 2027 even as it also said its former Lagos State governorship candidate Rhodes Gbadebo Vivour, was so much in a haste to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Vivour defected to the ADC...

Bandits Protecting Us Against External Attacks –Katsina Community

08.09.2025

Bandits terrorising the communities have now resorted to protecting the residents from external attacks following the peace agreement in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. A resident of the Magama community Abubakar Mohammad told journalists yesterday that there is relative peace being enjoyed in the area, according to the News Agency of Nigeria...

Tyla Wins Best Afrobeats At 2025 MTV VMAs

08.09.2025

South African music sensation, Tyla has emerged winner of the Best Afrobeats category at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), all thanks to her global smash hit “PUSH 2 START.” The award, announced on Monday morning, September 8, marks a new milestone for the fast-rising star who continues to push African music to international...

First Nation Faults EFCC’s Failure To Reflect Odukoya’s Court Victory Online

08.09.2025

Chief Executive Officer of First Nation Airways Limited, Kayode Odukoya, has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for failing to update its official website to reflect his acquittal, nine months after a Lagos State Special Offences High Court cleared him of a fraud charge. He said the omission has prolonged the reputational damage...

Strike: FG Summons Dangote, NUPENG To Emergency Meeting As PETROAN Backs Action

08.09.2025

The Federal Government has summoned the management of Dangote group and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to an emergency meeting for today, in a bid to stop the planned nationwide strike by the union. The summons was routed through the Ministry of Labour yesterday. The strike which...

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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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