Новости за 17.05.2023

A teacher at the St Michael RCM Primary School, Ogunpa Lunloye, Abeokuta Ogun State, Akeem Badru, has been announced as the regional winner of the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards for Central and Southern Africa. The PUNCH reports that the Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards, which is run by the Cambridge University Press, is an annual

A truck belonging to the Dangote Cement Factory has crushed a yet-to-be-identified policeman to death at the Saiten Petrol Station end of the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway in Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Florence Okpe, in a statement on Wednesday, said no fewer than five persons sustained varying degrees

The Peoples Democratic Party is set to open investigations into alleged anti-party activities by some of its members in the build up to the 2023 general election. The Umar Damagum-led National Working Committee on Tuesday, after its 571st meeting, resolved to constitute a committee to review all cases of reported indiscipline and anti-party activities by

The ninth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards is set to begin on Thursday, May 18, 2023 with an ‘Opening Night and Cultural Day’ event. This will formally kick off the series of activities preceding the award night scheduled to hold on Saturday, May 20. In a statement sent to The PUNCH, the

A non-governmental organisation, Women Information Network, has awarded scholarships to indigent female students of Community High School Umabor Eha – Alumona, in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu state. It is reported that WINET collaborated with foreign partner, Mundo Cooperante of Spain, to award the scholarship. Executive Director, WINET, Mrs. Miriam Menkiti while presenting the award

After a poor campaign at the 2022 Qatar World Cup that saw Belgium knocked out of the group stage, Chelsea loanee, Romelu Lukaku, has found his footing once more, and this has earned him some commendable words from a football legend and pundit, Thierry Henry. Henry expressed his happiness at the return of form of

A lady, Olufunmilayo Brioluwa, has been arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly assaulting a police officer in the Ogombo area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development in a post on Twitter, said following the arraignment, Brioluwa was remanded to the Kirikiri Correctional

With just 12 days to the end of the present regime, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, for the second time announced that academic activities of the proposed African Aviation and Aerospace University will commence in September 2023. This is as the Federal Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nile University

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, condemned Tuesday’s attack on the United States of America Embassy workers in Anambra State. He described the attack as a despicable act which is highly condemnable. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State stated this on his Twitter handle while commiserating with the international

The Federal Executive Council has approved the development of an Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System, a platform that will effectively keep electronic records of births and death registrations. It also approved the establishment of an Aviation Leasing Company under Public Private Partnership. The move, FEC said, was to inject private sector funds into

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, will deliver a keynote address at the Oyo International Business Summit 2023 in London on Friday, May 19, 2023 as part of his administration’s move toward a global investment drive aimed at attracting more investors in the diaspora to invest in the rapidly in the state. The summit holds at

The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, on Tuesday, stressed the need for a female legislator to be elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. She also justified her support for Aisha Binani Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress during the 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State. Tallen

Following an attack on a United States embassy convoy in Anambra State, on Tuesday, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has expressed sadness, condoling with the families of those killed in the incident. Buhari’s condolence message is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu, on Wednesday, ordered the recall of the patrol team who disrespected a member of the public within the Egbeda Unit Command general operational area in Oyo State. This was made known in a statement signed by the Corps Spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem. Kazeem said the patrol team

The Nigeria Customs Service had intercepted and seized no fewer than 23 packages of tramadol worth N1.8 billion imported into the country from India and Pakistan. The PUNCH reports that the substance was seized at by the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Command of the NCS. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Compt. Mohammed Yusuf,

A socio-political organisation within the All Progressives Congress under the aegis of Renewed Hope Professionals on Wednesday faulted the National Working Committee of the party and President-elect, Bola Tinubu, for anointing candidates for the 10th National Assembly leadership. The NWC had announced Tajudeen Abass and Godswill Akpabio as consensus candidates for Speaker of the House

The criticism of the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, against the zoning formula for the leadership positions of the 10th National Assembly, decided by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, had sparked controversy among party leaders in the state. Akeredolu, in a statement, had rejected the zoning, saying the formula represented

The Delta State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers just as it also foiled a tricycle robbers syndicate. The operatives recovered from the suspected kidnappers a Toyota Corolla with Reg. No. WWR 353 LS, a locally made cut-to-size single barrel pistol as well as 11 rounds of live cartridges. PUNCH Metro gathered that sequel

The Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee has warned its executives to stop taking disciplinary actions without recourse to due process. The PDP NWC made the resolution at its 571st meeting on Tuesday. In a statement on Wednesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the NWC said it had constituted a committee to

The Nigeria Police Trust Fund and Ibzain Integrated Services Limited have partnered and begun training of 100 police personnel in divisional crime management in Yobe. A 7-day capacity building workshop commenced in Damaturu, on Wednesday, where NPTF Deputy Director, Training, Welfare and Institution Development, Mr. Jamilu Ja’afaru, announced that 100 policemen would be trained in

The Federal Government has condemned the attack on the convoy of United States consulate workers in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Tuesday. This was made known in a statement signed by the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, on Wednesday. The PUNCH gathered that the convoy

The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has called on the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, to call the state security agency network also known as Amotekun Corps to order against alleged professional misconduct by the operatives of the corps . The PDP, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei,

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, on Wednesday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ‘swiftly’ hand over power to her. Ezekwesili said this in a tweet shared on her official Twitter handle (@obyezeks). In her tweet, she described Buhari as an “ineffectual Commander-in-Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces.” Her tweet came following

Agency report Some Environmentalists, on Wednesday, called on the Bayelsa State Government to take urgent and immediate further action on the Bayelsa Oil and Environmental Commission report. The report was presented to Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa at the House of Lords on Tuesday in London. The report titled “An Environmental Genocide: Counting the Human

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Dr Baba Haruna as the Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Bida. This is contained in a letter signed by the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, and made available to newsmen in Bida on Wednesday. The appointment which took effect from May 21 was for