Новости за 03.04.2024

Arsenal coasted to a 2-0 win over struggling Luton on Wednesday to dislodge Liverpool from the top of the Premier League table, once again edging ahead in a thrilling three-way title tussle. Gunners captain Martin Odegaard opened the scoring midway through the first half and an own goal just before the break gave the home

Togo’s government on Wednesday delayed April 20 legislative elections until an unspecified later date, shortly after lawmakers approved highly contested constitutional reform. “Consultations” were needed, the presidency said in a statement, about the amendment in March that triggered opposition claims the reforms aimed to keep President Faure Gnassingbe in power in the West African nation

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismantled a bunkering site at Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State. In a statement signed by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Wednesday, the operatives also impounded 9,000 litres of automotive gas from oil thieves in the state. According to Afolabi, the operations were conducted

The Labour Party, on Wednesday, said that the house of its national chairman, Julius Abure, was gutted by fire in the early hours of the day. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. He also claimed it was an assassination attempt on the chairman. The statement read,

A female staff member of the University of Ilesa in Osun State, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, on Wednesday, died as a container filled with cashew nuts being conveyed by a truck fell on her car. The accident, which happened along Ilesa/Ibodi Expressway, a few meters away from the university’s gate, caused panic,

As the naira continues to appreciate against Dollars in both official and parallel markets, the leader of All Progressives Congress in Sokoto State, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, has called on marketers and traders in the state and the country at large to reduce the prices of goods in conformity with current value of naira. The senator

The services of WhatsApp, the popular instant communication app owned by Meta, have been restored after a global outage was reported on Wednesday. PUNCH Online reports that there was a disruption in the messaging service of WhatsApp, which was first noticed a few minutes past 7 pm, causing users to be unable to send or

Gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate and prosecute four individuals who he said falsely accused him of being the father of Mercy Chinwo’s child. Bassey’s lawyers submitted the petition on April 1, 2024, alleging criminal defamation and cyberstalking against the social media users identified as Okoronkwo Ejike,

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the military is not stepping beyond its boundaries by arresting and interrogating suspects linked to the killing of 17 military personnel on a peacekeeping mission in Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. He added that the military was authorised

The House of Representatives has dismissed recent comments attributed to the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, concerning the Petroleum Industry Act. The Speaker was recently quoted in some media outlets as saying that the lack of necessary investment in the nation’s oil and gas sector is an indication of the rejection of the Petroleum Industry Act. Official

The other day, I was engaged in a controversial conversation with a close friend on a topic that centered on the licensing of more universities. My friend’s position was that the existing 274 universities in Nigeria are more than enough. He informed me that this has been the position of the Academic Staff Union of

Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command and the Neighbourhood Watch Group have rescued kidnapped victims following a gun duel with the abductors along Eke/Ebe Road in Udi Local Government Area. This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Wednesday. The statement read, “Enugu State

Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced that it would be raising up to N600bn via Rights Issue. In a corporate notice filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday, which was signed by its Company Secretary, Uaboi G. Agbebaku, it was revealed that the decision to raise capital was made at the Board of Directors meeting

Ondo State Government has issued a reminder to civil servants to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and adhere to the established principles, rules, and regulations of the service. The government also cautioned workers against engaging in partisan politics ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission had set November

The Abia State Government says it has spent over N9bn on the payment of pension arrears in the state. This was according to the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Mike Akpara. Akpara disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Umuahia, stating that the whole pension was paid as agreed with the Nigerian Union of Pensioners

A 35-year-old man, Abayomi Babalola, has been arrested by operatives of Amotekun Corps in Osun State over allegations that he used black magic to keep a housewife as a sex slave for three weeks. Disclosing the arrest in a release obtained in Osogbo on Wednesday, the spokesperson for Osun Amotekun Corps, Yusuf Idowu, explained that

Mohammed Musa, brother to the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, has denied his involvement in the establishment of an ethnic militia group, Kungiya Zaman Lafiya. He disclosed this in an affidavit in support of Bodejo’s bail application dated March 28, 2024. Musa said his brother only had a registered vigilante company that

A French couple, who shared their apartment with close to 160 cats and seven dogs, on Wednesday received a one-year suspended prison sentence and a permanent ban on keeping pets. The Nice Criminal Court ruled that the man and woman “were guilty of the offence of abandonment, given the very poor state of health” of

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into law. This comes after separate considerations by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund. Details later…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences on the death of veteran labour leader and former President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Chiroma. Chiroma, 91, died on Tuesday, April 2 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. Buhari, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday, said the

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of the peace initiative and had chosen to be silent out of

Turkish club Trabzonspor have been ordered to play six home matches behind closed doors after violent scenes marred a league game with rivals Fenerbahce last month, the country’s football federation (TFF) said Wednesday. Two Fenerbahce players, Dutch defender Jayden Oosterwolde and goalkeeper Irfan Can Egribayat, were also fined and handed one-match bans by the TFF’s

One person has been confirmed dead, and about 600 people displaced following a rainstorm that ravaged the Iloko community in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State. It was reported in March that residents and traders of Iloko-Ijesa in the state lost property worth millions of naira to a heavy rainfall that wreaked havoc

The retired Justice S.A. Omonuwa’s seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday ruled that the panel will continue its investigation as there was no court order stopping it. The ruling came after Shaibu’s

The statewide sit-at-home called by transporters and other trade unions in Plateau State commenced on Wednesday with partial compliance from traders, artisans, drivers, and tricycle operators, among others. On Tuesday, transporters and other trade unions under the auspices of Plateau State Joint Transport, Traders and Marketers Association, announced that there would be sit-at-home across the