Новости за 22.03.2024

Gunmen opened fire at a rock concert in a Moscow suburb Friday, killing at least 40 people, wounding 100, and setting off an inferno in the theatre, authorities said. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms entered the building, opened fire, and threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, according to a journalist for the RIA Novosti news

The President of the Youth Wing of the Urhobo Progress Union Worldwide, Blessing Ughere, has expressed concern over the plight of Okuama community residents, particularly women and children taking refuge in the bush without access to food and shelter following the killing of military officers in the area.

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency has plans to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences. According to a statement by the commission on Friday, Olukoyede spoke on Thursday when a delegation of the National Association of University Students led by its President, Obadi Marshal,

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, said Anambra State is not making the progress it is expected to make because it is not connected to the central government. Ganduje, the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma and other APC stalwarts are currently attending the APC South-East Colloquium taking place in Nnewi, Anambra

Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy, asking for “time, space and privacy” as she completes her treatment. Kate, as she is widely known, said the discovery of cancer, after successful abdominal surgery in January, was “a huge shock” but she was “well

The Ogun State Government, on Friday, said it is already working on the rehabilitation of Agbado-Oke Aro-Akute Road. The government was reacting to a video that showed about 500 pastors urging Governor Dapo Abiodun to rehabilitate the road in fulfilment of his re-election pledge. In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Works and

European and US stock markets were mixed Friday after gaining earlier in the week over expectations of a series of interest rate cuts later this year. On Wall Street, the Dow fell as it was pulled lower by Nike, which offered a lackluster outlook. The wider S&P 500 retreated slightly, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Friday said it was “rejigging” its border security formations for improved surveillance and patrol. The newly-appointed Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mrs Kemi Nandap, revealed this when the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated 30 operational vehicles for border surveillance and patrol at the service headquarters, Abuja. Nandap said, “This investment

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has directed state coordinators of the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre, Commanders of the Special Female Squad, and officers of the corps to intensify efforts towards protecting educational institutions across the country. Audi stated this in a keynote address delivered at the corps

Goals from Cyriel Dessers and substitute, Ademola Lookman helped the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat 10-man Black Stars of Ghana 2-1 in an international friendly played in Marrakech, Morocco. The Eagles, in their first game since finishing second at the African Cup of Nations in February, largely looked assured before a late penalty by Jordan

The Nigeria Customs Service said it was directed by the Minister of Economy and Coordinating Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, to suspend the 25 per cent penalty on improperly imported vehicles. The service’s National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, announced this in a statement on Friday. PUNCH Online reports that the

The Defence Headquarters says that troops have neutralised 106 terrorists and arrested 103 in different operations nationwide in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, said this while giving an update on the operations in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the troops also apprehended 22 perpetrators

The face-off between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new twist on Friday as the majority of the lawmakers enacted a new law without the governor’s assent. The new law is the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Amendment Law. Of the 27 lawmakers said to be loyal

The Debt Management Office of Nigeria has revealed that Nigeria’s public debt surged to N97.34trn ($108bn) as of the fourth quarter of 2023. DMO disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Friday. Public debt is one of the ways for a country to get extra funds for economic development. This way, a

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has appointed Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu as the spokesperson for the service. Adams -Aliu who is the son of a former editor with The Daily Times took over from Rear Admiral Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan. A statement on Friday by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Rear Admiral

The Delta State Police Command has arrested three teenagers for staging the kidnapping of one of their friends and extorting N700,000. 

The management of FirstNews has written the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Chris Musa, demanding to know the whereabouts of its editor, Segun Olatunji. Olatunji, a former Kaduna State correspondent of The PUNCH, was kidnapped in his Lagos home in Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos on March 16. He was said to have

The Indigenous People of Biafra has called on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, over his deteriorating health in detention. The call was contained in a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Friday. Powerful said Kanu’s health has deteriorated inside the detention facilities. The statement read, “IPOB is bringing to

Highlife music icon, Godwin Opara popularly known as Kabaka, who broke a two-decade silence with the release of his acclaimed “Abialam” album in September 2023, is dead. He was aged 77.

Following Wednesday’s invasion of its secretariats, the leadership of Labour Party has formally petitioned relevant government institutions requesting that an urgent intervention be taken to protect the party against further aggression from the Nigeria Labour Congress. In four separate letters written to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; Attorney General

Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, represented by the Coalition of United Political Parties, expressed their strong disapproval on Friday of the actions by certain lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. These lawmakers allegedly extended the tenure of the 23 chairmen of local governments,

The Rivers State Police Command said its men foiled an armed robbery operation at Prisigbara/Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic Road in Khana Local Government Area of the state and successfully neutralised three assailants. The spokesperson for the state command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Friday, said

President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged Nigerians to patronise made-in-Nigeria products and services to sustain the recent gains of the naira in the foreign exchange market. He said the recent appreciation of the value of the naira against the dollar does not spell Uhuru yet. Therefore, he called for more collaboration from citizens, whom he

The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, on Friday, released results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series. The council commenced migration from traditional paper-based examinations to Computer-Based Examinations for its private candidates’ examinations. A statement by the council made available to PUNCH Online added that the novel

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on state governors that pay pension to former governors to emulate their Abia State counterpart, Alex Otti, and stop paying. He described payment of pension to former state governors and their deputies as outrageous. Obasanjo also described the pension as “a daylight robbery.: The former president stated this on