On Thursday, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum offered assistance to more than 10,000 residents in the Kala-Balge Local Government Area, which is plagued by both yearly flooding and elephant migration, a double tragedy. The majority of the local inhabitants’ farm produce is largely consumed by the wild animals that migrate from the coasts of Cameroon Lagdo Dam to Lake Chad every farming season. This is because the elephant paths pass through a larger portion of the area. This year, the Cameroon Dam’s annual flooding isolated much of the LGA from the rest of the state, making it impossible for locals…
Author: Mathew Aremu
Adegboyega Rabiu, a man accused by the Lagos State Police Command of stealing N25 million from a Lanre Badmus in the state’s Ikorodu region, has been charged at the Yaba Magistrate’s Court. The 50-year-old accused was charged with two counts of stealing and collecting money under false pretenses before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka. Ayedun, who talked with our correspondent at the court, claimed that the defendant identified himself as a representative of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority and that he would assist him in obtaining approval for a potential hotel that he intended to build in Ikorodu. But 16…
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, stated on Thursday that a new legal avenue for his release has been made possible by the Supreme Court’s ruling. This was revealed by Kanu at a routine meeting at the Department of State Services (DSS) facility in Abuja with his legal team, which included Barrister Nnaemeka and Special Counsel Aloy Ejimakor. Nonetheless, the leader of IPOB expressed unhappiness with the ruling. Ejimakor posted on X, stating: “UPDATE: Barr Nnaemeka and I met with #MNK today. Although Onyendu voiced his deep dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court’s ruling, he…
Employees at the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, Ondo State, protested on Wednesday at not receiving their full ten months’ worth of wages and benefits. During the demonstration, the institution’s main gate was blocked by the irate employees, who were supporting the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, RUGIPO branches. With their fists full of leaves, the demonstrators yelled anti-school and anti-state government chants. They demanded that the state government implement a N35,000 salary award for workers at the polytechnic in accordance with federal regulations, and that it pay all…
The 23-year-old Saidi Musa has been charged by the Nigeria Police in a Kwara State Magistrates Court in Ilorin for the alleged murder of his father, Chief Musa, the Elemosho of Shareland in the Kwara State local government of Ifelodun. Saidi, who is accused of forcing his father to die, will go on trial for culpable homicide. Saidi was accused of attacking his father, the traditional chief of Share, the state’s Ifelodun Local Government Council headquarters, since the deceased father was allegedly showering him with “cause” without any justification. Saidi’s allegation in the Police First Information Report (FIR) that his…
The federal government has confirmed that the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company in Rivers State formally began for operation on Thursday. On December 20, 2023, the plant’s first phase of construction was completed, and it was put into use. Additionally, it said that following the Christmas holiday, refined petroleum products would start to flow from the refinery. The government had stated earlier in the year that the Port Harcourt refinery will begin operations before the end of 2023. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), thanked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Nigerians overall on…
Five people were detained in Kurmi village, Bakori Local Government Area, according to the Katsina State Police Command, when it was discovered that they were illegally in possession of AK-47 firearms. This was revealed to newsmen in Katsina on Wednesday by ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesperson. According to the spokesman, “On December 19, 2023, while on patrol, our operatives attached to Bakori Divisional Police Headquarters successfully identified and apprehended five suspects based on credible intelligence in collaboration with vigilante members.” The suspects are 20-year-old Sharhabilu Dahiru, 25-year-old Abubakar Tukur, 20-year-old Kasamanu Abdullahi, 20-year-old Abdulrahman Shu’aibu, and 20-year-old Sulaiman Sanusi.…
The businesses that will take part in President Bola Tinubu’s agreed 50% reduction in interstate transport fares have been made public by the Presidency. On Wednesday, Tinubu gave his approval for the reduction in addition to the free train travel for Nigerians from Thursday, December 21, 2023, until January 4, 2024. While making this announcement to State House Correspondents on Wednesday at the Aso Rock Villa, Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake stated that Nigerians who are eager to travel can board public transportation via minibuses and luxury buses at a 50% reduction off the present fare. The five…
According to information released by the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, its 2023 revenue was around N203 billion, up 63% from N124 billion in 2022. At a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Acting Chairman of the FCT-IRS Haruna Abdullahi highlighted the service’s goals, including its goal of generating approximately N250 billion by 2024. According to a previous article by The PUNCH, the Service produced N98.5 billion in seven months from January to July 2023, compared to N65.7 billion in the same period in 2022. Abdullahi stated that the FCT’s revenue tax collection had increased from a meager N46…
On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu announced a fifty percent reduction in the cost of interstate transit tickets for Nigerians departing from Thursday, December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024, during the holiday season. This is because the President authorized passengers to travel for free on all train lines at that time. This was revealed on Wednesday at the Aso Rock Villa to State House Correspondents by Mr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development. Alake stated, “In this regard, the President is announcing through us that starting tomorrow, December 21, Nigerians who are willing to travel can board public transportation…
