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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Auchi Polytechnic chapter, Edo State on Friday called for the suspension of the new Scheme of Service in Nigeria Polytechnics which took effect from June 7, 2024. The lecturers said the new scheme represents is inimical to the growth and development of the polytechnic education as well as career

Three people were killed while eight were injured on Friday when scaffolding collapsed off a 19-storey building under construction in the western Swiss city of Lausanne, police said. The scaffolding collapsed shortly before 9:30 am (0730 GMT), falling “like a house of cards”, according to one witness. The entire scaffolding structure on one side of

Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, has said that the forum welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court granting autonomy to local government areas. AbdulRazaq said the verdict of the court is a relief from the burdens on the governors. AbdulRazak accompanied by the Chairman, All Progressives Congress

Crisis has erupted in the leadership of the Ondo State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress as affiliate unions – Nigeria Union of Teachers and the National Union of Local Government Employees, on Thursday, rejected the election of the new chairman, Comrade Ademola Olapade. Olopade was elected on Thursday at a special meeting of the

President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on his coronation as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. Tinubu’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu congratulates new Olubadan on coronation.’ The statement read partly, “President Tinubu joins the family of

The Federal Government has cleared the 17-year outstanding severance allowances of 1,330 officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service who retired between 2006 and 2007. At a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Mr. Dasuki Arabi announced that 885 officers had been verified and paid their outstanding benefits after

Thousands of prisoners are to be released early from September in order to prevent the “collapse” of the prisons system, the UK’s new justice minister, Shabana Mahmood, announced on Friday. Mahmood said failure to do so risked the “total breakdown of law and order”, with just 700 places left for men, and jails operating at

The Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission said the Federal Government has evacuated citizens in Sudan willing to return home following the two-week expulsion notice issued to foreigners by the Sudanese authorities. NiDCOM Chief, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday. Sudanese security authorities have ordered all foreigners to leave the capital Khartoum and the

The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, on Friday said his country is committed to peace and stability in Africa by providing assistance including human resource development, border control support, and assistance for building judicial and administrative systems. This, according to him, is for the purpose of consolidation of democracy and the strengthening of the

Following the quest to keep Nigeria’s airspace safe, a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo and his counterpart in the Defence Ministry, Mohammed Abubakar, met the CEO of Indra Systema of Spain, José Vicente de los Mozos, and his team to boost the security framework within Nigeria’s airspace.

The Nigeria Customs Service, Anti-bunkering Unit, said it intercepted 13, 750 litres of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol in Ogun State. The Coordinator of the NCS’s Anti-bunkering Unit, Husseini Ejibunnu, who disclosed this while addressing journalists in Ikeja on Friday, said that the consignments were intercepted in different parts of Ogun State. Ejibunnu

Justice K. Dagat of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has convicted and sentenced three illegal Bureau-de-Change operators to one year imprisonment each. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Friday. The statement revealed that the defendants: Buba Ahmadu Aliyu, Mohammed Mustapha, and Muhammad Zarami,

The Central Bank of Nigeria has commenced sales of forex to Bureau De Change operators after a four-month hiatus, The PUNCH has learnt. This was after the apex bank confirmed forex sales of $122.67m to 46 authorised dealers on Friday. A statement signed by the Bank’s Director in charge of Financial Markets, Dr Omolara Duke,

As controversy continues to trail the Samoa Agreement, a group under the aegis of the Islamic Forum of Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to withdraw from the agreement as it was signed without consulting relevant stakeholders. Rising from a one-day meeting on Thursday, the Forum with headquarters in Kano, said the Samoa agreement

Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on Friday has been crowned as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The event was held at the Labosinde compound in the ancient city of Ibadan – the family whose right is to crown any Olubadan of Ibadanland. Those present at the venue include a former Oyo State Governor and member of the

Key stakeholders such as ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and some former governors were present at the ongoing Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital. PUNCH Online reports that while some key political stakeholders of Niger Delta extraction including Jonathan and President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as well as some stakeholders

As key stakeholders such as ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and some former governors were present at the ongoing Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, some sitting governors of the South-South were missing at the event. PUNCH Online reports that while some key political stakeholders of Niger Delta extraction including Jonathan and

The Presidency has solicited the support of the Kaduna State government towards the successful implementation of the school feeding programme. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr Yetunde Adeniji, made this known during a meeting with the state deputy governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly,

Her three-month-old daughter swaddled on her back, Jeanne d’Arc Nyiramahirwe is determined to make her voice heard as she runs for a parliamentary seat in Rwanda’s elections. She is among 199 women campaigning for a place in parliament, which reserves 24 out of 80 seats in the lower house for female candidates. Rwanda holds legislative

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, presented the Staff of Office and the Instrument of Office to the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan. The governor, who made the presentation at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the state capital, said, “By the power conferred upon me as the

The collapse of a hostel wall at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Ise-Emure, Ekiti has injured an unspecified number of corps members. It was gathered the bathroom wall of one of the female hostels reportedly collapsed Friday morning, injuring corps members who were planning to take their baths. The victims who are

The Federal Government of Nigeria has formally arraigned eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian for their involvement in illegal mining activities in the Lokpaukwu community, Umuchieze, within the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, on Friday, said the suspects were apprehended by the Mining Marshals, an

Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio have arrived in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital for the 2024 Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit. The duo arrived at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre, the venue of the summit in Port Harcourt at noon. The summit has the theme: “Renewed Hope for Sustainable Development of

A two-storey school building in Plateau State has collapsed leaving many students and teachers trapped with many of them feared dead. It was learnt that the school, Saint Academy located at the Busa Buji community in Jos North Local Government Area of the state collapsed on Friday morning around 8:30 am when many of the

The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has condemned those criticising the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, for under-performance, describing them as idle and woeful assessors. Recalled that there have been orchestrated but sustained campaigns, write-ups and insinuations in some quarters in the state by some individuals and