Новости за 31.05.2023

A Max Air plane conveying Hajj pilgrims from Dutse, Jigawa State capital, on Wednesday evening made an emergency landing at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. The PUNCH learnt that the Boeing 747 aircraft which departed the airport had to discontinue the flight to Saudi Arabia when it was struck by lightning, which affected the

The National Association of Nigerian Students has said the sale of Ordinary National Diploma certificates by some institutions to students is the cause of the recent crisis reported during the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board 2023 Direct Entry registration process. NANS Vice-President, External Affairs, Mr Babatunde Akinteye, made this known in a statement. The PUNCH

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology has emerged as the best aviation training institution in the world with the highest number of trained instructors, the PUNCH reports. According to a statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, on Wednesday, NCAT received the award at the ongoing 2023 International

The Manager of the Snake Island Free Trade Zone, Nigerdock, has said that the expansion approval given to the zone by former President, Muhammadu Buhari will generate $5.2bn as revenue to the Federal Government in 45 years. The firm said this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. The statement read in part, “It is

A former Metropolitan Police constable, Jade Ebanks, 29, on Wednesday, appeared before District Judge Briony Clarke of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court for raping a woman five times in London. Ebanks is charged with five counts of rape against a yet-to-be-identified woman, an act he allegedly carried out two years before he joined the force. The

Talks between the Federal Government and the organised labour hit a deadlock on Wednesday evening as no consensus was reached The hours-long meeting which held at the Presidential Villa was to, among other things, prevent a labour crisis following the recent increase in petrol pump price occasioned by the discontinuance of petroleum subsidy. Speaking at

Residents in the Federal Capital Territory are lamenting the increase in transportation fares across the territory. Our correspondent conducted a survey on Wednesday and discovered that transportation costs have increased significantly in certain areas. For instance, the fare from Kuje to Area One, which used to be N400, has risen to N600, while the fare

An aircraft of the United Nigeria Airlines, on Wednesday, skidded off runway 18L at the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal two in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. No fewer than 50 passengers were said to be aboard the aircraft that flew in from the Ebonyi Airport in the Abakaliki area of the state. The Head,

A Court in Akure, Ondo State has sentenced a man,  Gbenga Akintola, to 21 years imprisonment for involvement in robbery. Akintola was apprehended by the Amotekun command and the police in Ondo town in 2021 for using dangerous weapons such as cutlasses to rob three individuals of their money and valuables. He was later charged

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has taken over the baton of leadership from Kebbi Governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu as the new Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum. The PUNCH gathered that Uzodinma was elected via consensus during a strategic meeting of the PGF on Wednesday. Among those in attendance were Governors Mai Mala Buni

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Wednesday, arrested seven filling station workers for allegedly hoarding petrol in Osun State. The NSCDC team, composed of officers and men drawn from the Anti-Vandalism Unit, moved around filling stations in the Osogbo area of the state to monitor the sale of petrol. The spokesperson

…as MDAs await debit from CBN Nigerian civil servants under the employment of the Federal Government will experience a delay in the payment of May 2023 salaries, The PUNCH learnt. Our correspondent gathered that this was because Ministries, Departments and Agencies were yet to get debit approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Earlier, some

A coalition of Niger Delta groups has rejected the choice of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio as the ruling All Progressives Congress’ preferred candidate for the exalted position in the Senate. The All Progressives Congress had chosen Akpabio as President of the Senate, and Abbas Tajudeen, as Speaker of the House of

The Lagos State Government has said it will collaborate with the French Community to promote the French language in schools across the state to foster employment and employability of youths through cultural and linguistic ties. The Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, stated this while receiving the

The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 10th House of Representatives Speaker, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, has sought the support of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for his ambition to be the next Speaker of the House. Abbas spoke in Osogbo on Wednesday when he led a delegation of serving and House

The Coalition of United Political Parties has condemned the hoarding of premium motor spirit known as petrol, noting that the pump price of the product has skyrocketed in the last two days. The scarcity of petrol, the CUPP said, started when President Bola Tinubu declared that his administration was stopping subsidy payments on petrol during

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, his counterpart in Kogi, Yahaya Bello and some other governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress are presently having a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the party. The governors, who arrived at about 5:20 pm on Wednesday evening, went straight into the secretariat for the crucial

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, his counterpart in Kogi, Yahaya Bello and some other governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress are presently having a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the party. The governors, who arrived at about 5:20 pm on Wednesday evening, went straight into the secretariat for the crucial

The Kano State Police Command, on Wednesday, paraded 93 suspects arrested for various offences in different areas of the metropolis between May 27 and May 29, 2023. Briefing newsmen at the premises of the Command’s headquarters at Bompai, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Gumel, stated that before the inauguration ceremony, the police

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union of Nigeria are meeting the representatives of the Federal Government at the Conference Hall of the office of the Chief of Staff, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited announced a new pump price for petroleum products

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday, shot a security personnel and one other person dead while they abducted two persons at a  farm in Awo village, Orile-Imo in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The kidnappers reportedly also shot dead a So-Safe Corps Area Commander, identified as Ogunrinde Saheed and a native

Fire, on Wednesday, gutted a building on the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the Ikeja area of the state. The PUNCH gathered that the fire incident caused panic among workers and patients at the hospital The fire was said to have started around 4 pm. The Director, Lagos State Fire and

The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, described the release of a new pump price for Premium Motor Spirit by the Nigerian National Population Company Limited as “an ambush.” The congress said through the act, President Bola Tinubu has put a “gun to the head of the Nigerian people.” The NNPCL on Wednesday afternoon confirmed it

A High Court in Benin, Edo State, has remanded two suspects, Gift Okon and Omokaro Valentine, to a correctional centre in the state for the alleged trafficking of young girls to Europe for prostitution and sexual exploitation. The suspects were arraigned by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on two counts

Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has expressed his condolences to the family of the Founder and Chairman of AIT, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, noting that his sudden death has come as a shock to many. A statement from Amaechi’s media office described Dokpesi as a lively and dynamic elder statesman who contributed significantly to