Eric Dumo To reduce the health and environmental risks encountered by Nigerians as a result of the consumption of harmful chemicals through food, air and water pollution, stakeholders in the science and technology sector have called for safer practices to ensure the reduction of such toxicants. The experts made this call during the maiden edition […]
Jesusegun Alagbe The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy Nigeria, Mr Seni Adetu, has called on players in the creative industry in the country to develop new talents in a bid to reduce the recycle of talents. He noted the recycle of talents could hamper the industry from reaching its full potential, adding that the […]
Ted Odogwu, Kano The Kano State government and Bovine Masters, an Egyptian investment company, have concluded arrangements to establish a multi-million dollar meat factory in the state. It is expected that the first phase of the project will gulp an estimated $12m, which will entail cattle and small ruminant meats processing, sales and logistics, according […]
John Charles, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday raised the alarm over alleged disappearance of N4bn from the final tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state. Ortom had two weeks ago announced the receipt of N14.9bn last tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state by the Federal Government. But, […]
Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo There are strong indications that the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, may dump the ruling All Progressives Congress to the United Democratic Party. An aide to Mrs. Alhassan, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that the former minister resigned her appointment on Friday morning. She was said to […]
Success Nwogu, Ilorin The first child of late Major General Tunde Idiagbon, Adekunle, on Friday clashed with an aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Abdulwaheed Idiagbon, for adopting his father’s name. The aspirant said he adopted the name because he believed that Idiagbon’s goodwill would contribute to making his political ambition […]
Umar Muhammed, Lafia The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr. Victor Onye, has expressed confidence that the party will reclaim its allegedly stolen mandate from the All Progressives Congress during the 2019 governorship election in Nasarawa State. Onye made the statement on Friday at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja […]
Enyioha Opara, Minna Former Senate President David Mark, who is also one of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday said the party would not disintegrate after its presidential primary. He said those who believed there would be upheavals in the PDP after the primary would be disappointed at the appropriate time. […]
John Alechenu, Abuja The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday said the party had to disqualify the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu and his Women Affairs counterpart, Aisha Al-Hassan in order to protect the party’s core values. He said this at a press conference, in Abuja, on Friday. Oshiomhole said […]
Friday Olokor and Afeez Hanafi No fewer than 15 persons have been killed after some gunmen reportedly in military uniform attacked houses on Rukuba Road, in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. While eight members of a family of 10 were killed in the first attack, two residents of an adjoining compound […]
Olufemi Atoyebi, Lekan Adetayo, Success Nwogu, Samuel Awoyinfa, Simon Utebor, Mudiaga Affe, Etim Ekpimah, Jesusegun Alagbe and Alexander Okere The Presidency on Friday said it had begun moves to end the nationwide strike organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress. The Presidency in a statement said a meeting had been scheduled for Thursday. The NLC had […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday alleged that some international collaborators were hiding in secret jurisdictions to encourage corruption. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke during a forum tagged, High-Level Roundtable on Corruption, Migration, Bridging Africa’s Infrastructural Gap for Sustainable Development […]
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has summoned the managing director of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation over shortage of equipment deployed for the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail project. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, Amaechi issued the directive during the monthly inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan rail […]
Success Nwogu, Ilorin The member representing the Irepodun Isin-Ekiti Oke Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State in the House of Representatives, Ms. Funke Adedoyin, is dead. Our correspondent gathered that she died in a hospital in Abuja on Friday. It was further learnt that she had been treated abroad for cancer. A sister to the […]
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday resolved the lingering crisis over the choice of venue for its national convention. The NEC meeting, which was held at the national headquarters of the party, agreed to hold the convention at Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The presidential candidate of the […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has chided Nigerian elite for remaining silent in the face of alleged misrule of the country by the Peoples Democratic Party between 1999 and 2015. He said while they allowed Nigeria to be mismanaged for 16 years without raising a voice in consternation, they had been accusing him of […]
Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba, Femi Makinde, and Olaleye Aluko The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday said that it was wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari to have congratulated the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Adegboyega Oyetola. It said that the President by the action, had […]
Idris Adesina USA coach Dawn Staley was full of praise for D’Tigress after she led America to 71-40 victory over Nigeria on Friday in their 2018 FIBA Women’s World Basketball Cup quarterfinal match in Tenerife, Spain, on Friday. Staley said the Nigerian side was difficult to beat, adding that the match was one of their […]
•We are still expecting results from presidential primary – Oshiomhole John Alechenu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress says it has sent membership registers to the state chapters of the party ahead of the governorship primary elections holding on Sunday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said this in Abuja on Friday. This came just […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Adelani Adepegba and Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force’s aerial display rehearsals for the October 1 Independence Day celebrations turned tragic bad on Friday when two F-7Ni fighter jets collided midair, resulting in a crash on Katamkpe Hill along the Kubwa Expressway, Abuja. The disaster led to the death of one pilot, […]
Afeez Hanafi A 23-year-old barman, Samson Michael, has been arrested for the murder of his neighbour, Tobiloba Osho, by the Lagos State Police Command. Osho reportedly bled to death after he was stabbed in the chest by Michael during an altercation in their residence on Mabayoje Close, Alakuko area of the state. Saturday PUNCH learnt […]
Afeez Hanafi If Sunday Godwin, a 49-year-old labourer in the Orile area of Lagos State, knew his life was on the line during an argument with Yakubu Abubakar, a porter (popularly known as cart pusher) in the neighbourhood, he would have probably forfeited the N200 change that culminated into his tragic end. Abubakar reportedly stabbed […]
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan A Ghanaian, Bonga Augustus, on Thursday in Baba Ijebu Village, Akanran, Ona Ara council area of Ibadan, Oyo State, killed his wife and himself with an axe. It was gathered that Augustus, said to be in his 60s, also used the axe to inflict serious injuries on his stepdaughter. He was until […]
Success Nwogu with agency report The Kwara State Police Command has arrested five members of a fraud syndicate that specialises in producing fake foreign currencies. It was learnt that the operational vehicle of the suspects, a Mazda 323 with the number plate, FUF 646 XA, painted in Kwara taxi colour, was also recovered by the […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and the Nigeria Police Force in a joint raid have arrested four suspected traffickers and rescued 11 girls in the Pipeline, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Our correspondent learnt that the human trafficking gang was busted on […]