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Bayelsa Seeks Stake In $3.5bn Brass Fertiliser, Petrochemical Project

02.09.2025

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has called for an equity stake in the $3.5 billion Brass Fertiliser and Petrochemical Company project set to commence on Brass Island, Bayelsa State. Diri made the request on Tuesday when the company’s management team paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Yenagoa. In a statement by his Chief...

Works Underway On Damaged Shagamu-Benin Bridge -Umahi

02.09.2025

On Tuesday, the Federal Government, through the Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced urgent intervention on the damaged deck of the Benin-bound section of the Shagamu-Benin carriageway. Assuring road users of a swift and lasting solution, the Minister in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Uchenna Orji, said he is actively...

WHO Advocates Increase In Healthcare Spending From $7 To $30 Per Person

02.09.2025

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for an urgent increase in primary healthcare spending in Nigeria from $7 to $30 per person. Unit Head at the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research under WHO, Dr. Robert Marten, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the ongoing National Health Financing Dialogue themed “Reimagining...

13 S’Eagles Players Arrive Camp

02.09.2025

Preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and South Africa have kicked off, as the number of Super Eagles players recorded at camp has hit 13. On Tuesday, Promise Efoghe, the media officer to the team, revealed that nine more players arrived at the team’s camp in Ikot Ikpene. The players include...

Search For Common Ground Sets Up Peace Drafting C’ttee In Bayelsa

02.09.2025

In a bid to sustain the peace currently being enjoyed in Bayelsa State, a 19-member committee has been inaugurated to draft a bill for the establishment of a Community Peace Commission in the state. The committee’s mandate is to develop a draft bill to be presented to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, aimed at...

ITF Targets 100,000 Artisans For Global Upgrade In 2025

02.09.2025

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has announced plans to train and upgrade 100,000 artisans across Nigeria in 2025 under its flagship “Skill-Up Artisan Super” programme, as part of efforts to close the nation’s skills gap and elevate vocational training to global standards. Speaking during an inspection tour of ITF training centres in Jos, the ITF...

Group Targets High-Impact Sectors For Economic Diversification

02.09.2025

AA&R Investment Group has announced plans to invest heavily in high-impact sectors to drive Nigeria’s economic diversification and reduce dependence on oil revenue. The move aligns with the International Monetary Fund’s projection of a 3.4% GDP growth for Nigeria in 2025, creating opportunities for private-sector players to address key gaps in the economy. Founded in...

COSEYL Backs Kalu For Continuity

02.09.2025

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), the apex sociopolitical youth group in the South East, has declared unwavering support for the reelection of Abia North Senator, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, in 2027. The group made this known in a statement jointly signed by its President General, Comrade Goodluck Ibem, and Publicity Secretary, Comrade...

I Didn’t Inherit Wealth From My Father – Dangote

02.09.2025

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that his success was not built on inherited wealth but on personal effort and determination. Speaking in an interview originally published by Bloomberg on January 8, 2020, and now resurfacing online, the billionaire industrialist spoke about his family history and entrepreneurial journey. In the interview, Dangote explained that...

Alli Mourns Asiwaju Of Igboora, Celebrates Muraina On Birthday

02.09.2025

Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has paid tribute to the late Chief (Dr) Amos Adepoju, the Asiwaju of Igboora, while also celebrating Ajibola Muraina on his birthday. In a condolence message, Senator Alli described Chief Adepoju’s death as a monumental loss, calling him “a gem, a father, and a patriotic leader whose life of service...

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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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