Alhaji Safiyanu Andaha, the chairman of the Akwanga Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, and his companion, Adamu Umar Tanko, were abducted. The kidnappers have demanded N50 million as ransom to free them. This information was provided to our correspondent in Lafia on Tuesday by a family source who pleaded for privacy. The insider clarified that talks between the kidnappers and the chairman’s family were still going on. The head of the Akwanga council and his closest friend, philanthropist Adamu Umar Tanko, also referred to as Adamu Custom, were abducted on Monday night. According to Haruna Kassimu, Special Advisor on…
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The attack on a supermarket in One Man Village, near Mararaba, in the Karu Local Government Area of the state, has prompted the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigative Department in Lafia to launch an investigation, per the directive of Umar Nadada, the Commissioner of Police for Nasarawa State. Four people were reportedly slain by an armed group that assaulted the shop. The event was said to have occurred on Tuesday at approximately 8:45 p.m. One of the dead people had an identity card from the Central Bank of Nigeria, according to a voice heard…
Ondo State’s governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has removed the interim chairs of the state’s 18 LGAs and 33 LCDAs, or local council development areas. According to Aiyedatiwa, the interim chairmen would continue to hold their positions until a judge rules on the issue. The governor instructed the suspended caretaker chairmen to turn over all LCDC properties in a letter signed by Alonge Adewale of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. Look up Daily Post Nigeria Daily Post Breaking: Aiyedatiwa removes LG caretaker chairman in Ondo, NigeriaPublished by Seun Opejobi on January 3, 2024 Ondo State’s governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has…
According to the National Association of Nigerian Students, or NANS, Nigerian educational institutions that offer unaccredited courses have to be shut down. This was stated in response to the Federal Ministry of Education’s announcement on Tuesday that the Republic of Benin and Togo’s degree certificates would no longer be evaluated or accredited. Following an undercover investigation by a Nigerian newspaper that revealed the operations of a degree mill in Cotonou, a major city in the Benin Republic, the ministry blacklisted roughly eighteen educational institutions. The factional president of the National Senate, Elvis Ekundina, praised the federal government in a statement…
According to the former president Goodluck Jonathan, he has no regrets in endorsing Bayelsa State governor Douye Diri for reelection in the off-cycle governorship election on November 11, 2023. Jonathan claimed that the goals of the vast majority of the state’s citizens were in line with his open support of the governor. He made this statement when Governor Diri’s powerful team paid him a visit at his Yenagoa home. The former president, who was accompanied by his spouse, Dame Patience Jonathan, praised the governor for his efforts to promote development, especially in maintaining peace and stability within the state. He…
Plans have been finalized by the Nigeria Railway Corporation to begin night operations prior to the second quarter of 2024. This was revealed on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria by Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director of NRC. “What is restricting us are the night operations, and that is not how trains should operate,” he said. The train is designed to run continuously. Although many would prefer to go in the evening, we are only able to do it during the day due to the nation’s security conditions. Because of the dry ports, Okhiria stated, “We…
On Wednesday, nurses at the Federal Medical Centre in Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, demonstrated over their purported exclusion from the institution’s 2023 promotion process. The nurses, who are affiliated with the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, also voiced their dissatisfaction with the hospital’s management, requesting that their rights about staff shortages, promotion arrears, and other matters be addressed. They also described their working conditions as severe. Wednesday’s demonstration, which PUNCH Healthwise was watching, took place on the hospital’s grounds. The irate employees were observed peacefully singing and holding signs across the property. “Stop selective promotion,” “Nurses workload is…
Taye Adebisi, also known as Taye Currency, is a well-known Fuji singer who is based in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. He has told stories of how the late Christopher Alao-Akala, the state’s previous governor, financially freed him after giving him N99 million for his 2011 governorship campaign. Taye Currency made this statement on December 27, 2023, while playing as one of the guest artists at an event commemorating the yearly Oshodi Day. Remember that Akala has been hailed and criticized for his charitable lifestyle on numerous occasions. Akala was nicknamed ATM by the public because he was a…
A group that is involved with Primary Health Centers and CSOs has decided to create a monitoring unit to keep tabs on the operations of medical institutions, particularly those located in rural areas. The CSOs stated that the gesture was made to encourage the creation of better healthcare services across the country. The group claims that the purpose of establishing the monitoring unit is to guarantee that common people, particularly those residing in rural areas, may obtain high-quality, reasonably priced medical care. The group’s chairman and secretary, Bala Ahmad Mohammad and Peter Ibrahim Amfani, jointly signed a statement on Wednesday…
The Onwubiko Anagor family, who reside in the Ubaruisionye Nando community in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, has petitioned Justice Onochie Anyachelu, the Chief Judge of Anambra State, requesting a thorough and intensive investigation into the claims of nine accused individuals regarding the alleged murder of their son, Christian Onwubiko Anagor. The family’s two-page appeal, which was sent to the Chief Judge by attorney Joseph Odo through the deceased man’s brother Kenneth Anagor, was made available to media on Tuesday. The family claimed in the appeal that the deceased was murdered on September 19, 2021, without…
