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Police: Bauchi Residents Cautioned Against Climbing Network Masts For Attention
The Bauchi State Police Command has warned the public, particularly young individuals, regarding a trend of climbing telecommunications masts. According to a press release issued on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, this dangerous and careless behaviour has led to several incidents, prompting the Command to take action. The command said it had reported three significant cases...
US, Africa Summit Yields $2.5bn In New Trade Deals
The United States says the 17th US -Africa Business Summit yielded more than $2.5bn in new deals and commitments between US and African partners. The US Department of State said the summit, which held from June 22 to 25, attracted more than 2,700 US and African public and private sector leaders. The department said the summit was hosted by the Corporate...
FG Yet To Meet Gencos Despite Promises Over N4.7tn Debt
Despite the Ministry of Power’s promise that President Bola Tinubu would soon meet with power generation companies to discuss the N4.7tn debt owed to them, there has been a deafening silence, with no communication extended to the GenCos nearly two months later. Last month, the Federal Government said that it planned to pay N2tn of the N4.7tn debt before the...
Tinubu To Restore Fubara, Rivers Lawmakers In July
President Bola Tinubu is reportedly preparing to reinstate the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Rivers State House of Assembly later this month, following the successful brokering of a truce between Fubara and his predecessor, current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Presidency sources told The PUNCH that Tinubu is considering Fubara’s return to...
UN Urges For Greater Investment In Nigeria’s MSMEs
The UN agencies in Nigeria have emphasised the need for greater investment in the development of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to drive inclusive economic growth in the country. The call was made during the commemoration of the 2025 International MSMEs Day on Monday in Abuja. The event was jointly organised by the UN Industrial Development Organisation, International Labour Organisation, UN...
Dangote Refinery Reduces Petrol Price As Marketers Hold Emergency Meeting
Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has reduced its premium motor spirit ex-depot price to N840 from N880 per litre. This comes as petroleum product marketers plan an emergency meeting to drop fuel prices from Tuesday. The President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this to DAILY POST during an exclusive interview on Monday. “It is true. Dangote Refinery reduced...
2027: “We Must Work Toward Credible Elections” – Nwankwo
The Convener of the Civil Society Situation Room, Clement Nwankwo, has urged stakeholders and all meaning Nigerians to work beyond hope toward credible elections in 2027. Nwankwo, while stressing the need for deliberate action to ensure credible elections in 2027, warned that hope without effort is useless. The Convener stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “If...
SSANU Demands Immediate Salary Payment, Threatens Fresh Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to pay the outstanding two months of withheld salaries owed to its members who participated in the 2022 strike action. The union also criticized the recurring delays in the payment of salaries to staff in federal universities, noting that salaries are often disbursed weeks after other federal...
Ghana Deports Nigerian National Convicted Of Smuggling Counterfeit $100,000
A Nigerian national, Aremu Adegboyega, has been convicted by a circuit court in Accra, Ghana, for smuggling counterfeit CFA francs worth over $100,000 into the country through an unauthorized border crossing. He will be deported back to Nigeria, PUNCH Metro has learned. Presiding over the case, Justice Christiana Cann ordered Adegboyega's immediate deportation by the Ghana Immigration Service. According to Ghanaian...
“From N68m Allocation, We Built Abia” — Orji Kalu Reflects On 1999 Challenges
Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has shared some of the challenges he faced at the inception of his administration in 1999, citing extremely limited financial resources. In an exclusive interview, the Senator representing Abia North, Dr. Kalu, revealed that the first federal allocation to the state under his leadership was only N68 million, a sum he...
