Новости за 03.01.2024

Antonio Rudiger snatched Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Real Mallorca to take them provisionally three points clear at the top of La Liga on Wednesday. The defender headed home from a corner with 12 minutes remaining to settle a tight clash in which Mallorca twice hit the woodwork. Vincius Junior made his return from

Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service, on Wednesday, began training ahead of the automated passport applications which is scheduled to commence on Monday, January 8. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Wednesday. His caption read, “Today, I declared open the training on automated passport application

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given the Kano State Government seven-day ultimatum to show cause why the ex-parte orders sought by the 44 local government areas of the state should not be granted. The Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter, had in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1733/2023 prayed the court

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Oyo State Command, on Wednesday, said no fewer than 417 suspects were arrested for various drug offences, seized about eight tonnes of various narcotics and psychotropic substances with a market value of ₦135,602,114.400, and secured the conviction of 54 persons in the outgone year of 2023. The state commander,

Three people were killed while six others were injured in separate accidents which occurred around the J4 junction of Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway on Wednesday. The first accident involving a Chevrolet car with number plate AGL 254 HF and another car without a registration number as well as a Bajaj motorcycle reportedly occurred around 8.55am,  claiming

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has told members of his cabinet to deliver on their various assignments or get sacked. Addressing the 2024 maiden meeting of the State Executive Council, on Wednesday, Adeleke directed council members to redouble their efforts in service delivery to the people. Adeleke, who said a discreet Monitoring and Evaluation Team

Johann Rupert and family have emerged as the richest man in Africa, dislodging Aliko Dangote as the continent’s wealthiest man in a list released by Forbes Magazine. Nigerian billionaires; Rabiu Abdulsamad and Mike Adenuga have lost their spots in the billionaire rankings released by the financial magazine In the list, the Forbes Daily billionaires ranking

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday night killed a man in Furaka community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. Residents who confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in Jos on Wednesday said the gunmen also kidnapped a lady and another man before making their escape. A resident of the community, Madaki Gottom,

The Economic Community of West African States said it would relocate former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Koroma to Nigeria on Thursday, January 4 2024. This was contained in a statement signed by the ECOWAS Commission president, Omar Touray on Tuesday and made available to journalists on Wednesday. According to Touray, the relocation was part of

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said the record of his predecessor, Femi Gbajabiamila, in the area of legislation and infrastructure, is unlikely to be matched. Abbas said this during the inauguration of a 484-bed hall of residence at the University of Lagos which was named the Femi Gbajabiamila Hall on

Nigerian Investigative Journalist, Umar Audu, has stated that he is worried over his safety following his recent investigative report which uncovered fake results syndicate in Togo and Benin Republic. Recall that the investigative journalist with Daily Nigeria newspaper, reported recently that he bagged a degree within six weeks of being admitted into one of such

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for allocating N100 billion for the programme. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Adeniji’s media team in Abuja on Wednesday. Tinubu had, on Monday, disclosed that the 2024 budget includes N100 billion allocation for the

Security consultant and defence strategist, Col. Hassan Stan-Labo (rtd.), has said former president Muhammadu Buhari did nothing in the fight against terrorism in the country, rather he made the fight harder to win. Col. Stan-Labo made this statement during an interview on Arise News on Wednesday. The military expert insisted that Buhari, instead of fighting

Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in an attempted coup on November 26, 2023. On November 26, armed attackers stormed a military armoury, two barracks, two prisons, and two police stations, clashing with security forces. Twenty-one people were killed and hundreds of prisoners

Osun State Government has said overhead and debt servicing would gulp a sum of N81, 699, 073, 700.00, representing 29.83 per cent of the recurrent expenditure of its year 2024 budget. The state governor, Ademola Adeleke, had recently signed into law the N273, 908, 997, 410, 2024 State Appropriation Bill passed by the State House

Edo State Government has said that 102,650 persons in 1,969 communities across the 18 local government areas of the state will benefit from the second phase of Renewed Hope Cash Transfer of the Federal Government. The General Manager, Social Investment Programme in the state, Yuwa Aladeselu, disclosed this at a one-day refresher training of local government cash

The Rivers State Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Senator Magnus Abe, has formally announced his return to the All Progressives Congress. Abe dumped the APC for the SDP ahead of the 2023 election where he secured the party’s ticket to contest the governorship election. But while speaking to newsmen

A former member of the House of Representatives from Ondo State, Mayowa Akinfolarin, has lamented that the handlers of the state had not been utilizing the human and natural resources it is endowed with properly. Akinfolarin, a two-term federal lawmaker who represented the Ile-Oluji Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency between 2015 and 2023, declared that the state

Residents of Ondo State, on Wednesday, held an eighth-day prayer for the late former governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, at his residence in the Owo Local Government Area of the state. Revealing the event on his Facebook page on Wednesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the late governor, Richard Olatunde, stated that the prayer

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has advised the Federal Government to recognise traditional religion and apportion to its adherents’ responsibilities. The governor spoke on Wednesday at the Government Secretariat in Abere – venue of the New Uear traditional prayer session organised by the Traditional Religion Worshippers Association of Osun State. At the prayer session, the

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, has assured the Bayelsa State Government of the possibility that the revoked licence for OML 46, also known as Atala Oilfield, belonging to the state will be returned to the state. Lokpobiri, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, gave the assurance during a visit to

Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, on Wednesday, unveiled a 484-bed hall of residence donated to the University of Lagos by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. This was disclosed in a series of tweets and photos shared on the official X handle of the University of Lagos on

Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, shunned an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission probing the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete. Umar-Farouq kept interrogators waiting for over eight hours on Wednesday without an official communication to the

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to support farmers and revamp agricultural sector in the state. Lawal said this on Wednesday while flagging off the Nigeria Coronavirus Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus programme with the distribution of farm input and agricultural assets. The ceremony, which also featured the flag-off of the

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday, said that there was no room for abandoned projects in the local government areas of the state. Oyebanji told outgoing chairmen of local governments and Local Council Development Areas in the state that their successors would complete the projects they began. The governor, who spoke in Ado