Cash crunch: Tithes, offerings drop in churches

Churches are experiencing the impact of the economic crisis and the attendant cash crunch with considerable drop in tithes and offerings by members, Saturday PUNCH investigation has revealed.

Beyond the drop in churches’ cash inflow, our correspondents learnt that there has been increasing demand on the church leaders by their congregation for financial support towards feeding, accommodation and children’s tuition.

ICPC seizes 61 houses from female civil servant

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission says it has begun arresting civil servants who live beyond their means, adding that it seized 61 houses from one female public servant.

Chairman of the ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta

The commission also revealed that it would soon begin publishing a list of the most corrupt Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

NDLEA arrests passenger with 193 wraps of cocaine in socks

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday said it recovered 193 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine inside a passenger’s socks at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Narrow escape at Lagos State Secretariat

God have been so wonderful to the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Alausa Ikeja.

There have been so much awareness and Information to the residents of Lagos State generally concerning the heavy downpour with storm that may happen this year.

Hoodlums attack fuel attendants, steal N700,000

Hoodlums wielding dangerous weapons, yesterday attacked fuel attendants in Kioyer Filling Station along Ogbemudia road in Oleh community Isoko South local Government area of Delta State and allegedly stole N700,000.

We spend $1.8bn to import fuel every quarter — NNPC

Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation, NNPC, has revealed that an average of $1.8 billion is spent on quarterly basis on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as fuel, into the country.

This was as the corporation also apologized to Nigerians for the lingering scarcity of the product across the country.

In a joint briefing at the presidential villa, Abuja, yesterday, four officials of NNPC in the persons of the Group General Managing, GGM, Public Affairs, Mr. Garba Deen Mohammed, and the Group Executive Directors, GED, Mr Bello Rabiu, (Upstream) Henry Obih (Downstream) and Anibor Kragha (Refineries), assured that long queues at the gas stations   would disappear in days.

Lagos CJ frees 153 Kirikiri prisons inmates

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday released 153 awaiting trial inmates from the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium prisons.

Some freed inmates from the Kirikiri prison,
Lagos, expressing gratitude to the Lagos State Chief Judge,
Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade
on Wednesday. Photo: Lagos Judiciary

Among the pardoned inmates were 79 being tried for capital offences.

Three of the freed inmates had been standing trial for over 15 years.