Новости за 19.04.2024

The immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano,  on Thursday, failed in his bid to quash the N4bn theft charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the preliminary objection filed by Obiano to challenge the powers of the EFCC to

A grandmother, Fatimo Ganiyu is now in police custody for allegedly locking up three infants in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at about 4:00 p.m. A video sent to our correspondent by a resident in the area showed how malnourished the male and female

Former militant leader in the Niger Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo, was the cynosure of all eyes as the 2024 Amaseikumor Annual Festival came to a joyful and remarkable end on Wednesday at Oporoza, traditional headquarters of the Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. Tompolo is

The Nigerian Army has embarked on a week-long weapon handling competition for soldiers within the ranks of corporal and Below drawn from the 6 Division in the Niger Delta region. South-South PUNCH gathered that the competition aimed at “building their endurance and preparing them for the tasks ahead, Other features of the competition include: stripping

No fewer than 577 blind candidates are set to take the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME in 11 centres nationwide. Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Equal Opportunity Group, Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola made this known on Thursday while addressing newsmen in preparation for the 2024 UTME for blind candidates and others

The Oyo State Government, on Thursday, said the demolition of a building believed to be the hideout of Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan, the state capital, was based on a court order. PUNCH Online reports that the state government, on Tuesday, demolished the buildings being used by the agitators of the Yoruba Nation who invaded

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, unveiled surveillance drones acquired by the state to be deployed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Abiodun said the drones, to be operated by trained personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, Department of Stata Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, would help to tackle criminal

THE leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has petitioned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, demanding the arrest and prosecution of the factional President of NANS, Pedro Obi, over the alleged impersonation of NANS President, Lucky Emonefe. Emonefe, on Thursday, led hundreds of students on a solidarity rally to

The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, Mojeed Iyiola, has said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector. Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. “We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February

The Nigeria Police on Thursday arraigned a 47-year-old man, Tokunbo Daramola, before the Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, in Lagos, over alleged N27.5m fraud. Daramola was arraigned on a count of obtaining by false pretence, preferred against him by the police. The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendant committed

The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a fake Rev. Sister over the alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect, Maryvianney Ikejimba (alias Oluchi), 40 years old, and one Chidera, now at large, handed over the children to

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 19-year-old boy, Jamiu Akande, for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl at the Pakata Area, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, according to sources close to the NSCDC, reportedly started his sexual escapade with the

Super Eagles striker, Victor Boniface, has expressed delight at being nominated for a place in the 2023/24 Bundesliga Team of The Season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The list of nominees was announced in a statement on the league’s website on Wednesday and Boniface’s club, Bayer Leverkusen, posted their eight players who made the shortlist on

Former Liverpool defender, Steve Nicol, has urged the Anfield giants to go all out and sign Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen, who joined Napoli from Lille in 2020, signed a new contract with the Italians last December that saw him earning a monthly salary of €1.5m, almost doubling his previous earnings.

A 43-year-old man simply identified as Obiefule Nwagha is now in custody for allegedly conveying 1,040 tons of Indian hemp at the Ilufe waterside jetty at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred on April 17 at about 4:30 p.m. A police source from the division who

The residents of Ìrele community in the Ìrele Local Government Area of Ondo State have raised the alarm over the rising attacks on the community, where residents were claimed to have sustained varying degrees of injury and destruction of farmlands by suspected hoodlums. Some of the residents who spoke with PUNCH Metro in separate telephone

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission has disclosed that a total sum of N7.3tn accrued into the Federation Account between July and December 2023, indicating an increased revenue inflow. It said the amount shared by the Federation Account Allocation Committee was remitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria under the caption “CBN Federation Account

The Federal Government of Nigeria will need to come up with the sum of N3.2trn in 2024 to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff, the Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sanusi Garba said in Abuja on Thursday. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Power, Garba

The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery is taking advantage of cheaper oil imports from the United States for as much as a third of its feedstock as it starts up production. A report by Bloomberg on Thursday stated that the plant has been shipping products in recent weeks while readying two units to

Dr Maureen Tamuno has assumed office as the Group Managing Director of the Abuja Investments Company Limited. The company, in a statement on Wednesday, said it was pleased to welcome Tamuno, who assumed duties as the group managing director of AICL, effective April 8. The announcement came on the heels of the announcement made by

President Bola Tinubu and other prominent citizens have backed chess Grandmaster, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon, The PUNCH reports. Onakoya’s 58-hour quest to break the Guinness World record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon began Wednesday April 17 at 10am in Times Square,

Nigeria is moving to criminalise the destruction of broadband fiber cables in response to ongoing grievances from major telecommunications companies like MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. Sources familiar with the situation report that the Works Ministry, responsible for overseeing federal road constructors, is in the final stages of drafting regulations, according to a Bloomberg report on

THE All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, named nine persons who allegedly masterminded the suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. The APC, which described the masterminds as impostors, said it had petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to go after them. The two-page petition, which was made available to The PUNCH on Thursday,

TWO loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, including a serving member of the state House of Assembly,  Sokari Goodboy, were allegedly arrested in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday. Also arrested by the police was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, identified as Ezebunwo Ichemati. The lawmaker, Goodboy,

The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has withdrawn all police officers attached to the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The order for the withdrawal was contained in a police wireless message seen by our correspondent on Friday. The document with reference number: “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 read in part, “IG has ordered the