Новости за 28.03.2024

The traditional ruler of the Ewu kingdom, Clement Ikolo, has expressed shock at his name being on the list of wanted persons in connection with the Okuama killings. The PUNCH reported that on March 14, 2024, officers and soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion were killed by some irate youths during a peacekeeping mission in

Nigeria, on Thursday, suffered another national grid collapse. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the development to its customers through its social media handles. The AEDC said the national grid collapsed at about 4:28 pm, plunging the country into darkness. “Dear valued customers, please be informed that the current power outage is due to a

Five months after the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, his mother, Abosede, has denied claims that she absconded for 10 years. Abosede alleged that the singer’s father, Joseph, told her that he asked one of the suspects involved in the late singer’s death, Primeboy, to run away. In this

Access Holdings Plc announced growth in its profits before tax on Thursday, posting N729bn in 2023, representing a 335 per cent year-on-year increase from 2022. The group, in its consolidated and separate financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, also reported 87 per cent increase in gross earnings to N2.59tn, up from N1.38tn

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on Nigerians to put their trust in the members of the Armed Forces. Musa said their sincerity in protecting the democratic system of government in place in the country, as well as the security of lives and property, should not be doubted. Some persons had

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has said that a national drug-resistant survey on Tuberculosis will be conducted this year to determine the actual burden of drug-resistant TB in Nigeria. Pate said the survey will guide the targeted actions in addressing the epidemic of drug-resistant TB in the country. Pate

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Bello as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, pending confirmation by the Senate. Bello succeeds Prof Isah Mohammed, whom former President Muhammadu Buhari appointed in November 2018. The Presidency announced his appointment in a statement signed Thursday, by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media

Renowned Nigerian playwright and theatre director, Wole Oguntokun, is dead. Oguntokun, who was also a lawyer, passed away at the age of 56 on Wednesday. The news of his passing was shared by his friend and film director, Kayode Peters, on his Instagram page Thursday afternoon. The post read, “I remember that year. I was

The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee has queried the N15bn payment made to Remita from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation for two years. This is just as the committee accused the Central Bank of Nigeria and commercial banks of complicity in the sharing of the N15bn remittance. The committee’s Chairman, Bamidele

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the increment of the capital base for commercial banks with international authorisation to N500bn and national banks to N200bn. The apex bank announced this in a statement signed by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Sidi Ali, in Abuja on Thursday. The CBN’s move mandates substantial increases in the

The panel set up by the Edo State Chief Judge, Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of misconduct levelled against the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, by the Edo State House of Assembly, will begin sitting at the Judges Conference Room, New High Court Complex, Benin, on April 3. The House of Assembly commenced impeachment

The Chief Executive Officer of Egbin Power Plc, Mokhtar Bounour, says the firm is losing huge revenue to the current gas shortage, threatening power generation nationwide. Bounour said this on Thursday while addressing newsmen after receiving the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, at the Egbin Power Plant in Ikorodu, Lagos. The CEO noted that the

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee on Thursday said the failure by the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue,  Mr Zacch Adedeji,  to appear before its members after several invitations, amounted to contempt of parliament. The Chairman of PAC, Bamidele Salam, stated this at the resumed investigative hearing on the revenue leakages in Abuja. Recall that

The leadership of Labour Party, on Thursday, dismissed a report of an alleged takeover of the party affairs, saying the party has no functional Board of Trustees as being alleged. The rebuttal is coming on the heel of a statement by the party’s BoT Chairman, Sylvester Ejiofor, that the trustees have taken over the party

South Africa’s electoral commission said on Thursday it had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from standing in the May 29 general election. “In the case of former president Zuma, yes, we did receive an objection, which has been upheld,” commission president Mosotho Moepya told reporters, without giving details. “The party that has nominated him has

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has said that the Federal Government is eyeing a Value Added Tax of N5 trillion in 2024 while also putting mechanisms in place to close identified tax gaps. It also said that the FG was ready to align with the Economic Community of West Africa State’s directive on tax reform.

The abducted Editor of FirstNews Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, on Thursday, recounted his ordeal at the hands of the military personnel who abducted him from his Lagos home. Military authorities had earlier on Thursday, yielded to pressure and released Olatunji, who was abducted from his home in Lagos State on Friday, March 15,  2024. The PUNCH

A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital has sentenced Chinonso Chinaemelu, 27-year-old, and Okoye Christian, 20-year-old to one-year imprisonment respectively for vandalising a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc. This development was made known by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on Thursday.

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has said Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is the leader of the party in the state and should control the party’s structure 100 per cent. Secondus stated this while addressing party members in his remarks after a meeting of former members of the

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has promised free education to the freed 137 schoolchildren of the LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School. Sani added that the school and the Kuriga community would be renovated, all under the Uba Sani Foundation. The governor stated this while he addressed the children at the Government House, Kaduna,

The president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has disclosed that veteran actor, Zack Orji, underwent two successful brain surgeries and is presently in good health. Rollas revealed this during an interview with Afia TV on Wednesday, mentioning that Zack now requires a post-surgery evaluation abroad. Rollas expressed dismay at individuals who spread

Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has described President Bola Tinubu as a brave and fearless leader who is on a mission to change the socio-economic landscape of Nigeria. Otu, in his goodwill message released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Linus Obogo, to felicitate Tinubu on his 72nd birthday, described

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have set ablaze the police divisional headquarters in Nneni, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the hoodlums invaded the facility in the early hours of Thursday and threw explosive devices that burnt parts of the building. A source and one of the residents in the area said

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has extended birthday greetings to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 72nd birthday. Buhari wished the President good health and a long life so the country could benefit from his “excellent leadership.” This was contained in a statement by the former president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, and made available to newsmen on

The First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, on Thursday, donated N1 billion to support the fight to end the Tuberculosis epidemic in Nigeria by 2030. Tinubu made the donation in Abuja following her investiture as the global and national Stop TB champion by the Global Stop TB Partnership. The PUNCH reports that the First Ladies from