Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described Tuesday’s confrontation between the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer, Lieutenant A. Yerima, over an alleged land dispute, as unnecessary and avoidable. The standoff arose from a disagreement over the ownership of a piece of land in Gaduwa District in Abuja guarded […]
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Ondo State Government has debunked the allegation that it sent N531 billion supplementary budget to the state’s House of Assembly for approval. Following is its statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication & Strategy, Comrade Allen Sowore, Esq. It was titled “Ondo State’s PDP and Its Imaginary Supplementary Budget Hoopla” “With a […]
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The federal government has revoked the national policy that required schools to use indigenous languages as a medium of instruction. Minister of Education Dr Tunji Alausa stated this yesterday in Abuja at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference. The government had approved a National Language Policy (NLP) in 2022, which stipulates that from Early […]
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The Nigerian Guild Editors have presented an eight-point plan to rescue the Nigerian media from its present state of distress to President Bola Tinubu and the 10th National Assembly. Eze Anaba, the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors , NGE, made the presentation on Wednesday at the opening of the guild’s 21st annual conference […]
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President Bola Tinubu (right); Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and President, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Eze Anaba, during the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC), 2025, held at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential […]
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The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has urged Nigerians to remain calm and refrain from panic buying of petroleum products. This is as the agency assured Nigerians that there is “adequate supply of petroleum products in the country, within the acceptable national sufficiency threshold during this peak demand period.” This was detailed in […]
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The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has stated that the proposed implementation of the 15 per cent of valorem import duty on imported Premium Motor Spirit and Diesel is no longer in view. According to a statement posted on its X handle on Thursday, the Director, Public Affairs Department, NMDPRA, George Ene-Ita, said, […]
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File: Altercation between the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and a military officer Former military Generals have expressed outrage over Tuesday’s clash between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer identified as A. Yerima, over alleged land grabbing. The veterans, in separate interviews with The Punch on Wednesday, asserted that […]
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday granted approval for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu‘s proposal to source an additional N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to bridge the funding gap in the 2025 national budget. The decision followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management, led by […]
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President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday charged Nigerian editors to uphold integrity and fairness in their reportage, describing responsible journalism as essential to sustaining democracy and national cohesion. Speaking at the opening of the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Annual Conference held at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday, Tinubu said […]
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