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…ahead of May 29 •Findings on sharing $800 million palliative or using money to fix Nigeria’s four comatose refineries Nigeria oil resources, especially petrol, seem to have brought more pain than joy to the citizens.While nations such as Norway, Russia, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, through strategic planning and investment of the gains made from harnessing petroleum resources, have turned around …

Ahead of the inauguration of a new President on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s Boeing 737 Presidential jet has been flown out of the country for comprehensive maintenance, The PUNCH learned Sunday evening.  Villa sources told our correspondent that NAF 001, which has served the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the past eight years was taken out of the …

The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iyare Motors, Abel Omoruyi, is dead. Omoruyi, also the owner of the popular transport company, reportedly died on Friday night. Iyare Motors, which operates all over the country, is headquartered in Benin City, Edo State. A statement issued by the Edo State Government and signed by the Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday, said …

A Dutch man suspected of fathering more than 550 children worldwide through sperm donations has been ordered to stop. The man named Jonathan, aged 41, could be fined more than 100,000 (£88,000) if he tries to donate again. He was banned from donating to fertility clinics in the Netherlands in 2017 after it emerged he had fathered more than 100 …

•President-elect set to pull off a joker This expose on the powers and influence of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) will show that the office is very powerful, and President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu must get it right by appointing an unblemished individual and one that can be trusted. In the opaque world of …

…Parents, groups pledge to support initiatives to sustain gains of education reforms in Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, at the weekend, identified quality education as essential in improving human and capital development indices. In his remarks at the Maiden Edo Parents’ Summit, held in Benin City as part …

*Mo Ibrahim to VP:  “You are an example to all our leaders” Africa’s creative industry would expand its space significantly with the right infrastructure, provision of credit and the necessary exposure, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said. Osinbajo, SAN spoke at the first session of 2023 Ibrahim Governance Weekend today in Nairobi, Kenya, according to Laolu Akande, Special …

The Nigerian Army on Thursday conducted a historic trooping and presentation of colours parade, retiring and replacing 53 units’ regimental colours and issued 28 new ones for newly established units. The ceremony was conducted by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, in line with military tradition across the globe. Historically, the British colonial authority was the first …

The evacuees will be moved in buses from Sudan to Egypt before they will be airlifted to Nigeria. About 5,500 Nigerian students in Sudan will be evacuated due to the violence in the North African country, an official has said. The chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential …

• New government may spend N3.5 trillion in supplementary subsidy budget• MOMAN says incoming government best to plan, implement subsidy removal• Lawal, others laud suspension of subsidy removal• We’ll study it first before taking position, says Oyo TUC Despite spending over N10 trillion in less than two years and opting for a loan of $800 million as palliative, the Federal …