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A Lagos State-based businessman, Suraj Oyewale, has organised a football match among his X (formerly Twitter) followers after bants about his football club being a team of electricians and carpenters. Oyewale, on Saturday, featured in a football match which was organised by a marketing agency, Dynasty Africa, between Instagram and X influencers that ended 5-4

By Deborah Musa A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo on Monday, adjourned till May 15 to rule on the preliminary objection of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Agunloye on a seven-count- charge. The seven-count charge bordered on forgery, disobedience of presidential

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Enugu State to the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission. This was according to a statement on the commission’s website, on Monday. The transfer, according to the commission, complied with the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

The Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered the illegal activities of a fake cosmetics producer at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this on its X handle on Monday. The agency said the fake cosmetics producer, Mr Pius

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Monday, gave his support for the creation of state police across the country. Akpabio expressed his support in Abuja at a national policy dialogue on state policing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review. The event which attracted prominent Nigerians including former military Head of State,

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the Federal Capital Territory has intercepted 10 individuals suspected of being victims of human trafficking and allegedly being prepared for migration abroad. Acting on a tip-off, NSCDC officers intercepted the group at Zuba motor park in Abuja upon their return from Minna, Niger State, where they had

The Nigerian Army, on Monday, said it has dismissed two soldiers, Corporal Innocent Joseph, and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani, accused of stealing armoured cables at the Dangote refinery on April 14, 2024. The PUNCH had reported how the soldiers entered the facility in an Acura jeep but were caught at the company’s main gate with

The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has revealed a plan by the Federal Government to establish a N100 billion Police Housing Fund. The IG made the announcement in Abuja on Monday during the launch of the inaugural Nigerian Police Housing Summit. The summit themed, “Renewed Hope for Police Housing in Nigeria,” was held at

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it recorded 5,669 suspected Lassa fever cases and 152 deaths with a Case Fatality Rate of 18.3 per cent. This is according to the Lassa fever situation report posted by the NCDC on its website on Monday. The NCDC said 832 cases were confirmed from the

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide has said, contrary to insinuations in some quarters, that there is no faction in the body. This is as the organisation said it had commenced moves to modernise the Igbo Apprenticeship System, a system that has helped the people achieve economic empowerment. President-General of Ohanaeze-Ndigbo Worldwide,

The Federal Government has announced the launch of the N200bn Presidential Intervention Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and manufacturers in Nigeria. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, made this announcement in a post on her X formerly Twitter page on Monday. Uzoka-Anite said that following the ongoing disbursements targeted

The Corporate Affairs Commission has revoked the certificates of incorporation of NIPOST Properties and Development Company and NIPOST Transport and Logistics Services Limited. This revocation followed the discovery of an illegal transfer of N10 billion in restructuring funds released by the Federal Ministry of Finance to the agency’s subsidiaries. The CAC, in a statement on

Overworked members of the Association of Residents Doctors, Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State chapter, have appealed to the state governor, Seyi Makinde, to address the dire situation they are currently facing. The LAUTECH doctors in a series of posts on X on Sunday, lamented the unattractive remuneration package, noting that the situation is

The Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has begun the distribution of food palliatives to the people of the state in continuation of the government’s commitment to cushion the impact of the economic downturn on the people. The Governor who was represented by the State Deputy Governor, Joel Oyibo Salifu, noted that the distribution of the

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman on Monday, said the Federal Government is considering the adoption of 18 years as the entry age for admission into universities and other tertiary institutions of learning. Mamman also said underage students were responsible for some of the problems being encountered in higher institutions. Mamman gave the hint

Seventy per cent of the total number of inmates in Kano Correctional Centres are currently awaiting trial, an official of the Nigerian Correctional Service, has revealed. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Musbahu Lawan, stated this at a press briefing in Kano on Monday. Lawan, who expressed concern

The scheduled hearing in the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, to set aside the Kogi State court order restraining the anti-graft agency from arresting, detaining and prosecuting the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello was stalled on Monday. Recall that a Kogi

The Rivers State House of Assembly passed the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law on Monday by overriding the assent of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The House, led by its Speaker, Hon Martin Amaewhule, made the decision at its 159th Legislative sitting held at the Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt. This was contained in

President Bola Tinubu has called for the establishment of a regional counter-terrorism centre that will serve as a hub for intelligence sharing, operational coordination, and capacity building throughout Africa. Speaking at the African High-level Meeting on Counter-Terrorism in Abuja on Monday, the President emphasised the need for a comprehensive approach to combating terrorism, not only

Scores of traders at the Rumuwoji Mile one market, phase affected by a fire outbreak in 2013 again staged a peaceful protest at the Government House, Port Harcourt, over alleged plans by some individuals to take their shops through the back door. The protesters comprising both sexes including some aged people had gathered in front

Governor Sheriff Oborevweri of Delta State has called for strategic and collaborative approaches between the Federal and Sub-national governments in the Niger Delta region to address the hydra-headed challenges facing the people of the oil-rich states of the Niger Delta Oborevweri made the call on Monday while declaring open the 6th meeting of the National

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disowned a flier purportedly from the Office of one of his wives, Mrs Ngozi Adeleke, welcoming Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to the state. Adeleke described the flier purportedly from Ngozi as fake. Adeleke also said there was no conflict over who among his two wives would

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Abuja-based Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja. The development followed allegations of discriminatory practices against Nigerians. The FCCPC officials shut the supermarket when they stormed the premises on Monday. The commission’s officials sealed up the place after interrogating Nigerian

Former Nigerian coach Samson Siasia has opened up about his relationship with former Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi, stating a tense dynamic that existed when he was the national team’s head coach. In a podcast with ex-international Emmanuel Babayaro and journalist Matthew Edafe on Saturday, Siasia stated, “Mikel is a little bit out of my

The two wives of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, are currently trying to outshine each other, with both of them laying claim to the Office of the First Lady of the state. The two women, Ngozi and Titilola, have printed different posters that have gone viral with their names and pictures welcoming Nigeria’s First