Новости за 10.05.2023

As part of her 25th birthday celebration on Monday, Super Falcons and Leicester City Women’s defender, Ashleigh Plumptre, in an interview with LCTV said playing at the last edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations was a big deal for her family. Formerly an England youth international, Plumptre qualified to play for Nigeria through

Liberia President George Weah has sent a congratulatory message to Nigeria international Victor Osimhen after the striker guided Napoli to their first Serie A title in 33 years and becoming the African with the most goals scored in the Italian topflight, a record owned by former AC Milan striker Weah, The PUNCH reports. Weah’s record

The aspirants for the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the coming 10th National Assembly, who are aggrieved with the zoning plan of the All Progressives Congress, are grouping against the party’s adopted candidates, The PUNCH can authoritatively report. Top contenders for the speaker’s seat, some of whom are in the

A supremacy battle among members of two rival cult groups, the Klaans and Black Axe Confraternities, over the control of a minibus Park in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has left many dead. While residents claimed the clash which started on Sunday had claimed 16 lives, the state police command said four persons were killed. PUNCH

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, on Tuesday, said his offer to buy Nigerian conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc, for N250bn was rejected.  Otedola made some allegations against the Chairman of Transcorp, Tony Elumelu, in a statement he issued to TheCable, weeks after he acquired stakes in Transcorp and sold the shares. Otedola revealed that he had bought

A Federal High Court sitting in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta in Ogun State has remanded three suspected smugglers in a correctional centre for alleged forgery and smuggling. The presiding judge, Ademola Ajayi, gave the order in the suit filed by the Ikeja Zone “A” Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday. The defendants, Ismail

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which on March 24 affirmed Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, dismissed the appeal

Armed soldiers were said to have on Tuesday stormed Peva town, a village in the Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, causing tension among residents. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the soldiers were allegedly searching for the caretaker chairman of the Takum Local Government, Boyi Manja, who was kidnapped around the area on Sunday.

Traditional rulers in the Ewekoro Local Government Areas of Ogun State have raised the alarm over the activities of suspected land grabbers operating in their communities. While identifying the communities as Elere, Akorogbo and Onigbedu, the monarchs alleged that their livelihood has come under threat following the invasion of non-indigenes who have been laying claim

A 35-year-old woman, Aderonke Makinde, was on Tuesday arraigned at the Ogba Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State for allegedly flogging a nine-year-old girl, Oyinkansola Kayode, with a cane at her school, Westgate Land Emperial Creche, Nursery and Primary School in the Mushin area of Lagos State. Makinde, who was arraigned

A surety, Hussaini Yahaya, has been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State for presenting a fake residential address in a bid to secure bail for a defendant, Ayuba Ali, remanded for theft in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.  Yahaya was arraigned by the state police command before Magistrate O. Y Adefope on

The International Monetary Fund has warned Nigeria to expect a significant reduction in foreign loans as the global economy continues to experience new shocks and contractions. The IMF Deputy Divisional Chief, Wenjie Chen, stated this during a keynote presentation at the International Monetary Fund Regional Economic Outlook which was held in Lagos on Tuesday. According

The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno, has expressed concern over the spate of attacks on critical national assets across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Although he said the government had deployed both kinetic and non-kinetic mechanisms to safeguard these assets, the NSA stressed that there was a need to develop and

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on May 15, commence an induction programme for its incoming and returning governors on key aspects of governance, including ethics, vetting and recruitment into governor’s office to ease the task of administering their various states. In a statement on Tuesday, the Director, Media and Public Affairs of the NGF, Abdulrazaque

The controversial executive pension bill sent to the Benue State House of Assembly for consideration has suffered a setback  as members have suspended sitting due to non-payment of six months’ salary arrears and other allowances. Recall that the outgoing government of Governor Samuel Ortom had initiated an executive pension bill seeking to place ex-governors and

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, revealed that in 2021, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), agreed that it was senseless to be spending trillions of naira as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, but refused to stop it. El-Rufai said all 36 state governors, the National Economic Council

The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has flayed the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council for the congestion of the nation’s ports. Dangote slammed maritime sector stakeholders in his remarks at the third ‘Race to US$200bn In FX Repatriation’ Non-Oil Export Summit of the Central Bank of Nigeria

Former Liverpool defender has likened Nigeria international, Taiwo Awoniyi, to former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, following his impressive performance against Southampton on Monday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Awoniyi scored two goals to hand Nottingham Forest all three points in a pulsating 4-3 victory against their fellow relegation strugglers at the City Ground.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for approving a four-day electrical installation and maintenance training programme organised in Bayelsa by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure. The former president and the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, however, cautioned trainees taking part in the programme  not to

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria has ordered the immediate relocation of all aircraft stationed at the General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja ahead of the inauguration of the new government scheduled for May 29, 2023. FAAN said the removal of aircraft parked at the Abuja airport was necessary to enhance

The National Examinations Council on Tuesday announced that it had rescheduled the 2023 entrance examination conducted for candidates into the Federal Government Academy, Suleja from Saturday, May 13, 2023 to Saturday, June 10, 2023. A statement by the council read in part,“The examination was rescheduled to enable more candidates register for the examination following requests

The Director General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Mr Clement Nze, has called on Nigerians living in flood-prone areas to be watchful and move to higher grounds. Nze, while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the warning was necessary to prevent disasters and emergency situations that could occur in the

The Anambra State Government on Tuesday said over 100 babies were delivered in the state’s Internally Displaced Persons camps during the 2022 flood disaster. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, made the disclosure while receiving the 1,212 delivery kits donated by the United Nations Children’s Fund in Awka, the state capital. Obidike stated

A fifty-three-year-old man, Dahiru Buba, who trekked for 15 days from Gombe to Abuja to celebrate the victory of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in the 2015 general elections, has said he has no regret for his action. Buba, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Tuesday, stated that Buhari

The Lagos State Government has partnered with SOS Children’s Villages, Nigeria, on the provision of transit care to ensure proper care for vulnerable children in the state. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Olusegun Dawodu, while speaking during the agreement signing ceremony in Lagos, expressed the belief that the initiative would go a