The Lagos State Police Command has said that it is investigating the possible kidnapping of an adult female who has not yet been named on Monday, January 1, in the state’s Victoria Island region. Benjamin Hundeyin, the public relations officer for the state police, informed PUNCH Metro of this on Tuesday. The woman was reportedly having trouble getting out of a black Pathfinder on Ahmadu Bello Way, according to a video that X (previously Twitter) user Bishop Khale posted on the site that same day. “There is no indication that there was an abduction but we are looking into the…
There have apparently been as many as eleven fatalities in an accident on the Jebba/Ilorin Expressway early on Tuesday. In the deadly collision involving two cars—an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus and a DAF truck—seven additional passengers suffered critical injuries. The Federal Road Safety Corps said that the collision happened near Aiyere village on the Bode-Saadu-Ilorin highway at roughly 4.50 in the morning. According to the FRSC, one of the vehicles’ improper overtaking and speeding caused the collision. According to a statement released by Basambo Olayinka, the FRSC Public Relations Officer at Kwara Sector Command, the command was notified of the…
The Federal Ministry of Education, a branch of the Federal Government, declared on Tuesday that the accreditation of degree credentials from Togo and the Benin Republic has been suspended. The Federal Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Augustina Obilor-Duru, signed a statement on Tuesday expressing the government’s regret that “some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified.” It came after a Daily Nigerian Newspaper investigative piece titled “How Daily Nigerian reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks.”…
There have been six fatalities and eleven injuries from a multiple vehicle incident on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. According to Kabir Nadabo, the Kaduna Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, the accident happened on Tuesday at approximately 06:25 hours at the Aliko filling station on the Kaduna-Zaria road. Nadabo said that speeding and reckless driving were to blame for the numerous accidents, which caused traffic to temporarily stop. He did, however, add that traffic was now able to flow freely on the route and that Zebra 35 Rigachikun’s rescue squad had been on the site quickly to carry out…
The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has expressed regret for remarks he made about former state governor Adams Oshiomhole during the latter’s debate with incumbent Godwin Obaseki. Despite their political disagreements, Shaibu maintained that Oshiomhole is still his father when making this claim on a TVC program on Monday. Shaibu supported Obaseki during the spat with Oshiomhole, pointing out that the previous governor was acting like a godfather when they both never permitted such an event to occur in Edo State. Nonetheless, it appears that Oshiomhole and Obaseki have resolved their issues as they have recently been spotted…
Yakubu Maikyau, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, has attributed the Plateau killings on a breakdown in intelligence. This comes as he denounced the terrorist attacks on Plateau State villages on December 24 that left over 200 people dead. Akorede Habeeb-Lawal, the association’s national publicity secretary, made this information available in the New Year’s address on Tuesday. In addition to calling the incidents “inexcusable and unacceptable,” Maikyau added that a recent drone attack in Tudun Biri, Kaduna state, by the Nigerian military demonstrated a weakness in the nation’s security framework. According to reports, the military launched an airstrike on…
According to the Nasarawa State Police Command, they are looking into the kidnapping of Safiyanu Isa-Andaha, the chairman of the Akwanga Local Government Area in the state, by armed individuals. This was stated to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lafia by DSP Ramhan Nansel, the public relations officer for the state police. According to the PPRO, state police commissioner Umar Nadada had dispatched troops to track down the thugs and free the chairman and another individual who had been abducted. According to the police spokeswoman, they received reports that the chairman and another person had been kidnapped…
According to the Nasarawa State Police Command, they are looking into the kidnapping of Safiyanu Isa-Andaha, the chairman of the Akwanga Local Government Area in the state, by armed individuals. This was stated to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lafia by DSP Ramhan Nansel, the public relations officer for the state police. According to the PPRO, state police commissioner Umar Nadada had dispatched troops to track down the thugs and free the chairman and another individual who had been abducted. According to the police spokeswoman, they received reports that the chairman and another person had been kidnapped…
According to news reports, a Japan Airlines aircraft seemed to have collided with a coast guard aircraft and caught fire on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday. The plane was seen traveling down the runway in the photos posted by broadcaster NHK when an explosion of orange flames appeared behind and beneath it. According to broadcaster NHK, every one of the 367 occupants on board the Airbus aircraft was evacuated. Television sources claimed that the Airbus and a Coast Guard aircraft had collided, though the exact cause of the event was not immediately apparent. According to reports, the…
Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, has stated that his administration’s decisions regarding the political issue in the state were made with peace in mind, not out of fear. Additionally, he clarified that it was in the interest of peace that Edison Ehie, the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, resigned from both the legislature and his job. At his administration’s inaugural state banquet, which was held on Monday at Government House, Port Harcourt, to commemorate the New Year, Fubara revealed this to the people of Rivera. According to The PUNCH, during a cease-fire meeting with President…