Because it is contentious, a UK passport loophole that allows people to alter their gender with a doctor’s letter is being examined. It has been claimed that ministers are considering closing this “big loophole” that makes it easy for people to change their gender on official documents. According to the Daily Mail, anyone who meet the conditions can now get a passport that reflects their “acquired gender.” These include supplying proof of a legal name change and a statement from a medical expert stating that the transformation is anticipated to be permanent. In addition, a quick legal declaration confirming their…
Author: Mathew Aremu
It is reported that two police officers conducting stop-and-search operations in the vicinity of Oshodi, Lagos State, were struck by two unidentified car drivers. PUNK According to information obtained by Metro, the event occurred on Friday night at around 7:30 p.m., while the officers were on patrol at the 7/8 Bus Stop in Oshodi, Lagos. A source revealed that the drivers of a Lexus 350 and a Toyota Camry, whose license plates were not yet recognized, carried out the attack on the police officers. Police officers were pulling over the drivers of the cars to conduct a stop and search.…
The country’s largest crude refinery, located in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is said to have undergone “mechanical completion,” and its “flare start-off,” has been denounced by the Labour Party leadership as a hoax. This came at the same time as the Labour Party was being warned by the ruling All Progressives Congress not to mislead the public, emphasizing that not every topic should be politicized. This news occurs one week after the Federal Government, represented by Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, claimed during a penultimate Thursday media tour that the Port Harcourt refinery was…
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, has referred to 2024 as a “year of changing the gears of development” for both the state and the nation as a whole. Thus, he emphasized the importance of cooperation and solidarity among the state’s citizens. During his New Year’s speech on Monday at the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia, Soludo discussed the obstacles that the nation and the state would face in 2023 and expressed hope for the future. The governor praised the state’s citizens’ tenacity, recognizing everyone’s sacrifices and asking for God’s favor. He said, “We have noted the state’s efforts…
Three members of the gang that attacked and killed two police officers at the Uga Roundabout in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State last Thursday have been slain thus far, according to the Anambra State Police Command. This was revealed on Monday by CP Aderemi Adeoye, the state commissioner of police. Adeoye stated that following the start of a manhunt for the gang members based on intelligence gathering, the members were slain on Sunday night during a raid on their camp in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area. The CP further stated that following their attack on Thursday,…
Former Osun State governor and current interior minister Rauf Aregbesola promised his fans they would discover his true motivations for being involved in Osun politics by the end of 2024. Several Omoluabi Caucus leaders from around the state attended Aregbesola’s speech during an end-of-year thanksgiving held at Ilesa, Osun State. Lekan Arogundade posted a video of Aregbesola’s address during the occasion on Facebook. The former governor described how he was let down in his attempts to make sure the All Progressives Congress ran as a single party in the 2022 governorship race. Aregbesola said that he had discussed the distribution…
Erivona Yoma, 47, was charged with cheating Pally Agro Nigeria Limited, an agricultural company, of N20 million in front of the Magistrate Court in the Yaba neighborhood of Lagos State. Yoma is accused of defrauding Pally Agro by pretending to buy and give them soy beans and planting supplies, but instead he took the money and used it for his own purposes. On Friday, Yoma appeared before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts that bordered on felony, including theft and getting money under false pretenses, which were brought against him by the police. Rita Momoh, the police prosecutor, informed the…
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has given Nigerians hope that things will improve in 2024. During the crossing night service on Sunday at Redemption Citiy along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the pastor made predictions for 2024. However, he stated that things would first become worse before getting better. He declared, “The wind is already blowing for Nigeria.” There is wind blowing. God’s entire message revolves around that single words. The wind is blowing; ask that the wind carry you well in your prayers. Before things get better, they will get worse. Before things…
A collision on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Road on Saturday resulted in the death of a tow truck driver and the injury of four other people. PUNCH Online learned that the collision happened in the vicinity of Ajede Junction, Ogun State, at about 11:40 a.m. Three males and three women were involved in the collision, which was confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps. The FRSC spokesman for Ogun State, Florence Okpe, stated in a statement that “four persons were injured and unfortunately, one person died.” Okpe revealed that a tow truck with the license plate BDG733GH was struck by a Toyota…
Two women, Dorcas Adeyinka and Folake Adekoya, and one guy, Sikiru Ayinde, have been taken into custody by the Lagos State Police Command for offenses that may have involved cyberstalking and life-threatening threats. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the public relations officer for the state police, revealed this in a message that was uploaded on his X account on Saturday. The state PPRO stated that after conducting preliminary investigations, the suspects have been placed on court remand until January 10, 2024. “Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested the trio of Dorcas Adeyinka ‘f’, Sikiru Ayinde’m’, and Folake Adekoya ‘f’ following…
