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Import: MAN Flays Customs’ Re-Introduction Of 4% FoB Charge

26.08.2025

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has raised the alarm the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) re-introduction ofthe controversial four per cent Free-on-Board (FoB) charge on imports. Following this re-introduction, MAN has predicted dooms day ahead for goods clearance at the nation’s ports, affirming that it would lead to a significant increase in the cost of...

Osun Launches Nigeria’s First Multi-Sectoral Early Childhood Dev’t Strategy

26.08.2025

The Osun State Government has officially launched the Osun State Early Childhood Development (ECD) Strategy, described as Nigeria’s first multi-sectoral framework for improving early childhood care, health, and education. Speaking at the public presentation of the document on August 24 at the Ministry of Health conference room in Osogbo, the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Barrister...

Big Brother Declares Week 5 Free Eviction Week

26.08.2025

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 has taken viewers by surprise as Biggie declared Week 5 a free eviction week, nullifying all nominations made by the housemates. On Monday evening, housemates gathered in the lounge for the regular nomination process, where each contestant was required to put up two fellow housemates for possible eviction. At...

Kwara Gov Meets Ifelodun Stakeholders, Outlines Devt, Security Efforts

26.08.2025

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has held a meeting with Ifelodun stakeholders, detailing his efforts to scale up infrastructure development and keep the people safe for shared prosperity. Led by the Chairman of the Council, Hadji Femi Yusuf, the stakeholders were drawn from various layers of the local government, including serving and former public officers,...

Ezekwesili: Fuel Subsidy Removal Good Reform Done Wrongly

26.08.2025

Former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has said that it would be a herculean task to defend the President Bola Tinubu -led Federal Government of Nigeria due to its wrong policies. Speaking at the Panel Discussion at the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association conference in Enugu, yesterday, Ezekwesili reacted to the Minister of Interior, Tunji...

2027: Unlike In 2023, PDP Zones Presidency To South, Confirms Damagum As Nat’l Chair

26.08.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has agreed that its candidate in the 2027 presidential election will come from the South. This is a departure from 2023 when the ticket was thrown open to qualified Nigerians from any part of the country. The party had earlier expanded the scope of assignment of its National Convention Zoning...

Int’l Syndicates Involved In Crude Oil Theft –Ojulari

26.08.2025

Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Bayo Ojulari, has said that international syndicates are involved in crude oil theft. The NNPC chief spoke yesterday at the 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit. Ojulari said security forms a key pillar of the energy business and therefore, plays a...

Study Links Chronic Pain To Vitamin Deficiencies

26.08.2025

A study from The University of Arizona Health Sciences has found that deficiencies in key vitamins and minerals — including vitamin D, B12, folate, and magnesium have been linked with severe chronic pain. According to results of findings published in ‘Pain Practice,’ those with these deficiencies were more likely to suffer from persistent pain. The...

Police Debunk Claims On POWA Dues Remittance In Lagos

26.08.2025

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked reports alleging that senior officers were directed to remit N6,000 as 2025 POWA dues to Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun. Command spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, dismissed the allegation in a statement on Monday in Lagos, following a report published by an online media on the matter. He said the report,...

Osun 2026: APC Elders Applaud Kunle Adegoke’s Campaign Blueprint

26.08.2025

A chief of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Odo-Otin and Ifelodun Local Government Areas of Osun State have lauded the party’s leading Governorship aspirants, Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (SAN), for developing pragmatic campaign blueprint. They noted that Adegoke demonstrated capacity to address and tackle the challenges facing the state through his innovative agricultural land management...

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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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