Новости за 06.05.2023

A sports administrator, Babajide Shokoya-Olayinka, on Thursday called on the sports ministry to develop sports from the grassroots. Shokoya-Olayinka, the Director Of Studies, Davidhall College, Ikoyi made the call during a press briefing to honour 14-year-old Isaac Aondoakaa, an ex-student, who currently plays for the Golden Eaglets at the U-17 AFCON in Algeria. “This occasion

AC Milan and Inter Milan secured matching 2-0 victories over Roman clubs as they briefly swapped places in Serie A ahead of their Champions League semi-final clash. Milan briefly jumped from sixth to fourth, leapfrogging Inter, with a home victory over second-place Lazio in the early game. “We played a great game. Now there is

The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, has commended Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for her performance during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding.” Chuma-Udeh said the performance coming from the state has again demonstrated the investment and priority the administration

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday, described as false, insinuations that he was planning to demote workers and pay them half of their salary every month. The statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said the current administration in the state has not and would not demote workers or introduce half

The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has said the Northern Governors of the APC did not necessarily want the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to be President of Nigeria when they supported the power shift to the southern part of the country. According to Lalong, who was also the

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has announced an increase in the National Housing Fund mortgage loan limit from the initial N15 million to N50 million per applicant. Chairman of the Board of Directors of FMBN, Ayodeji Gbeleyi disclosed this during the commissioning ceremony of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation Staff Millennium Mission Planning

A United Kingdom-based Yoruba group, Tayese London, with the mission to promote arts and culture through education, events, and documentaries joined the world to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and to wish him a happy and prosperous reign. Charles ascended the British throne on September 8, 2022, after the death of his mother,

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of 86 Deputy Commissioners of Police and 206 Assistant Commissioners of Police to various zonal commands, state commands and police formations, across the country. The senior police officers are to deputise other senior Commissioners of Police and other most senior officers in the discharge of

A lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has written to King Charles III, pleading for a prerogative of mercy for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, over their conviction by a British court. Ajulo made the plea in a letter to King Charles III and made it available to newsmen in Abuja on

The Federal Government on Saturday explained that only smaller planes can evacuate stranded Nigerians in Port Sudan for now. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management of Social Development, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, stated this after receiving the third batch of 131 evacuees from Port Sudan in Abuja. The Tarco airline plane B737-300

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Ahmed, has said that about 800 students will be airlifted from Aswan tomorrow. The PUNCH reports that the Nigerian Government had been airlifting Nigerians in Sudan to safety following the breakout of hostilities between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed that the returnees would undergo trauma counselling. Speaking on Saturday, she said “There will be trauma counselling for all the returnees because they have gone through a lot of traumas. Watch out for information on various websites of the emergency team on various

The Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has explained that he modelled his policies after that of his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai, to ensure development in Gombe. The governor stated this on Saturday at the commissioning ceremony of the Gombe Geographic Information Systems service centre. The event was the groundbreaking ceremony of 550 units of

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Saturday, opened up on why he wouldn’t want to be Chief of Staff to Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect, saying, he would rather stay committed to contributing to the country’s development through useful counsel. el-Rufai indicated further that he would also prefer to play big in the private sector in

Young men suspected to be cultists have overrun Sagamu, the headquarters of Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun State, killing three persons. The hoodlums who were said to be members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities, renewed their supremacy battle, throwing caution into the wind. The incident started on Tuesday and has spread to Friday,  leaving

The Osun House of Assembly member-elect for Odo Otin State Constituency, Mr Adewale Egbedun, has blamed the recent surge in the cases of Lassa Fever in the country on the federal government’s negligence of the rural dwellers. Egbedun maintained that the federal government needed to take a proactive approach in tackling the scourge of Lassa

The MTV Movies and TV Awards have shelved plans for a live event, following a strike by the Writers Guild of America. The development was announced on Friday by Bruce Gillmer, Paramount’s President of music, music talent, programming and events, Billboard reports. Gillmer also doubles as the awards’ executive producer. The show which was meant

The crisis rocking the Labour Party has blown up as the Kaduna State chapter on Saturday dissociated itself from the Lamidi Apapa-faction of the party. The party also suspended three of its chieftains for anti-party activity. Rising from a State Executive Council emergency meeting in Kaduna, the party identified those suspended to include the party

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, Saturday, expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Adamu, who alongside the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Professor Ishaq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based Test Centre located in Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro, Abuja, expressed delight over the smooth

One of the flagbearers at the coronation of King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla, reportedly slumped at Westminster Abbey, London, the venue of the event on Saturday. Pictures show the flagbearer dressed in red regalia with pairs of black trousers and black shoes being rescued by his colleagues. The PUNCH had earlier reported

The MTV Movies and TV Awards have shelved plans for a live event, following a strike by the Writers Guild of America. The development was announced on Friday by Bruce Gillmer, Paramount’s President of music, music talent, programming and events, Billboard reports. Gillmer also doubles as the awards’ executive producer. The show which was meant

A member of the silver medal-winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, Mike Onyemachara, reportedly died on Thursday, May 4, 2023. He was reported to be in good health when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served to him

No fewer than 1,000 students of Ondo State origin in higher institutions of learning were offered bursary of N50,000 each by the federal lawmaker representing Akoko North-East/ North-West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The beneficiaries were specifically students in universities, polytechnics and monotechnics who are indigenes of his federal constituency.

US President Joe Biden congratulated King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation Saturday, paying tribute to the “enduring friendship between the US and the UK”. The US president, who did not attend the ceremony in London, called the countries’ relationship “a source of strength for both our peoples,” in a tweet. The United

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a former Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and an associate, Oladipo Eludoyin, have been allegedly linked to 20 properties bought in the United Kingdom when he (Tinubu) was serving as Lagos State governor. According to an investigative report