Новости за 22.02.2024

The Senate, through its Committee on Finance, dumped the stay of action position proposed to it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service on the N2.7trn Tax Credit Fund required for specific road construction by the Federal Ministry of Works. The Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, had at an interface with the committee two weeks ago,

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 10 executive heads across the Nigerian Communications Commission, Galaxy Backbone Limited, and Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, all agencies in the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced the latest appointees in a statement he signed Thursday

President Bola Tinubu has given marching orders to senior civil servants for the accelerated payment of welfare packages to workers nationwide. He warned that the bureaucracies undermining the expeditious payment of benefits would not be tolerated and directed that a monthly briefing by the Head of Service and submission of key performance indicator reports should

A three-storey building at Ita Faaji Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State collapsed during the downpour on Thursday. PUNCH Online learnt that the incident which happened around 9am caused panic in the community. The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Magaret Adeseye, in a statement obtained by

AC Milan overcame a spirited Rennes 5-3 on aggregate despite a 3-2 loss in Thursday’s second leg to reach the Europa League last 16, where they will be joined by fellow former European champions Benfica. Benjamin Bourigeaud scored a hat-trick for Rennes, including a pair of penalties, but goals from Luka Jovic and Rafael Leao

The total revenue accrued to the coffers of the government increased to N2.07trn in January 2024 out of which N1.15trn was disbursed to the Federal Government, states, and local government areas, the Federation Allocation Accounts Committee disclosed on Thursday. FAAC, in a communique issued at the end of its monthly meeting in Abuja, said the

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abia State Command, on Thursday, paraded 10 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining. Parading the suspects in Umuahia, the state Commandant, Usman Alfadarai, said the arrests were made on Friday,  February 16, 2024. He said his men “successfully arrested 10 suspects for their alleged involvement in

A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ogunniyi Oluwaseun, has congratulated Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper and media giant, PUNCH, on its 50th anniversary. PUNCH, publishers of The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH and PUNCH Online, clocked 50 on March 18, 2023. Founded in March 1973, PUNCH clocked 50 on March 18 last

Oyo State Governor and Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, declared that there was no truth in the claim by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, that states of the federation got an additional N30 billion each outside of their statutory revenue allocations, to address food insecurity in their states. A

The Federal Government on Thursday said the Port-Harcourt Refinery would begin operations by producing two million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol and 2.2 million litres of diesel per day. The government also disclosed that the refinery was at 80 per cent completion, noting that the old plant of the refinery would

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in collaboration with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service, apprehended 115 individuals suspected of currency racketeering in Enugu State on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.   This was made known in

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has frowned at the reports of disagreements between the military and civilians in some parts of the nation. He then vowed to protect the rights of all citizens of the country. Speaking at a one-day human rights seminar tagged, ‘Expounding the Human Rights Narrative in Contemporary Times:

A protest over rising food prices which started early on Thursday reportedly turned violent after hoodlums allegedly hijacked a trailer load of foodstuff along the Suleja-Kaduna road. According to eyewitnesses, the protesters took control of the trailer which was loaded with rice and other items after overpowering the driver and began to steal from the

The co-defendant in the trial of ex-governor Yahaya Bello’s nephew, Ali Bello, Suleiman Daudu, on Thursday, contested the new charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against them. The EFCC had on December 15, 2022, arraigned Bello and Suleiman on 10 counts of alleged misappropriation and money laundering. The anti-graft agency accused Bello,

There was panic in the Iboko community in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Tuesday when gunmen stormed the area and killed no fewer than two security guards. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen disguised as natives of the area, stopped at strategic locations in the community

Women from the 23 local government areas of Rivers State on Thursday marched through the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital, to declare support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The stakeholders, under the auspices of Rivers Women Unite for Sim, began the walk from the popular CFC junction along Aba Road to the Polo Club

A businessman, Asue Ighodalo, has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary election, which took place in Benin City in Edo State on Thursday. Ighodalo defeated about nine other candidates including the Deputy Governor of the state in the election. He polled a total vote of 577 votes to become the

The Rivers State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of one person in a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt, said the incident followed four cases presented at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Oreh said while

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Benin Zone, on Thursday, said the union is alarmed that the presidential directive on the removal of lecturers from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System is being frustrated. The government on December 13, 2023, exempted the tertiary institutions, universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and monotechnics, from the use

The Senate, on Thursday, passed the Bill seeking the establishment of the South East Development Commission. The commission is to be charged with the responsibility of receiving and managing funds from the Federation Account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses, and other infrastructural damages suffered by the region as a result of the

The Judicial Council of the Economic Community of West African States, on Wednesday, said it is combing its extant laws and reviewing the level of implementation of its past rulings by member-states. This came as Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, called on the ECOWAS Court of Justice to refrain from issuing

Two governorship candidates and a House of Representatives candidate have called for the prosecution of the Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure, for alleged forgery. The aggrieved candidates are the party’s governorship candidate for Ebonyi State, Splendour Eze; Edo House of Representatives candidate, Murphy Imasuen and Plateau State governorship candidate, Yohana Mangif. Abure was arrested

The police in Ekiti State on Thursday warned against staging an “End Nigeria Protest” believed to be organised by an unknown group in any part of the state, saying such an act capable of threatening existing peace was unacceptable. The Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale, enjoined all stakeholders, parents, and peace lovers “to warn their

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday clarified the reason Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State was replaced with his Cross River counterpart, Bassey Otu, as Chairman of the Edo governorship primary election. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, said the governor was “unavoidably unavailable”

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, has called on the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang to as a matter of urgency, reinstall the recently sacked Vice Chancellor of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, Prof. Bernard Matau. Matau was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the state university while serving as the state Commissioner for