NICA Charges Entrepreneurs, Managers On Credit Mgt
National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA) has charged entrepreneurs and business managers on effective credit management in the country. As credit management profession was recently proclaimed “a national professio” by the Federal Government of Nigeria with qualifications in Credit Management unveiled as nationally recognised, NICA is the supervisor and regulator of credit management profession in […]
Be ready to recover stolen mandate, Ighodalo tells PDP
The Edo State’s chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has inaugurated the caretaker committee members set up by the party’s National Working Committee to run the party’s affairs pending the election of new executives. The Committee is chaired by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi with Hon. Henry Duke Tenebe as Secretary. Other members of the caretaker committee […]
Extortion: IG orders punishment for errant cops
The former Director-General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been remanded in Malabo’s Black Beach Prison, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The embattled former anti-graft chief was arrested days ago for allegedly recording over 400 sex tapes involving the wives of prominent figures in the country. This scandal surfaced during […]
S ’Africa, seven countries queue to lift Dangote refinery fuel
The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical is set to begin fuel exports to South Africa, Angola, and Namibia, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. A highly credible source, who confirmed this exclusively to one of our correspondents on Friday, said the management of the 650,000-barrel per-day capacity refinery was at advanced stages of talks with the countries to […]
Counsel withdraws from Abuja Bolt driver, Abia Rep’s suit
The law firm Deji Adeyanju and Partners has announced its withdrawal from representing a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, who was allegedly assaulted by Alex Ikwechegh, the House of Representatives member representing Aba North/South of Abia State. Popular activist Deji Adeyanju shared this update on X on Friday. According to a report by PUNCH Online, the […]
19-year-old trader jailed for robbing elderly woman in Jos
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old trader to nine months imprisonment for robbing an elderly woman in her house. The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokkos, in his judgment, ordered the convict to pay an option of N20,000 fine or spend […]
Tinubu tasks media managers on facts, integrity
President Bola Tinubu has urged media managers to focus on factual reporting and uphold professional integrity. President Tinubu said this at the All Nigerian Editors Conference in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The theme of the conference is: “Economic Growth and Development Strategies in a Resource-Rich Country”. At the event, media owners, editors, and other stakeholders called […]
CAF Announces 52% Increase In Women’s Champions League’s Prize Money
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced an increment in prize money for this year’s Women’s Champions League. The new increment, published on CAF official website on Thursday, sees a 52% rise in the cash prize for all teams who qualified for the 2024 edition to be held in Morocco this month. CAF first […]
EFCC plans to arrest me next week — Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is planning to arrest him after his tenure ends on November 14. Speaking at the EdoBEST National Results-Sharing Session on Thursday in Abuja, Obaseki revealed he received information about the EFCC’s plan to arrest and detain him over alleged fraud. He, […]
Lagos lawmaker begins road repair 28 years after neglect
Residents of Araromi in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State may soon breathe a sigh of relief as a House of Representatives member, Babajimi Benson, has initiated the rehabilitation of their community road. A PUNCH Metro correspondent who visited the community during the rehabilitation commencement ceremony on Thursday learnt that the Araromi-Adamo road […]