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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,