Новости за 16.05.2023

No fewer than 150 ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, who worked in Anambra State during the 2023 general elections, have protested the non-payment of their allowances. The angry protesters thronged the INEC headquarters in Awka with placards, on Tuesday, while calling for the immediate release of their allowances. Some of the placards

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated a Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Baci, for her record-breaking 100-hour cooking marathon on Monday. According to Gbajabiamila, the feat could not have been possible “but for the tenacity and the Nigerian can-do spirit that shone through her.” Gbajabiamila said this according to a statement

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, revealed that the University College Hospital, Ibadan receives an average of over 250,000 new patients in the various out-patient clinics annually. He made this revelation during the commissioning of the Sustainable Development Goals project executed at the UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State. Osinbajo explained that the college had

Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has fired back at the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barrister Festus Keyamo, over the latter’s call for regulation of social media. The minister stated on Monday that laws need to be put in place to regulate and sanitise social media usage in the country. According

An advocacy group, the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Societal Rights Advancement and Development Initiative, has called for the investigation and subsequent prosecution of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, before May 29. The group stated that its position is informed by the indictment of the president-elect in an alleged perjury which borders on Tinubu’s possession of

The new Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City, AIG Arungua Udo Nwauzei, has tendered an apology to His Royal Majesty, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin over alleged misconduct by some police personnel serving in the Zone. This was made known via a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to

Three natives of Ezza South Local Government Area have been confirmed dead after the convoy of David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, crashed into their motorcycleIt has been reported that the casualties were struck by an advance team while they were on the route leading to Muhammadu Buhari’s international airport. It was reported that they had

The Nigeria Army has condemned in totality a corruption report on the procedure for selection of competent troops for peace support operations by an online news platform (Not The PUNCH). The report, captioned “Military Officers Raise Alarm Over Corruption, Ethnic And Religious Bigots in Nigerian Army, Warn Of Dangers” which was published on May 14,

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has met with the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, for talks. It was gathered that Tinubu and Kwankwaso met in Paris, the capital of France, on Monday. Recall that at the Presidential elections, Kwankwaso, the NNPP presidential candidate won only in Kano State. The president-elect

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger state has expelled 23 students from the Institution over two major offences. While 17 of the students were advised to withdraw from the Institution due to low academic performance, seven were withdrawn for various misconducts. Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Professor Abu Kasim Adamu disclosed this while addressing Journalists

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Tuesday, said the command duly obtained a warrant to search Seun Kuti’s residence. The police on Tuesday evening stormed the singer’s residence on No 15, Akin Osiyemi Street, Off Allen Avenue in Ikeja. According to the police, this was part of ongoing investigations of the

Tonight, the return leg of the UEFA Champions League Semi-final match between arch-rivals, Inter and AC Milan, will kick off by 8 pm. The home team, Inter Milan, will play host to their derby rivals at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, after winning the first leg at Milan by 2-0. The Nerazzurri took control of the

The PUNCH has gathered that officers of the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday, stormed the Akin Osiyemi residence of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos for a search, seizing his wife’s mobile phone in the process. According to an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, the policemen took the musician along during the

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Monday, arrested 85 drug suspects at a nightclub in Kano. The Commander of the agency in the state, Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, disclosed that the arrests resulted from complaints about drug-related activities at the club, adding that members of the club’s host community complained that the establishment had been transformed into

The Senator-elect representing Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari, on Tuesday, said that the All Progressives Congress has failed to keep to its tradition of proper consultation before deciding on the zoning arrangements announced. Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State said this during an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday. He said it would be unfair

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has declared a five-day warning strike following the failure of the Federal Government to meet its demands. The resident doctors said the strike would commence at 8am on Wednesday, May 17, and would end Monday, May 22, at 8am. This was the decision reached after its six and a

As the present government prepares to hand over to a new administration, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, has expressed satisfaction over the achievement recorded by his ministry and fellow Attorneys-General. Malami recounted the successes attained by the body as well as ongoing plans on Tuesday at the Body of

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Abuja from London, the United Kingdom, where he had been undergoing dental treatment in the past week. The Gulfstream jet conveying Buhari taxied to the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja On April 30, The PUNCH reports that the President’s NAF 001

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora has asked the Federal Government to ban all foreign food commodities Nigeria can produce. Mamora made the call on Tuesday at the ministerial media briefing orgainised by the presidential communications at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, According to Mamora, the country is bereft of investors, hence most

No fewer than 15 persons including a staff member of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, were abducted by gunmen at the 1,000 Housing Estate along Pegi community in the Kuje Area Council of the FCT on Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen stormed the estate at about 11:30 pm on Sunday, shot sporadically, and

The Bayelsa State Government has called on the Federal Government to stop paying lip service to the issue of flood mitigation and control in states that would be adversely affected by the menace this year as forecast by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency. The state Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call when a joint

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has denied media reports that it would participate fully in the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023. One Okechukwu Isiguzoro had last week claimed that “Ohanaeze will participate fully in the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.” He also claimed that “the Ime-Obi

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd) on Tuesday lauded the efforts of late academic, Emeritus Professor, Nimi Briggs, towards the resolutions of the issues that led to the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities in 2022. Buhari described the late Emeritus Professor, as an academic who was passionate about the stability

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo  Akwa Ibom State, Professor Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, has charged inductees of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the institution to make the interest and well-being of their patients a priority. He also charged them to stay up to date with the latest discoveries and apply them in the practice

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man who had been parading himself as a Police Inspector under the command. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest to Newsmen on Tuesday. Hundeyin said the suspect had been operating with his unregistered motorcycle for commercial transportation around the