Новости за 11.06.2023

Pro-democracy and human rights organization, the Campaign for Democracy, on Sunday appealed to the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to ensure that the perks attached to political offices, particularly the National Assembly, were made less attractive. CD President, Pastor Ifeanyi Odili, who described the humongous perks as drain pipes, said, “Subsidy is not the only policy killing Nigeria’s economy. Our

Following the reaction of former Governor Bello Matawalle that the vehicles impounded by the security agents in his residences were his personal properties, the Zamfara State Police Command has urged him to produce evidence and reclaim the vehicles belonging to him. THE PUNCH reported on Sunday that Matawalle claimed that the majority of the vehicles

As the battle for the position of the president of the 10th Senate intensifies, an All Progressives Congress, support group, South-South Solidarity Group, on Sunday, implored Senators Abdulaziz Yari, Orji Kalu, and Osita Izunaso, to back down from the race so that Senator Godswill Akpabio can emerge Senate President. The group made this call during

Immediate past Commissioner for Works in Osun State, Mr. Remi Omowaye, has called on Nigerians to support Ekiti-born chef, Damilola Adeparusi, in her bid to set a new world record for longest cooking time. Omowaye in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Sunday said rather than discouraging the chef with of barrage of criticisms that

The leadership of the APC Voice of Progressives Youths has urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Working Committee of the party to zone the 10th deputy senate presidency seat to the North-Central zone. The group noted that not ceding the position(deputy senate presidency seat) to the zone, would amount to marginalizing the North-Central geo-political

Pope Francis’s recovery from his recent hernia operation was steady, his doctors said Sunday. Francis underwent a three-hour operation at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday, the latest health procedure for the 86-year-old leader of the Catholic Church. The doctors said the pope does not have a fever and has completed respiratory physiotherapy. He

The Ondo State Government has warned members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers against causing a breakdown of law and order in any part of the state. The state government has earlier suspended the operations of the union in the state after which a parks management committee was established

The Police in Zone 2 command Onikan, Lagos, have arrested an alleged fake woman customs officer, Rakiya Musa, for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of the public. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Idris-Adamu said that the Assistant Inspector General of Police of the Zone,

The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state on Friday matriculated 11,450 Students for the 2022/2023 academic session. The matriculating students, according to the Rector of the institution, Dr. Kadiri Kamoru were admitted for National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) full-time and part-time courses in the Polytechnic. Speaking at the event, the Rector admonished the

The Kano Government, early Sunday, continued with the ongoing demolition of illegal buildings in the state, despite the said intervention by the presidency. The latest demolition was of shops, built beside the fence of Sani Abacha stadium, Kofar Mata, GSS Kofar Nasarawa opposite IBB road, including the buildings by GGSS Dukawuya, Goron Dutse. An eyewitness

An American citizen identified as Michael Travis Leake has been arrested and detained by Russian authorities on drug trafficking charges. According to NBC, Leake, a paratrooper and musician was arrested in Moscow on Saturday. The US citizen in question has been charged with “illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs on a large scale,”

A Consultant Surgeon, in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano (AKTH), Dr. Garzali Ibrahim Umar, on Sunday, called on the newly elected leaders in the country to assist in the training/provision of liver surgeons in Nigeria, lamenting that at the moment, the country doesn’t have any. The Chairman Local Organising Committee for the 2nd Liver Surgery

Nathaniel Shaibu, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory has called on the media and members of the public, not to address the Permanent Secretary of the FCT Administration, Olusade Adesola, as the Acting Minister. The FCTA made the clarification, following reports in some media assigning the designation of Acting Minister, to the Permanent Secretary. In a

More than a third of men in Germany find violence against women “acceptable”, according to survey results that campaigners described as “shocking” on Sunday. A total of 33 percent of men aged 18-35 said they found it “acceptable” if “their hand slipped” occasionally during an argument with their female partner, according to the survey set

As the negotiations between the Federal Government and organised labour entered its second week, the new petrol pump price has taken its toll on Nigerians for real. Commuters pay almost thrice their previous transport fares as prices of food commodities dance to the new beat. Perceived to be the voice of working-age citizens, the Nigerian

Dinner, drinks and a selfie with Lionel Messi sounds like every football fan’s dream, but Chinese police have warned it’s just one of numerous scams surrounding his visit to Beijing. The Argentine legend’s presence in China for a friendly against Australia in the capital on Thursday has drawn scammers and ticket scalpers desperate to capitalise

Bauchi State on Saturday moved to vaccinate girls in the state against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). It plans to target girls between the ages of nine years and 14 years as HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. The Bauchi Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) consequently inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) to

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued President Bola Tinubu, over “the failure to probe the allegations that USD$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019.” SERAP filed a lawsuit against Tinubu at the Federal High Court

The Executives of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kassa ‘A’ Ward of Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba State on Sunday affirmed the membership of the immediate past Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. David Ishaya. The Ward Executives also suspended the Local Government Chairman of the party, Mr. Anthony David who hails from the same Kassa

Benue State Government has set up a committee to recover all looted government property by the immediate past government. Recall that Governor Hyacinth Alia through his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula had a few days ago decried the looting of government vehicles by the immediate past government headed by Samuel Ortom. Tersoo had said, “The

Manchester City won their first Uefa Champions League on Saturday night beating Internationale Milan 1-0 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey. Rodri’s well-taken goal in the 68th was enough to see Citizens become just the second English team to win The Treble after Manchester United in 1999. City manager Pep Guardiola also claimed his

Civil society groups numbering about 120 have set aside Monday, June 12, to protest petrol subsidy fraud and the hike in fuel prices since the announcement of the subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu. The groups said they had observed the hardship and anarchy that the transfer of the cost and burden of the fraudulent

…say we beg to eat, live on streets Persons Living with Disabilities, who have found a career in sports and are under the payroll of the Lagos State Government can at this point be likened to forgotten champions. The para-athletes, who have alleged being owed 19 months of accumulated allowances and other benefits, are presently

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday struck near Johannesburg, shaking buildings across South Africa’s most populous province, the United States Geological Survey reported. The tremor struck at 2:38 am (0038 GMT) around 10 kilometres (six miles) below the surface, the USGS said. Buildings shook across the province of Gauteng, where Johannesburg, the country’s largest city and

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his team’s maiden Champions League title was “written in the stars” after their final victory over Inter Milan on Saturday. Rodri’s 68th-minute strike proved enough for City to finally get their hands on club football’s biggest trophy, despite having to ride their luck as Inter missed several second-half chances.