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Assets Declaration: 9 Ministers, 43 Perm Secs, 40 Directors Verified –CCB

29.10.2025

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has disclosed that its newly established Financial Investigation and Fraud Analysis Unit (FIFAU) has reviewed more than 500 asset declaration forms. The Bureau’s Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Bello, made this known in a statement outlining his achievements after one year in office. The statement, released in Abuja yesterday, and made...

Tinubu Selfish For Sacking Service Chiefs, Says Atiku’s Aide

29.10.2025

Demola Olarewaju, a Senior Political Aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday criticised President Bola Tinubu for sacking some Service Chiefs. Recall that Tinubu had on Friday fired the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, replacing him with Gen. Olufemi Oluyede. Major Gen. W. Shaibu was appointed the Chief of Army Staff...

Transport Minister Commends Staff, Reaffirms Commitment To Welfare

28.10.2025

The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali, has reiterated his commitment to promoting staff welfare, physical fitness, and overall well-being within the Ministry. Senator Alkali made the remarks during a presentation ceremony where executives of the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT) Federation of Public Service Games (FEPSGA) team, led by the Director in charge of...

Nigerians Spend N15trn On Diesel Amid Power Challenges – Adelabu

28.10.2025

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has revealed that Nigerians spent approximately N15 trillion on diesel and fuel to run generators over the past year due to unreliable public power supply. Speaking at the Nigeria Energy Summit organized by Informa Markets in Lagos, Adelabu noted that the narrative is beginning to change under President Bola...

Abbas Calls For Stronger Diplomatic, Inter-Parliamentary Ties With EU

28.10.2025

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has called for deeper partnerships to strengthen inter-parliamentary relations between Nigeria and the European Parliament. He made the call while hosting a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) of the European Parliament, who paid a courtesy visit to the National Assembly on Tuesday. Represented...

5,200 Women Receive N50,000 Each Under Yusuf’s SME Start-up Scheme

28.10.2025

A total of 5,200 women from Kano State’s 44 Local Government Areas have received N50,000 each under the government’s Small Scale Capital Start-up Programme, part of Governor Abdullahi Umaru Yusuf’s monthly women empowerment initiative. Speaking at the Government House on Tuesday, Governor Yusuf said the programme is part of his administration’s sustained economic empowerment strategy,...

Group Urges Ondo Govt To Address Insecurity, Education, Others

28.10.2025

The Ondo Redemption Front (ORF) has alleged that there is a widening disconnect between the government and the governed in Ondo State. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the Chairman and Secretary of the group, Dr Ayodeji Ologun and Barrister Adedotun Ajulo, said there are cracks in the security, education, health, and infrastructure sectors...

NAWOJ Zone D Calls For Enhanced Security Measures

28.10.2025

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Zone D has called for strengthened security measures to curb the rising wave of violent crimes and attacks across the country, particularly in the North Central region. The call was issued in a communique at the end of the Zone D Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) meeting held in...

Leventis Foundation, NYSC Offer N20m Agribusiness Grants To Youth Corps Members

28.10.2025

The Leventis Foundation Nigeria and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Tuesday announced plans to attract youth corps members to agribusiness through N20 million in grants. The announcement was made in Abuja by the Executive Director of Leventis Foundation Nigeria, Hope Usieta, at a press conference. Usieta revealed that the full grant package would...

Police Seal Nestoil Headquarters As First Bank Seize Assets Over $1bn Debt

28.10.2025

On Tuesday, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) sealed the Lagos headquarters of Nestoil Limited following a Federal High Court order permitting First Bank of Nigeria and its subsidiary, FBNQuest Merchant Bank, to take over the company’s assets over an alleged multibillion-dollar debt default. The enforcement followed Justice D. I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court,...

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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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