Новости за 30.08.2024

The Senate has warned the public against what it described as “vicious attempts” to tarnish its image and that of its leadership. The Senate’s position was contained in a statement on Friday by the Senate Leader’s Directorate of Media and Public Affairs. The statement titled “Senate frowns at false claims against Bamidele, mulls stiffer action,”

The Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University branch, to shelve plans to proceed on strike. Yahaya who was represented by the Secretary to Government of the State Professor Ibrahim Njodi, made this plea on Thursday when a delegation of the ASUU National Executive Council

The Concerned Staff of the Sikiru Adetona College of Education, Science and Technology (SACOETEC), Omu-Ajose, have raised serious concerns over the recent shortlisting of candidates for the position of Provost in the institution. In an open letter on Thursday addressed to the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, the staff expressed disappointment and frustration over what

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has exhumed bodies of marine hunters of the Ministry of Internal Security and Inland Waterways who were kidnapped, murdered, and buried by notorious criminals in Unyenghe, in the Mbo Local Government Area of the state. It also disclosed that those suspected to be behind the hunters’ gruesome murder have

Cristiano Ronaldo has kept his place in the Portugal squad for next month’s UEFA Nations games against Croatia and Scotland despite an ineffective display at Euro 2024. The 39-year-old failed to score as he appeared at a record sixth European Championship, with Portugal exiting in the quarter-finals, but he retained the backing of coach Roberto

The Fiscal Responsibility Commission is launching a financial accountability sensitisation campaign across three geopolitical zones in Nigeria. This campaign aims to strengthen financial accountability at the subnational level, targeting states in the South-South, South-East, and North-Central regions. The Head of the Strategic Communications Directorate at the FRC, Bede Anyanwu, announced in a statement on Friday

The Labour Party in Kaduna State has affirmed its support for the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure. In a statement signed and released by the LP’s State Chairman on Friday, alongside his Deputy, Secretary, and the Chairman of Chikun Local Government, Auwal Tafoki, Bulus Maisamari, Peter Hassan, and Yerima Abraham, the party warned members against

A Ghana-based Nigerian, Liberty Isaac, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to fish out some policemen who allegedly extorted N3m from him at gunpoint on Monday. Isaac, who hails from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, made the appeal while speaking with journalists in Owerri,

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress said on Friday that the state government cannot fault the party’s state chairman’s claim that Edo people have been pushed below the poverty line. To buttress his claim, Jarret Tenebe, who has suffered verbal attacks since making the statement, said the poor rural dwellers could not

Award-winning cinematographer and music producer, ThankGod Omori, popularly known as TG Omori, announced on Friday that he has been recuperating from the stitches of his failed kidney transplant. He mentioned that although he cannot express his gratitude to God with a backflip, he is getting better and will continue the fight. While acknowledging the outpouring

Some gunmen said to be in their large numbers, have attacked the Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat in Anambra State. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who invaded the LGA secretariat in the early hours of Friday, set buildings, including a town hall meant for traditional rulers and some administrative facilities at the premises ablaze. This

A Nigerian man, Kelechi Ndukwe, has been promoted to the rank of Navy Captain from Commander in the US Navy. The chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shared the news on X.com on Friday, congratulating Ndukwe on his achievement. Dabiri congratulated Kingsley, saying, “A hearty congratulations to Navy Captain Kelechi R Ndukwe who has

The British Government has awarded prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships to 82 Nigerian students for the 2024 academic year.  These scholarships will enable recipients to pursue master’s and PhD programmes in the United Kingdom. This was according to a statement from the British High Commission, Abuja on Friday by the Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy

No fewer than three students of Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State have been confirmed dead after an attack by gunmen at the school early Friday. The school is reported to belong to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria — a Shiia sect. The gunmen, who haven’t been ascertained whether they are

The Rivers State Government has debunked reports in a section of the media advertising the sale of admission forms for the state’s School of Nursing,  describing it as false, misleading, and fraudulent. Also, the government said there was no school of nursing in the state, as the institution hitherto bearing that name had been upgraded

Barely three months to the governorship election in Ondo State, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, John Akinmurele, said it was time to liberate the people of the state from political arrogance and the power of vague incumbency. Akinmurele, who stated this in Akure, the state capital, on Friday while meeting with party stakeholders,

The future of Super Eagles Striker, Victor Osimhen, has set fans and friends alike on a collision course over his next career move. Though The PUNCH on Friday reported that Osimhen, who is the current African Footballer of the Year, opted for Saudi’s Al-Ahli, the Napoli forward had kept fans and friends guessing his next

A group of kidnappers has abducted four family members in the Federal Capital Territory.  The incident which occurred at the Tundun Fulani extension area of the Bwari Area Council happened around 1:30 am on Friday.  A resident of the area who spoke on condition of anonymity stated that the kidnappers forced their way into the

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Akintunde Armstrong has debunked reports that he was imposing councilorship candidates for Iperu Ward three and five in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. Armstrong has also denied ever saying that he would buy the two wards over with a staggering sum of

Landowners of Nuwalege, Abuja ejected by the Federal Government, have called on the government for compensation, The PUNCH reports. More than 200 families who resided in Nuwalege, a rural community along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road in Abuja, have been reportedly rendered homeless, following the demolition of their homes to accommodate an extension of

The Nigerian Medical Association has blamed the mass exodus of medical doctors out of the country on the spate of insecurity in Nigeria. The Kogi State Chairman of NMA, Dr. Abubakar Hassan, who spoke to journalists on Friday in Lokoja, about the ongoing nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, lamented

A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has weighed in on the debate surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. According to Sani, the constitution guarantees every Nigerian the right to contest elections, stressing that any region can contest. In an interview with our correspondents in Kaduna State on Thursday, he

Communities in Kaduna and Niger states have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the kidnapping of two District Heads, Sani Shekarau and Abdullahi Usman, who have been held captive by a terrorist group for four months. They said despite the payment of over N100m as ransom to the kidnappers led by Kachalla Halilu

Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” will be buried on Friday (today) in Lagos. The artist died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring Dr Stella Okoli, the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. She was 72 years old. The funeral service, as announced

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State, Sen. Emma Nwaka, on Thursday, dumped the former ruling party. This was even as the party thanked Nwaka for his enormous contribution to the party over the years. Nwaka, in his resignation letter titled “Time for me to quit”,  said he had chosen to