Новости за 08.11.2021

Insurance companies in the country have launched an investigation into the collapsed 21-storey building in Lagos State in order to ascertain if it is adequately covered and whether the victims’ families are entitled to any form of compensation, NIKE POPOOLA reports Nearly a week after the collapse of a 21-storey building at Gerard Road, Ikoyi,…

Deposit Money Banks and insurance companies are expected to rake in the sum of N22.6bn in bank charges and insurance premiums from Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government in 2022. This was according to an analysis of data contained in the 2022 budget proposal of the MDAs submitted to the National Assembly for…

Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, aka Amotekun Corps, have apprehended a man, Ibrahim Sani, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman. The 19-year-old suspect was reportedly arrested in Akure, the state capital. The state Commander of the corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, during a parade of the suspect, said the teenager had participated…

No fewer than 213 persons have lost their lives in seven major building collapse incidents in Lagos State in the last seven years, The PUNCH has learnt. This is just as at least 145 buildings have collapsed in the state between 2007 and now. The 213 figure is the summation of casualties in seven different…

Rice producers and millers have raised the alarm that about 566,000 metric tonnes of foreign rice may be smuggled into Nigeria through the country’s porous land borders at the detriment of locally produced rice. This came as Federal Government confirmed on Sunday that there was an increase in the smuggling of rice into Nigeria. As…

A probe panel set up by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Federal University of Technology, Owerri chapter, has said due process was followed by the governing council and the management of the university in the appointment of the Minister of Communication, Isa Pantami, as a Professor of Cybersecurity. The five-man panel which was inaugurated…

The Nigerian stock market lost N12.58bn last week as investors took profits in oil and gas, banking and consumer goods stocks. The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Exchange Limited dropped by 0.06 per cent to close the week at 42,014.50 basis points from 42,014.50bps the previous week, while the market capitalisation fell to N21.93tn from…

Almost sixteen months after he was suspended from office, the erstwhile acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, is being paid half-salary by the authorities. Based on the Public Service Rules, Magu while on interdiction. would only get half-pay pending the determination of his case. Magu, a Commissioner of Police, was…

The Department of State Services has detained a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sheriff Rabiu, over an alleged N80m property dispute with a former governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd.) Rabiu, who was the Chief Security Officer to Nyako, was arrested on Thursday by the DSS over a petition allegedly filed by the former governor over…

The Federal Government has shut down a medical laboratory which allegedly produced an inaccurate DNA. The decision to clamp down on the laboratory was taken when the result was sent back to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia. The government also said it had given medical laboratories in the country 2025 deadline within which they should register…

Two persons have lost their lives in a clash involving some hoodlums in Marina, in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clash, which threw residents and business owners into panic, started when some thugs attacked a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, identified only…

A  radio presenter, identified as Itiat Zion, has lost his life after gunmen reportedly shot him around a hotel on the Muritala Muhammed Road, in Calabar, Cross River State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim was waiting by the roadside to get a vehicle back home on Saturday when the gunmen appeared in a vehicle…

The Global Fund has rejected a request by the Federal Ministry of Health for a grant worth $5,243,277 for travels, The PUNCH has learnt. The organisation said the reason for the request could not be justified. This position was contained in a letter signed by the Global Fund’s Division Head, Grant Management Office, Mark Eldon-Edington….

No fewer than 221 completed primary healthcare centres across 31 states have yet to start operation, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the Federal Government also revealed 43 others are currently under construction. The information was contained in a document obtained by our correspondent on Sunday from the Health Facilities Registry of the Federal…

The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing plans make staff priority welfare to motivate workers to give their best to the service of the nation. A statement on the website of the ministry quoted the Permanent Secretary, Babangida Hussaini, as saying this during the handing over of newly acquired four 36-seater Toyota Coaster buses to…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has fixed the maximum loan amount that a participant in its newly introduced initiative, called ‘The 100 for 100 PPP – Policy on Production and Productivity’, can get at N5bn. The CBN disclosed this in its guidelines for the implementation of the initiative which was released on Saturday. It said,…

The National Youth Service Corps on Sunday told corps members to be law-abiding and be of good conduct throughout the service year. The organisation also warned them against using their personal money to execute projects. It said they should rather reach out to people within the community for mobilisation of resources. The Director-General of NYSC,…

The National Union of Teachers has decried what it described as the poor treatment of primary school teachers in the country. The union’s National President, Nasir Idris, made its position known at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. Idris also suggested the creation of body to harmonise the payment of teachers’ salaries. He said,…

The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria has urged insurance operators to evolve, embrace change and digitise their processes to enable them to meet customers’ needs and expectations. This was part of the communiqué issued at the end of its 2021 Insurance Professionals Forum in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with the theme ‘The insurance industry in the…

Another room in Murtala Hall, ‘A2’ of the University of Maiduguri has been burnt down by alleged kerosene explosion barely 24 hours after a female student of the same hostel was critically burnt by a similar kerosene explosion in ‘A4’. This fire incident is the third in two weeks within the school. According to Kariyi…

General Overseer (Worldwide) of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday said politicians who were already jostling for political positions ahead of the 2023 general elections were eyeing uncertain future. Adeboye, while wondering why politicians had started making preparations, noted that no one should be certain about the future, stressing that the…

A former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Sam Ohuabunwa, has called on the President, Maj.-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sign the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria establishment bill 2021, aimed at regulating the pharmaceutical industry and checking the proliferation of sub-standard medicines in the country. Ohuabunwa made the call while addressing newsmen at the…

A new report has identified structural defect as a major cause of incessant building collapse in Nigeria. The report said cases of building collapse, which occurred in the 10-year period spanning 2009- 2019, were linked to structural defect. The report showed that the rate of building collapse was predominant in the South-West which recorded 34…

The Zamfara State Government has concluded arrangements to plant one million trees in the state in partnership with Nigeria’s Great Green Wall aimed at fighting desertification and soil erosion in the state. In a statement, the Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications, Government House Gusau, Yusuf Idris, said the governor made the declaration on Saturday…