Новости за 07.05.2023

Napoli fans hailed the return of their Serie A title-winning heroes on Sunday as Victor Osimhen shot Napoli to a 1-0 win over Fiorentina in their first home match since being crowned kings of Italy for the first time in 33 years. Nigeria striker Osimhen lashed home the winning penalty in the 74th minute, after

The spokesman for the dissolved All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, on Sunday night, berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party for trying to bait the judiciary ahead of Monday’s hearing at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The development is coming hours after the PDP accused the ruling party of making frantic moves to

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has announced the reopening of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja’s runway for flight operations. The runway had been shut down for six few hours as a result of the Max Air flight conveying passengers from Adamawa State that encountered two tire bursts during landing. In a Twitter post via

The Nigerian Army has said it has ordered an investigation into a trending video of its personnel assaulting a civilian at a hotel in Kaduna state. In the video,  some persons clad in military camouflage were seen molesting civilians. However, in a statement on Sunday by the Director,  Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu,

The yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Sunday attacked the Care Taker Committee chairman of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, Mr Boyi Manja, and killed his Orderly before taking him to an unknown location. The incident happened along the Takum-Chanchanji road in the Takum LGA of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer,  SP Abdullahi

World number two Carlos Alcaraz defended his Madrid Open title with a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday. The US Open champion earned his 10th career title and can reclaim the world’s top ranking from Novak Djokovic simply by playing a single match at the Rome Masters next week, before the

A yet-to-be-identified driver of Benz GLX 350 has allegedly injured a mother and her two children in the early hours of Sunday at Olororo Aiyegbami Street, Sagamu Remo, Ogun State. The incident which left one of the children with a broken arm and others with various degrees of injuries had earlier generated concerns on social

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised an alarm over the importation and use of pesticides banned in Europe in Nigeria. NAFDAC, is, however, seeking stakeholders’ support to eliminate harmful pesticides from the Nigerian markets. Quoting a report of the study conducted by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, 40 per cent

…says partisanship will be counterproductive A pressure group in the All Progressives Congress under the aegis of Renewed Hope Professionals on Sunday called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to maintain neutrality during the election for leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly so as to avoid the mistakes of 2015. The organisation which was reacting

Burnley gave manager Vincent Kompany a new five-year deal on Sunday as a reward for leading the club back to the Premier League in style. The former Manchester City defender won the Championship title with ease in his first season at Burnley after he replaced Sean Dyche and his success has attracted the interest of

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase, has approved the salary payments for the 2021/2022 police recruits who have passed out of police colleges and are currently employed as police officers. The Head of Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, revealed in a statement on Sunday. The PSC noted that the

A Max Air aircraft reportedly conveying passengers from Adamawa State crash-landed upon getting to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday causing panic. There was panic at the Abuja airport on Sunday when the Max Air aircraft crash-landed after the tyre reportedly burst into flames. The Aerodrome Rescue and Fire-fighting Service operators at the

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige said Nigerians will not die but will adjust to the economic hardships in the country. The minister who in a statement issued on Sunday noted that economic hardships were not peculiar to Nigeria alone but to the world at large also noted that the agitation by workers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized 8,852 kilograms of Canadian loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at Eleko Road in the Lekki area of Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the seizure was made after operatives of the agency engaged

The senator-elect from Imo North Senatorial District, Patrick Ndubueze, has joined the race for the position of Senate President ahead of the 10th Assembly inauguration. The Imo-born politician declared his intention in an open letter that he wrote to the ruling All Progressives Congress party and all the 109 Senators-elect to solicit their support to

Following a massive gridlock caused by a fuel-laden tanker that fell and spilt its content around the Ibafo area of Ogun State in the early hours of Sunday, the Federal Road Safety Commission has advised road users to explore alternative routes. According to the commission, road users going into and out of Lagos are advised

Ex-Super Eagles players have urged Victor Osimhen to leave leaving Napoli this summer, after helping the Partenopei clinch their first Serie A title in 33 years, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen has enjoyed an outstanding campaign with Napoli scoring 27 times for the Italian side – form that has seen him linked with a summer

Unknown players who have been outstanding this season in the NPFL A number of players have enjoyed the spotlight in the abridged 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League season. In the process, they have established themselves as league stars and fans favourites. However, there are few other players in the league who are shouldering the burden

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers who invaded the Computer Village in Abeokuta, the capital of the state. The suspects, Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu, and Temitayo Oresanya, had reportedly invaded the computer village and killed one trader on April 12, 2023. They were later apprehended on Saturday, in the Abule Ake

The Lagos State government has cleared a rumour that the fire that occurred on Saturday in the Surveyor-general’s office affected files that contain confidential data. In a statement titled, ‘Fire incident: No cause for alarm, data is secure,’ the acting Surveyor-General, Mr Ayokunnu S. Adesina, on Sunday, claimed that the emergency responders especially the state

Eight hundred and thirty-six Nigerians fleeing war-torn Sudan arrived on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They were airlifted via Max Air, Azman and Tarco Airlines. Max Air and Azman Air landed with 410 and 324 evacuees respectively with stranded Nigerians from Aswan, Egypt. Tarco airlifted 102 Nigerians from Port Sudan. Details later…

Nigerian music star, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has made it to the Guinness World Book of Records. The singer’s hit song, ‘Calm Down’ made history as the first No.1 Hit on The Official MENA Chart (the world’s first regional streaming chart). This was made known in a post shared on the singer’s statistics

No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Sino truck and a Toyota car at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta

Tragedy struck on Sunday after a Sport Utility Vehicle crushed a tricycle conveying a family of four along Isheri-Igando road in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened at the Idowu Egba end of the road around 7 am. It was learnt that the driver of the

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Akwa Ibom State has urged the state government to streamline the functions of the Ministry of Lands/Water Resources and Ministry of Works in the area of lands acquisition and payment of compensations in the state. It lamented that the continuous usurpation of the roles by the Works