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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has warned all Ministries, Departments, Agencies, embassies, and High Commissions to beware of fraudulent diaspora groups parading as genuine. The warning was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement specifically mentioned “a group, Nigeria

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu has approved the redeployment of the Corps Public Education Officer, Deputy Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem. Kazeem was replaced by the Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Command Administration and Strategies, Assistant Corps Marshal Jonas Agwu. A Tuesday statement disclosed that the redeployments were done to boost

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry noted that its decision followed the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper which exposed the activity of a degree mill in Cotonou, a major

The President of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, resigned on Tuesday after coming under attack for her handling of anti-Semitism during protests over Gaza, as well as allegations that she had plagiarised in her academic work. Gay was criticised in recent months after reports surfaced alleging that she did not properly cite scholarly sources. The most

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,  Nnamdi Kanu. PUNCH Online reports that Kanu was arrested on October 14, 2015, and arraigned alongside four others on an 11-count charge of alleged terrorism, treasonable felony,

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has cautioned his first wife, MayYul Edochie, urging her to refrain from manipulating public opinion on social media to foster resentment towards him and evoke sympathy for herself.     This comes in response to May Yul Edochie’s recent Instagram post where she reflected on the challenges of 2023, expressing devastation,

Sierra Leone on Tuesday charged 12 people with treason and other offences for their roles in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, a press release said. One of those charged was Amadu Koita, who the government has said was one of the organisers of the coup attempt. A former soldier and

The National Association of Nigerian Students has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider the suspension of accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. The students’ body maintained that the government need to consider the impact of this decision on legitimate students who have pursued their education in the affected countries. The PUNCH

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, rejected the suspension of the chairman of its Ondo State chapter, Fatai Adams. The PUNCH reports that the State Working Committee of the PDP announced Adams’s suspension for alleged anti-party activities. But the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Tuesday,

The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday, handed over an 80-bed hospital to the Lagos State Government which includes a pediatrics unit and a dialysis centre. The Femi Gbajabiamila General Hospital located in the Surulere area of Lagos State also includes a 300 KVA generator, a 100KVA solar generator as well

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has commenced the second phase of distribution of palliatives to 90,000 beneficiaries in the state. Speaking shortly before the distribution of the palliative, Yahaya disclosed that no fewer than 30 persons would get the food palliative across 2,998 polling units in the state. Our correspondent reports that miscreants snatched some

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Tuesday, said royal fathers in the state were in support of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for a second term in office. This was as the governor declared that his administration had recorded success in the areas where opposition party members did not give him a chance to

The National Association of Nigerian Students has urged the Federal Government to ensure that the budget allocated to the education sector in 2024 is fully implemented. NANS said the funds must be used for everything stated, and no form of diversion should be tolerated going forward. It noted that part of the reason why the

Governors of the six North Central states, on Tuesday, lamented the attacks and recent killings in Plateau State by gunmen. The chairman of the North Central Governors Forum and Governor of Nassarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, who spoke when he led his colleagues on a condolence visit to the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, at

One person lost his life while two sustained injuries in a fatal motor accident which occurred in Ikare Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday. PUNCH Online learnt that some youths were celebrating the New Year with a carnival along the road when a bus lost control and rammed into them.

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State on, Tuesday, swore in 21 new permanent secretaries and 14 Special Advisers, saying their appointments were done fairly and without any political undertone. Speaking while swearing in the new appointees, Yusuf said the choice of the new appointees was done after careful consideration. “We selected the best in competence,

The Federal Government has approved an extension of the deadline for the 2024 hajj registration by intending pilgrims. The Assistant Director, Public Affairs, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Mrs Fatima Usara, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. She said the extension was in response to the concerns raised by religious clerics, State

No fewer than 11 people have reportedly died in an accident that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday on Jebba/Ilorin Express road. Seven other passengers were also seriously injured in the fatal accident which involved two vehicles: a DAF Truck and an 18-passenger Toyota Hiace bus. The accident, according to the information provided by

The Nigerian Bar Association has lamented the specter of insecurity witnessed in many parts of the country in 2023. Bemoaning the state of insecurity in the country, the NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu to give more priority to the security of lives and properties of the citizens

The State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State has announced the suspension of the state chairman, Mr Fatai Adams. The party alleged that the embattled chairman was involved in some anti-party activities which are against the rules and regulations of the party. This was contained in a statement issued by the

The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has promised to address some of the issues in the health sector of the state, saying his administration would recruit more health workers in the new year. Aiyedatiwa, who was sworn in as the governor last Wednesday after the death of Late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, also pledged to pay

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau, has blamed the failure of intelligence for the Plateau killings. This is as he condemned the December 24 attacks on villages in Plateau State by terrorists which claimed the lives of over 200 residents. This was contained in the New Year message made available by the

A member of Parliament from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party was at the centre of a political storm on Tuesday after taking a gun to a New Year’s Eve party where someone was shot with it. Emanuele Pozzolo, a lawmaker for Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party, has admitted owning the mini revolver –

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ordered the arrest of some motorcyclists, including a lance corporal, for riding in the wrong direction along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Tuesday. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, revealed this in videos shared on his X handle on Tuesday. His caption read, “This Morning: Lawless okada

Five people aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft lost their lives when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday. Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters that ll 379 passengers and crew on board the passenger plane which burst into flames were