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Dec

2023

FG Lists More Motor Parks For 50% Transport Fare Rebate

FG lists more motor parks where Nigerians can enjoy 50% rebate on transport fare for return trips during the festive season. I. Lagos – Join from Oshodi Terminal 3 II. Abuja - Join from Jabi Park III. Onitsha - Join from Umugo Park (Port Harcourt Road) IV. Aba - Join from Abia Polytechnic, Aba V. Kano - Join from Balmary Park, Ring Road/Maidugri Bypass, Hotoro VI. Kaduna - Join from Mando Park (Lagos route), VII. Join from Television Garage for Eastern route VIII. Jos - Join from Gadabiu Luxury Park IX. Enugu - (Abakiliki/Nsukka) - Join from Old Park in…

Dec

2023

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Ahmed Musa Gives House To Journalist

Abuja, News Flash, Philanthropy

Ahmed Musa Gives House To Journalist Joan Iwuchukwu an Abuja based Journalist in Nigeria, who got a call from Ahmed Musa, the Super Eagles captain that she is now a proud owner of a house in Abuja "I was sleeping when I got a call and I answered, but what I heard woke me off from sleep immediately. I have given you a house in Abuja and my lawyer will contact you and finalise the legal document with you, says the caller, who happens to be Ahmed Musa. I was not feeling too fine, a bit sick, but when I…

Dec

2023

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Jubilation As Tinubu Approves Disbursement Of N-Power Stipends Due For 9 Months

Abuja, Economy, News Flash

This directive follows a report from SaharaReporters highlighting the plea of N-Power beneficiaries from Batch ‘C,’ organized under the National Association of N-Power Beneficiaries. In their communication to the President, they urged him to address the issue of unpaid stipends and requested the summoning of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, for an inquiry into the prolonged nonpayment....CONTINUE READING Expressing their dissatisfaction, the beneficiaries, through their National Publicity Secretary, Adeshina Adex, emphasized that the N-Power management had failed to distribute stipends over the past nine months. They revealed that, in the months of October, November, and…

Dec

2023

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We Will Always Uphold Media Freedom, Respect Divergent Views – President Tinubu

Abuja

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU: WE WILL ALWAYS UPHOLD MEDIA FREEDOM, RESPECT DIVERGENT VIEWS President Bola Tinubu says his administration will always uphold media freedom and respect opinions, whether they are adversarial or complimentary to his government. The President made the pledge on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with members of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN). President Tinubu assured NPAN members that he would carefully consider their request for a review of policies affecting the paper industry, acknowledging concerns about existing regulations hindering local access to newsprint. Speaking on the challenges faced by travellers during the…

Dec

2023

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FCT-IRS Generates Over N203bn

Abuja, IGR, News Flash

FCT-IRS Generates Over N203bn The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service has disclosed that it generated about N203bn in 2023, representing a 63% increase from the N124bn it generated in 2022. Acting Chairman of the FCT-IRS, Haruna Abdullahi, disclosed at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, where he also revealed that the service hoped to generate about N250bn in 2024. The PUNCH earlier reported that the Service had generated N98.5bn in seven months between January and July 2023, as opposed to the N65.7bn generated in 2022 within the same period. Abdullahi said the revenue tax collection of the FCT…

Dec

2023

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Gbajabiamila Described As A Magician For Turning Wike Into A Cook And Comedian

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Presidency

Eze Commends Ganduje For Deceiving Wike To Think That Rivers APC Structure Will Be Handed Over To Him … Describes the CoS to President Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila as a Magician for Turning Wike into a Cook and Comedian …Says Karma is Aggressively in a Hurry Against the FCT Minister Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, says the law of nature is at work against FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who is currently picking a fight against Rivers Governor, Siminialayi Fubara over who steers the…

Dec

2023

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Senate President Akpabio Collapses After His Birthday Colloquium In Abuja…..

Abuja, National Assembly, News Flash

Senate President Akpabio Collapses After His Birthday Colloquium In Abuja, Wheeled On Stretcher Into ‘Special Room’ In Hospital Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday collapsed at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja and was rushed to the hospital. According to SaharaReporters, Akpabio slumped while seeing President Bola Tinubu off. Tinubu and other dignitaries had gathered at the Congress Hall of the hotel for a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday of the Senate President in Abuja. Sources told SaharaReporters that Akpabio was briefly stabilized before being taken to the hospital. “Senate President Akpabio collapsed today after his 61st birthday colloquium…

Dec

2023

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Abuja Newspaper Distributors’ President Abducted, Kidnappers Demand N15m

Abuja, Crime, News Flash

Abuja Newspapers Distributors’ President Abducted, Kidnappers Demand ₦15m The President, Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association, John Emmanuel, was kidnapped by bandits in a ‘one-chance’ vehicle in the Giri area of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday night. The PUNCH exclusively gathered that the kidnappers have demanded ₦15m ransom from his family. Our correspondent gathered that Emmanuel was abducted on the Giri Highway around 8pm on Tuesday on his way back home. The victim’s wife, Mrs Uche Emmanuel, on Wednesday, in an interview, confirmed her husband’s abduction while also noting that his abductors have reached out to the family demanding ₦15m ransom…

Dec

2023

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Rivers Crisis: FGN Breaks Silence Over Wike, Fubara Feud

Abuja, News Flash, Politics, Presidency

(Rivers Crisis): FG Breaks Silence Over Wike, Fubara Feud The Federal Government said on Wednesday it has no hand in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State involving the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, his loyalists, and Governor Similaye Fubara. The government emphatically declared that Wike’s position is not shared by the government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this in a chat with State House correspondents after briefing on the outcomes of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja. He…

Dec

2023

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Head Of Presidential Election Appeal Court Panel And Others Get Supreme Court Job

Abuja, Judiciary, News Flash

BREAKING: Head Of Presidential Election Appeal Court Panel Gets Supreme Court Job Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge for the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 poll, is one of those that have just been recommended to the Supreme Court bench by the National Judicial Council. Tsammani presided over the five-man appeal court panel that included Justice Stephen Adah, Justice Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Justice Moses Ugo and Justice Abba Mohammed. The PEPT, in a unanimous decision, held that the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi,…