Month: January 2025

General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi, on Monday participated in the Inauguration Praise and Prayer Convocation, an event held ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. The programme, hosted at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church, was organised by Jim Garlow’s Well Versed…

The federal government has concluded arrangements to distribute N75,000 in cash to 70 million Nigerians in a bid to cushion the effects of hardship. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Hon. Aliyu Audu, in a statement on Sunday, explained that the gesture aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s determination to address…

Social media platform TikTok says it is restoring service to its 170 million users in the U.S., thanking President-elect Donald Trump for his intervention. In a statement on Sunday, the social media platform, which was banned by a law promulgated by the U.S. Congress based on national security, said it is resuming operations in the…

AFP The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users within two days. In a significant defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated…

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM, Pastor William Kumuyi has been invited to join other global leaders to witness Donald Trump’s second inauguration as the United States president on January 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C This was revealed in a statement by A. Larry Ross Communications, a U.S.-based communications outfit. According…

Osun State Police Command has confirmed the death of Adeyemi Adewale, a football player for the Ilesa West Local Government Area team, who slumped during a match in Osogbo, the state capital. Adewale, 29, was participating in the Adeleke Memorial Cup Final match at the Ataoja School of Science on Thursday when he collapsed on…

Punch Newspaper Sequel to a consistent surge in the price of Brent, the global benchmark for crude, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has communicated an upward adjustment in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to its customers. In an email statement obtained by our Correspondent on Friday, the refinery announced that its…

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT). Rising from a meeting in Abuja on Thursday, the governor said the move is untimely. The governors also expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills. Last year, Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee,…

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has claimed that the production of petroleum products by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the importation of refined products from Europe. OPEC stated this in its Monthly Oil Market Report published on January 15, 2025, the global body said with the refining efforts of the Lagos-based…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) has not yet begun. In a statement posted on its official X account on Wednesday, JAMB assured candidates that the registration process details would be announced soon. The post reads: “Attention prospective…