The 2024 budget has been approved by the Senate for a third reading. The budget was raised from N27.5tn to N28.7tn by the Senate, which also added a total of N1.2tn to the measure. After a voice vote, Senate President Godswill Akpabio approved the budget. Prior to that, the Senate had reviewed the report on the appropriations bill that Senator Adeola Solomon, the chairman of the appropriations committee, had brought. GDP was set at 3.88% by the Senate, while Aggregate Expenditure was set at 28,777,404.073.861, Statutory Transfers at 1,742,786,788,150, Recurrent Expenditure at 8,768.5330,852, Capital Expenditure at 9,995,143,298,028. On Wednesday, November…
After a fuel tanker burst in the Idi-Ape neighborhood of Ilorin, Kwara State, on Saturday, the Kwara State Fire Service prevented fatalities. However, PUNCH Online learned that the fuel tanker was fully burned, resulting in damage to two local businesses and a football viewing center. The tanker with registration plate MUS 916 YF, filled with 22,000 liters of fuel, was headed to Ajegunle, Idi-Ape area, Magaji Are Quarters to deliver diesel when it suddenly took fire, according to an eyewitness testimony that was verified by the Kwara State Fire Service. “On December 30, 2023, at approximately 10:47 hours, the Kwara…
The 2024 budget was raised by N1.2 trillion by the Senate, making it N28.7 trillion instead of N27.5 trillion. The Appropriations Committee, chaired by Senator Solomon Adeola, filed a report that put the total amount spent at N28,777,404.073.861; the statutory transfers at N1,742,786,788,150; the recurrent expenses at N8,768.5330,852; the capital expenditures at N9,995,143,298,028; and the GDP at 3.88%. On November 29, President Bola Tinubu gave a joint session of the National Assembly a budget proposal totaling N27.5 trillion. The President estimated that the fiscal year 2024 would have a budget deficit of N9.18 trillion. According to him, the imbalance amounts…
Six people have been officially confirmed dead in a traffic accident that happened on Friday morning in Jekadefari in Gombe city, according to the Federal traffic Safety Corps and Gombe State Sector Command. The disaster was confirmed by Mr. Felix Theman, the state Sector Commander of the FRSC, in a Friday interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe. Theman continued, saying that 16 people were hurt in the one incident, which happened when the driver of the trailer lost control and crashed into a ditch. The accident that occured this morning included a single trailer transporting 27 cows,…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria said on Friday that an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps had lost his life as a result of terrorists bombing three electricity transmission towers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road. In a statement released in Abuja, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, revealed this and added that the bombing happened on Thursday, following a similar occurrence that happened the previous week. The Transmission Company of Nigeria therefore certifies that on December 28, 2023, three of its towers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Transmission Line were destroyed by explosives. The tragic event claimed the…
Three stowaways on board a tanker ship called Front Altiers that was headed for Europe were taken into custody by the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft on Wednesday at the Lagos roadstead. In a statement signed by Sub-Lieutenant H. A. Collins, the NNS Beecroft base information officer, on Friday, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, the commander of the Maritime Component of Operation Awatse and NNS Beecroft, revealed this. The suspects are Christian Happy, 32, from Delta State; Samuel Abraham, 32, from Edo State; and Ebuka Daniel, 29 years old, from Enugu State. “Three stowaways attempting to migrate illegally on the tanker vessel Front…
According to the Oyo State Police Command, 207 people were detained for a variety of offenses between January and December 2023. This information was released on Friday. Adebola Hamzat, the state commissioner of police, made this declaration at the command headquarters in Ibadan during the parade of 38 criminal suspects. Hamzat stated that 108 guns and 721 rounds of ammunition in various calibres were taken from the suspects, and that since January, 50 stolen cars and 46 motorbikes and tricycles have been found. Adewale Osifeso, the state police public relations officer, paraded the suspects on behalf of CP Hamzat and…
23 people have been detained by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command on suspicion of participating in rape, “one-chance” syndicates, and armed robberies in December. This was said by Police Commissioner Haruna Garba on Friday in Abuja during the suspects’ parade. “From the first of December until now, the command has arrested nine ‘one-chance’ suspects, twelve armed robbery suspects, recovered five stolen vehicles, five firearms, and twelve rounds of ammunition,” stated Garba. You will remember that exactly one month ago, on November 28, 2023, the command detained 11 “one chance” suspects, seven suspected kidnappers, and/or informants. They also found three…
Hassan Abdullahi, a 52-year-old security guard who was kidnapped on December 29 in Gusau, has been freed by Zamfara police. The man was kidnapped on Friday at around 1.30 am, when gunmen attacked the home he was working at in Sabon Garin Damba, according to police spokeswoman Yazid Abubakar. In a statement on Friday, Abubakar said that the armed men had attacked the house of one Alhaji Kabiru Umar, a staff of Zamfara College of Art and Science in Gusau, where they went away with the security guard. “The Divisional Police Officer of Damba Division assembled a group of detectives…
Evariste Ndayishimiye, the president of Burundi, declared on Friday that same-sex couples ought to be publicly stoned in a vicious anti-gay tirade. Additionally, he took aim at Western nations that compel other countries to grant LGBT rights or risk losing their assistance.In 2009, homosexuality was become a crime in Burundi, an East African nation of conservative Christian beliefs. Consensual same-sex actions can result in sentences of up to two years in jail. Catholic Ndayishimiye referred to same-sex marriage as a “abominable practice.” Personally, I believe that these people should be stoned in a stadium if they are found in Burundi.…