According to the Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 Command, Onne in Rivers State, its income for 2023 was around N301 billion. This was revealed by the command’s Area Comptroller, Baba Imam, on Tuesday during its end-of-year service in the state’s Onne, Eleme Local Government Area. According to Imam, the primary responsibilities of the NCS are revenue generation and collection, smuggling control, and fiscal policy execution. He gave a brief overview of the command’s accomplishments and expressed satisfaction that it had surpassed its annual goal in 2022. “As of right now, the command has recorded about N301 billion in revenue,” Imam…
Elders and prominent figures in Rivers State, such as Chief Rufus Ada-George, a former governor, and Gabriel Toby, a former deputy governor, have rejected President Bola Tinubu’s involvement in the political unrest roiling the state. The elders voiced concern that the state’s problems might have gotten worse as a result of the intervention. In reaction to the presidential instruction intended to resolve the political crisis in the state, they made this statement in a communiqué issued to newsmen on Tuesday following an emergency meeting in Port Harcourt, the state capital. They claimed that even though they had earlier urged the…
Three days before his wedding, Abraham Basif, the future groom, passed away, leaving his friends in despair. Theophilus Baba, a Facebook user, posted the news of Basif’s passing on his page on Wednesday. Baba shared a photo of the deceased and commented, “God knows it all, but the loss of a young, promising man hurt me to my core.” I had no idea, brother, that the day I saw you in the hospital would be our last encounter. This Friday and Saturday, I should be typing congratulations on your image, but we believe that God is faithful throughout. It was…
On Tuesday, 113 Nigerian Army Generals submitted their resignations. There is one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, 44 Brigadier Generals, and one General in the breakdown. The Nigerian Army’s contribution to the nation’s democratic development was praised by Minister of Defense Abubakar Badaru during the Regimental Dinner Night held in honor of recently retired and retiring senior officers in Abuja. Badaru urged other services in the region to take a page from the Army, saying that this has made the Army a shining example in the West African region and beyond. In a statement released on Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Onyema…
A suspect known only as Okereke has been taken into custody, according to the Ogun State Police Command. Okereke is accused of fatally stabbing his friend Ibere Okorie with a knife following a dispute about a female lover. When the event happened, Okereke and Okorie had departed Ijebu-Ode on a business trip to Niger State, according to information PUNCH Online obtained on Monday from a police source. Our correspondent was informed that Okereke and Okorie chose to stay at a motel in Mokwa because of the tension they had experienced during their journey. The police claimed that during the two…
In the Olota neighborhood of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, a husband who has not yet been named is accused of killing his wife because she neglected to prepare his dinner on Thursday. PUNK Metro learnt that difficulties started when the husband, who was said to have returned from work, discovered that the wife merely made noodles rather than his favored dish. The deceased was allegedly left in the house by the suspect after he beat her to a pulp and struck her on the crown of her head with a heavy object, according to an eyewitness who…
The Nigeria Customs Service’s Ogun 1 Area Command said on Tuesday that the widely circulated video, which shows its officers firing, was shot on Saturday near the Lafenwa/Enu Gada axis in Abeokuta while the officers were fending off attacks that some smugglers had organized against them. In a statement provided to journalists, Ogun 1 Area Command Public Relations Officer Hammed Oloyede revealed this while elaborating on the action in the viral video. Oloyede stated that when the command’s agents were removing contraband from two malfunctioning cars that were being utilized as means of transportation throughout the region, they were ambushed…
On Sunday, the Delta State Police Command found two AK-47 rifles and stopped an attempted kidnapping in Delta State’s Okpe Local Government Area. DSP Bright Edafe, the Police Public Relations Officer, told PUNCH Metro on Monday in Asaba that CP Wale Abass had informed the populace that there would be constant, high-density patrols and operations throughout the holiday season. “Crime intelligence operations throughout the Ember month period keep yielding positive results,” he stated. “On December 17, 2023, the operatives of the command successfully foiled an attempted kidnapping and recovered two AK-47 rifles.” “The Command received reliable information regarding a group…
A purported proposal by the Police Wives Association to demolish the POWA Plaza in less than a month has drawn opposition from certain retailers at the Computer Village in the Ikeja neighborhood of Lagos State. The traders, who felt wronged, made a plea to the state House of Assembly members, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Inspector General of Police, and Lagos State Governor to step in. According to Tayo Shittu, the chairman of the Computer Dealer Association, the shopkeepers pay between N300,000 and N400,000 a year, and the Police Wives Association has a self-serving agenda to destroy the stores. “We have a…
Following his recent promotion, Shem Obafaiye, a retired deputy commandant-general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, gave an explanation on why he was outfitted officially. According to PUNCH METRO, Interior Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo appointed Obafaiye to the post of Deputy Commandant-General of the NSCDC. Along with two of his deputy commandants-general, Raji, the former Imo commandant, and Fasiu Adeyinka, the former Kwara commandant, he received recognition. It was noted that he was not formally knitted for the new role after his promotion. In response to this, he clarified that he is currently retired in a live interview…