Новости за 09.07.2024

Nigeria has been grappling with a cholera outbreak that has claimed at least 4,364 lives out of 139,730 suspected cases between 2021 and 2024. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has issued an alert due to the escalating trend of cholera cases across the country, particularly with the onset of the rainy season. In this

Bayero University Kano has expelled a total of 29 students for examination misconduct. Similarly, the university has also rusticated three students and warned 15 others. According to the university’s official News Bulletin dated July 5, 2024, a copy of which was made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday, the decision was taken during the 413

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has warned of a tough time for kidnappers and other criminals, saying that his administration would use all means available to chase them out of the state. Abiodun gave the warning on Tuesday when he received officers and men of the State Police Command who rescued a Nigerian and three

Former aides of ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, have said the current governor of the state, Uba Sani’s administration has been drawing from the various foreign loans facilitated by the immediate-past government in the state. The ex-officials also dismissed accusations that the El-Rufai government drew down the loans before it exited office in May 2023,

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Tuesday sentenced an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Olukayode Dayo, to life imprisonment for raping a minor. The 39-year-old officer was arraigned on May 13, 2022 on a count charge of rape. The charge read, “That Olukayode Dayo on December 25, 2021

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), has bemoaned the prevalence of sexual harassment in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. Aliyu noted that sexual harassment is not a menace peculiar to tertiary institutions alone as it is on the rise in primary and secondary schools.

The Anambra State High Court sitting at Ihiala presided over by Justice C.N Mbonu-Nwenyi, has reserved a ruling for October 4, 2024, in two separate motions for bail application filed by each of the two suspected kidnappers of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, Obiora Agbasimalo. The

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, on Tuesday, started the 250 housing units Renewed Hope Estate in Oyo State as part of Federal Government efforts to reduce housing deficits and provide affordable housing for Nigerians. The inauguration was held at Erunmu Dry Port in the Egbeda Local Government Area of the state.

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Tuesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for killing a corps member, Mukaila Adebayo, during a robbery operation in Osogbo, the state capital. The defendants in the matter are Jelili Kareem, a herbal seller, Oludayo Oludele, a commercial motorcyclist, and Muyiwa Awodeji, said to be

The Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission has released schedules of activities for Local Government elections slated for August 17, 2024 in the state. This was revealed by the chairman of the commission, Ahmad Makama, during a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters on Tuesday. According to the released timetable, “campaign by political parties will commence

The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Bethrand Onuoha, has presented cheques worth N19.2 million to the families of six police officers who died in active service. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya. “The CP, while presenting the cheques in his office, disclosed

The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has warned universities against illegal admission that will necessitate ‘regularisation’ after admission has been offered. He said seeking regularisation was illegal. He also warned against the admission of underaged students. JAMB regularisation is a process overseen by JAMB in Nigeria to validate and formalise the

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday pledged support for families of four people who died at Jattu Market in Etsako West Local Government Area after thunderstorm. The incident was said to have occurred following an early morning rain on Monday

Canadian hip-hop star Drake has made a bold wager on his home country’s soccer team, betting $300,000 (N465 million) on Canada to defeat Argentina in the 2024 Copa América semifinal. The high-stakes bet could potentially net Drake a hefty $2.88 million if Canada pulls off the upset against Lionel Messi and the favoured Argentine squad.

The Director General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, Matthew Iduoriyekewen on Monday led others in a rally in Benin to show support for the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo and his running Osarodion Ogie. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, deputy director of the campaign council,

A bill seeking the creation of 74 seats for women in the federal parliament passed a second reading in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill Sponsored by Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu and 12 others seeks to alter Sections 48, 49, 71, and 117 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to create one “Special

The Kaduna State Police Command has identified four policemen who were filmed assaulting a civilian in a viral video. The now-viral video revealed a group of officers assaulting a man as they pushed him into a car before driving off. Witnesses were also heard shouting in pidgin, “Do you want to kill him? They did

Some farmers in Ondo State have approached the state High Court, sitting in Ondo town in the state to challenge the sale of their farmlands at Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, by the state government. According to the concerned farmers under the auspices of Oluwa Forest Reserve Farmers, the

Some farmers in Ondo State have approached the state High Court, sitting in Ondo town in the state to challenge the sale of their farmlands at Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, by the state government. According to the concerned farmers under the auspices of Oluwa Forest Reserve Farmers, the

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream and Midstream) to investigate the return of fuel queues in the nation’s service stations and proffer lasting solutions to the oil sector’s challenges. The decision of the House was a sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved at

Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Kola Ologbondiyan, has said the struggle for the soul of the party has become so worrisome, following issues which according to him, have to do with principles. Ologbodiyan, the former national spokesperson of the party, argued that the problems in the party transcend the issues of who emerges as the leader

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, on Tuesday, started the 250 housing units Renewed Hope Estate in Oyo State as part of Federal Government efforts to reduce housing deficits and provide affordable housing for Nigerians. The inauguration was held at Erunmu Dry Port in the Egbeda Local Government Area of the state.

The first methanol-powered ship to ply routes between Europe’s busy ports was unveiled Tuesday in Rotterdam, with shipping owners hoping to spur efforts to bring down the industry’s huge carbon footprint. The Eco-Maestro, a 13,675-tonne container carrier will head off to Antwerp in the next few days, before plotting a course for Klaipeda in Lithuania

The Muslim Rights Concern has raised concern over the plight of a 13-year-old, Naeemat Lasisi, whose legs were amputated following the collapse of Al-Mutmahinat Mosque in Mushin, Lagos. The organisation called on the Lagos State Government to take responsibility for the incident, which occurred on May 28, 2024. In a statement issued on Monday, July

At least, 69 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force authorities in Cameroon and Niger in a fresh operation. The mass surrender is a result of a successful operation by the MNJTF, a coalition of forces from countries in the Lake Chad Basin, including Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and