Новости за 12.05.2023

APPREHENSION spread across the country recently with the shocking news that Malaysia and Taiwan had detected injurious components in one of the Indomie noodles brands. Health officials in the two Asian countries said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound in Indomie ‘Special Chicken’ flavour noodles. It is feared that the compound causes cancer. Though

The Wuiwui community located in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, has now got two new blocks of classroom after  a report by The PUNCH. The PUNCH reports that the school, established in 2009 through community effort was built with mud and was destroyed by a windstorm. The school was rebuilt by former governor

I seek your permission to echo the frequent musing of my very good friend who lives in Sacramento, California.  At least three times a week, and often into the wee hours of the night, my friend and I passionately discuss Nigeria and her many challenges. With our non-partisan garb strapped on, we deliberate on the

Senegal captain Amara Diouf says he is delighted to have broken Nigerian Victor Osimhen’s goals scoring record at the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. The Senegalese scored a brace against South Africa in the quarter-finals in Algiers on Wednesday evening to take his tally to five goals in the tournament. The 14-year-old left winger surpassed

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced the appointment of Scotsman Steve Lewis as head coach of the senior national teams. The rugby federation’s president, Dr Are Ademola, made this known Wednesday following the re-admittance of Nigeria into the international scene by World Rugby. Lewis is not a stranger to Nigeria Rugby, having coached the

Access Holdings Plc’s Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, has emerged as the new president of the France-Nigeria Business Council. Wigwe took over the presidency of the France-Nigeria Business Council from the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, who had served two terms as the council’s pioneer president. Rabiu handed over the reins of the

Barcelona have publicly declared that they are hoping to bring in a forward this summer, and President Joan Laporta has also admitted that one or two may have to leave. As was shown last summer, the latter may well be more difficult than the former, but they will not be short of players keen to

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment for May 30 on the substantive application brought by the Federal Government challenging the eight-month strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The presiding judge, Justice Benedict Kanyip, announced the date for judgment on Thursday after the parties in the matter adopted their written addresses

The conviction of Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice Ekweremadu and a doctor, Obinna Obeta in London over conspiracy to commit an offence of human trafficking (organ trafficking)has elicited reactions from individuals, social-political groups and religious organisations. But there is nothing that they have said that Mr Justice Johnson of the

The Federal Government has approved for implementation, the first-ever Nigeria investment policy, while adopting a new National Automotive Industry Development Plan that will span through 2023 to 2033. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, said this in a statement by Mrs Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa, Deputy Director of Information at the ministry. Adebayo

Third-party candidate, Muharrem Ince, on Thursday, withdrew from Turkey’s tight presidential election in a shock move that raised the chances of an opposition first-round victory. The 59-year-old announced his decision after being targeted by an online smear campaign that included doctored images of him meeting women and riding around in fancy cars. The secular nationalist

Infrastructural projects ongoing across the country may be abandoned due to the latest threat of industrial action issued by the Nigerian Society of Engineers, the PUNCH reports. The warning, issued by the President of the Society, Tasiu Wudil, on Thursday, is based on incessant abductions and vicious killings of engineers supervising construction sites in the

The Kano State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a 45-year-old housewife, Zainab Rab’u, alongside her five accomplices in masterminding the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy, Almustapha Bashir, and demanded N20 million ransom. Briefing newsmen on the kidnap saga, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Gumel, disclosed that she connived, with, Abdulrashid Sa’idu 27, Hassan

Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank has said it recorded N847.1m profit before tax in its 2022 financial year, representing an increase of 29 per cent from N656.9m posted in 2021. The bank said, despite the high rate of interest by the Central Bank of Nigeria, its financial performance has remained satisfactory. The PUNCH reports that the