December 15, 2024
APC chieftain urges Tinubu to investigate national grid collapses
Concerned about the incessant collapse of the national grid, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has urged President Bola Tinubu to investigate the causes of the collapse and ensure the punishment of any culprits. In a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Sunday, Oyintiloye, a […]
NITDA champions data as key to Nigeria’s digital economy
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has re-emphasised the critical role of data in driving a sustainable digital economy. According to a statement from NITDA over the weekend, its Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa, stressed the need for safe and responsible data utilisation at the just-concluded 2024 Digital Nigeria Innovation Challenge. Inuwa, who was represented by […]
Police arrest native doctor, driver over alleged theft of truck
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the arrest of a native doctor, Veror Orduen, and a driver, Aondoaver Viaga, over the alleged theft of a company truck. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Steve Yabnet, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Makurdi. Mr Yabnet […]
Nigerian Navy recruits 1,814 new sailors
No fewer than 1,814 young Nigerians have been recruited into the Nigerian Navy within the last six months to strengthen joint military operations in the North-east, Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea. The Chief of Naval Staff, Emmanual Ogalla, said this at the Passing Out Parade of Batch 36 Trainees at the Nigerian Navy Basic […]
Eno backs out of minimum wage agreement with labour
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has unilaterally backed out of an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to begin payment of new minimum wage in December, over a week after signing it. The governor had approved N80,000 as a new minimum wage for workers in the state, an amount that is N10,000 higher than […]
Adeleke’s Giant Efforts In Providing Access To Quality Healthcare Service In Osun
By Oluniyi Isamotu From the inception of the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Osun, the sixth Executive Governor of the state have shown strong interest in provision of quality basic healthcare services for the good people of the state. After his swearing-in on November 27, 2022, Governor Adeleke take the bold step of an […]
EndSARS: Activist arrested for Facebook remarks against TInubu, Egbetokun moved from Lagos to Abuja
The police in Lagos State have transferred detained nurse and activist Olamide Thomas to Abuja following her arrest for her remarks cursing the children of President Bola Tinubu and Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun in a live Facebook video. She live-streamed the video on her Facebook page on 20 October, shortly after she was reportedly brutalised by […]
Ward excos suspend Ondo APC Chairman, Adetimehin
A group of aggrieved youths on Saturday stormed the Ondo state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Akure, the state capital, calling for the resignation of the chairman of the party in the state, Ade Adetimehin. The protesters placed palm fronds and a white coffin with the phrase “Adetimehin Must Go” on it in […]
Man burns wife, kills self over unresolved dispute
A yet-to-be-identified man, on Friday, set himself and his wife ablaze at the Ijoka area of Akure, Ondo State. The husband died in the inferno while his wife survived the incident. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the couple, who had been married for 10 years with two children, had been separated as a result of an […]
Take advantage of rule of law, Falana tells Nigerians
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has charged Nigerians to maximize the advantages provided to them by the law. Speaking on the status of the rule of law and the Judiciary, on Soni Irabor Live at News Central, the human rights lawyer decried the ignorance and indifferent attitudes of many Nigerians in exercising […]