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The Association of Corporate & Marketing Communications Professionals in Banks in Nigeria has announced the burial details for its Publicity Secretary, Abdul Imoyo. A statement signed by the president of ACAMB, Rasheed Bolarinwa,  disclosed that  Imoyo died in the early hours of Sunday, December 17, 2023, at First Cardiology, Ikoyi, Lagos, after a brief illness.

Chevron Nigeria Limited has appointed a new Chairman and Managing Director, Jim Swartz. This was contained in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Wednesday by the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs Chevron Nigeria Limited, Esimaje Brikinn. According to the statement, Swartz was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron

A Prosecution Witness, Olayemi Hosa, on Wednesday narrated to the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how her husband, Olumuyiwa Adjoto, allegedly raped her sister’s six-year-old granddaughter, at their home in Mowo, Badagry, Lagos in 2022. Hosa, a trader who spoke in Yoruba and translated in English language, told Justice Rahman Oshodi that the

A former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr Femi Pedro, has said that he feels sorry for the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Betta Edu. Mr Pedro added that he hoped that the suspended minister would learn a hard lesson from her mistakes, particularly on how to conduct herself as a public officer Edu was suspended

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, received a donation of N1bn from renowned philanthropist and entrepreneur, Mr Femi Otedola, to support the state’s security architecture through the Lagos State Security Trust Fund. The governor received the donation in the company of the Chairman, LSSTF, Mr Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti; Executive Secretary/CEO of LSSTF,

Nigeria has more problems with corruption and abuse of office than we realise. And that ignorance or pretence at it is even more crippling than the corruption that we all worry about. A problem known is half solved. But when you fail or refuse to get to the roots of a challenge, you will, at

The immediate past chairman of Gudu Local Government Council in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Wakili Bachaka, said he sold his official vehicle monetised to him to pay bandits over N4m ransom to release his abducted wife and two children. Bachaka, who served as the chairman of the Gudu Local Government Area between April 2021 and

The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has commenced an investigation into the stealing of a Newborn baby who was delivered through Caesarean Section by a 20-year-old woman at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia. The newborn, a baby boy, was said to have been stolen a few hours after his birth on Tuesday, January

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has commiserated with the people of Andoni Local Government Area and the families of the about 20 people who died during Tuesday’s boat accident in the Andoni-Bonny waterway. Fubara, while expressing deepest grief over the unfortunate boat accident, described the incident as unfortunate. The governor in a statement issued

No fewer than eight traditional rulers in Anambra State are on the verge of being suspended from office by the state government following what is described as indiscriminate conferment of chieftaincy titles on undeserving and controversial persons, South-East PUNCH has learnt. This was just as the traditional ruler of the Nawfia community in Njikoka Local

A few hours after dissolving the board of directors governing Polaris, Union, and Keystone banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria has appointed new executive directors to oversee the affairs of the deposit money banks. The apex bank, in a statement signed by the acting Director of Corporate Communications, Sidi Hakama, released on Thursday morning, said

The All Progressives Congress has faulted the indefinite suspension order placed on the traditional ruler of Neni, Igwe Damian Onwuamaeze Ezeani, by the governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, for conferring chieftaincy title on the senator representing Anambra South and member of the party, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. APC Zonal Publicity Secretary in Anambra Central,

The Imo State Police Command has arrested the alleged kidnapper of the former Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Samuel Ohiri, and an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Sabinus Ugwuebu. This was just as the police also informed that it stormed what it suspected to be a criminal hideout of the

The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, says instead of worrying about the continued exodus of medical doctors abroad, Nigeria can exploit the new trend, popularly called japa, to earn foreign currencies. He said since Nigerian doctors are much valued abroad, the government should train more doctors and export them abroad to get “repatriation of

Clinical experts have said that early diagnosis of invasive viral infections could save lives and reduce the rate of mortality in Nigeria. The experts, who met for a three-day capacity training in fungal infections at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, on Monday, said the lack of necessary skills and knowledge of these infections

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of an 18-year-old man, Yusuf Haruna, in a correctional centre for allegedly stabbing an Imam, Malam Sani Mohammed, to death. The defendant, who lives in Tudun Nufawa Quarters Kano, is charged with culpable homicide. The Prosecutor, Mrs Fatima Ado-Ahmad, told the court that Musa

For those of you who watched the BBC Africa documentary, Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua (three episodes), an expose on the Synagogue Church of All Nations’ late founder Temitope Joshua and still insist on defending him, I have four words: you are not serious. Yes, the whole lot of you. Your faces are looking

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said that the achievement of peace and security in the South-East is the prerequisite for demanding for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The deputy speaker said this during an interaction with newsmen

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has promised that the Nigerian Army would strengthen the security apparatus in a few flashpoint areas in Enugu State. Such areas, according to Lagbaja, include the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state. This was just as he commended the government and the people of the

The Executive Director, Centre for Development and Reproductive Health, Dr Alobu Isaac, has decried lack of control mechanisms against tuberculosis infection and other airborne diseases in various health facilities across the country. He said the lack of such control measures and negligence in the health facilities have resulted in several health workers losing their lives

The Global President of Obafemi Awolowo University Alumni Association Worldwide, Barr. Fred Aburu, has charged Nigerians to cultivate the habit of hard work, transparency and dedication as these represent the road map to success in human endeavor. Aburu also urged the citizenry to render quality service and portray impeachable character for higher productivity to the

A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State, Chief Silas Onu, has been declared winner of the party’s primary bye-election, ahead of the Ebonyi South senatorial district election, scheduled for February 3. The primary election, which held on Monday at the zonal party secretariat in Afikpo, in Afikpo North Local Government Area

The spiritual head of the Catholic Church worldwide, His Holiness, Pope Francis, has approved the appointment of Rev. Fr. Thomas Obiatuegwu as the auxiliary bishop of Orlu Diocese, pending the appointment of a substantive bishop. Obiatuegwu was until his appointment the parish priest of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Umuahia, Abia State. A statement released by

The Federal Government is set to spend N450bn on power interventions in 2024. This is according to the budget analysis of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company. Under the firm’s capital expenditure, N450bn was budgeted for ‘FGN Power Intervention Fund.’ The Government Owned Enterprise’s expenditure intends to spend a total of N454.81bn in 2024. N2.44bn

Zenith Bank Plc has denied claims that its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, was arrested and held by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in relation to alleged fraud at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. In a statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday,