Six persons were given two-year prison terms by an Ondo State High Court, which was convening in Akure on Monday, for acts of violence and disturbance of the peace in the state’s coastal village of Ayetoro, which is part of the Ilaje Local Government Area. Oluwambe Ojagbohunmi, who identified himself as the community’s spiritual head, was one of the six prisoners. The other five were Victor Akinluwa, Isaac Ikuyelorimi, Lawrence Lemamu, George Eyekole, and Segun Okenla. On January 11, 2018, a violent outburst in the riverine village resulted in injuries and property destruction, leading to their arrest by the police.…
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After kidnapping Ibrahim Oricha and 22 other residents from their home in Dei Dei town, Bwari Area of the Federal Capital Territory, a week ago, some kidnappers have been in touch with the victim’s family in an attempt to extract a ransom. PUNK According to information obtained by Metro, the kidnappers threatened to kill Ibrahim if they did not receive the N5 million they needed to free him from their cave. The victim’s sister, Rashidat Oricha, told our correspondent on Monday that she was fed up with the whole thing as the victims are orphans and without a support network…
Tunji Akinosi, the member of the House of Representatives for the Ado-Odo Ota Federal Constituency, has refuted allegations that he beat a police officer during Saturday’s 2023 Iganmode Day celebration. In response to a widely shared viral video on the internet, Akinosi claimed that the film was edited and did not accurately depict the events that actually took place at the event. In a statement released on Tuesday, Akinosi said he confronted the policeman for disparaging the state’s deputy governor and threatened to take legal action against him. He claims that the version of events depicted in the widely shared…
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, dengue fever does not currently have a specific therapy. As a result, it encouraged Nigerians to take precautionary steps against the virus, especially those who reside in Sokoto. The Sokoto State dengue fever epidemic was confirmed by the NCDC on Saturday. Data currently available indicates that vector control is essential for both dengue virus infection prevention and control. Dengue does not yet have a particular cure, although early detection and quick start of supportive care have been demonstrated to considerably lower death rates, according to the NCDC’s website. The dengue…
The Presidency revealed to The PUNCH on Monday that President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labor and Employment. Following an appeal court decision on November 7, 2023, Lalong will now represent Plateau South Senatorial in the National Assembly, a seat he earned. “Lalong has tendered his resignation. However, it wasn’t during the actual FEC meeting. A presidential adviser informed our correspondent that “it must have been after the meeting because, if it were earlier, the President or SGF would have announced it during the meeting.” Senate President Godswill Akpabio is scheduled to swear…
Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has promised to pay state employees their thirteenth month’s wage before the new year. Makinde made this declaration on Sunday night at the Remembrance Arcade, Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, during the 2023 Christmas Carol Service with the theme “Unto Us a Child is Born.” “Tonight, we celebrated the 2023 Festival of Carols and Nine Lessons under the theme ‘Unto Us a Child is Born,'” he posted on his verified X account. It gave us another opportunity to thank God for His mercies and faithfulness during this difficult year monetarily. “Consistent with our practice…
In the most recent presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) nominee, claimed on Sunday that he was receiving threats for turning down incredible offers. Obi insisted that he is prepared to face any challenge. The former governor of Anambra State withheld the names of the people or organizations that made the propositions to him. He stated this when taking questions as a guest on “ParallelFacts”‘ X Space. Obi emphasized that he would always follow the correct road and that he had no fear of dying. “I can assure you that the offers I am receiving today are…
The introduction of minimum pensions has been demanded by Contributory Pension Scheme retirees. They expressed their desire in a statement signed by Matthew Shittu, President of the Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria, Eleyele Branch, Ibadan, and captioned “Demand for the full implementation of Contributory Pension Scheme in Nigeria.” They requested the backing of President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, the Chief of Staff of the Federation, the President of the Senate, and the Director-General of the National Pension Commission in their statement. The retirees declared, “The federal civil servants and retirees are currently subject to an upward review of the minimum…
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, in order to fill the current vacancies in the state and federal legislatures, repeats and bye-elections will be held nationwide in February 2024. This was said by INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Monday before the elections in an Abuja meeting with political party leaders. Unless a party wants to replace a deceased candidate, only the parties and candidates that ran in the general election are involved in rerun elections. Bye-elections, however, are new elections. Yakubu pointed out that the courts had mandated, at the conclusion of the dispute, that the commission hold…
Oluwaseun, an 18-year-old male student at Lagos State Skills Acquisition Centre Technical School, Egan, was killed in an elevator accident at a construction site in the state’s Ikoyi district. PUNK Metro discovered that the dead victim was watching his industrial training program with the company on Wednesday, December 6, when the tragedy occurred. On the day of the event, Oluwaseun, a native of Kwara State, reportedly began working with some of the construction workers. He was reportedly present at the site until the evening, when he vanished from sight. When work resumed on Thursday, a few of the engineers discovered…
Prof. Abayomi Fasina, the vice chancellor of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, has urged the government to raise the salary of academics in the nation, stating that a professor, for instance, need to make at least N1 million a month. The FUOYE VC praised the Federal Government’s decision to exempt public universities from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System during his speech at Oye Ekiti on Sunday. He made this announcement while accepting a commendation award from the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ekiti State Council. According to Fasina, the tertiary institutions’ operations would be managed more…
A guy only known as Nuhu was shot and killed by the police on Saturday after going on a shooting rampage in the Ada George neighborhood of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, stabbing a police inspector several times and stealing his AK-47 gun. PUNK Metro has learned that the thug, who is purportedly a scavenger, also fought and fled from another police officer who attempted to stop him. Our correspondent heard that he was pursued till he was out of sight by several bystanders and the policeman’s comrades whose firearm was stolen. When the suspect reached at a…
A total of seventy-five individuals, among them a female professor named Angela Okatahi—the first female professor in Egbiraland—have filed for the position of Egbiraland’s paramount ruler. This came after the state government decided last week to start the succession process to the Ohinoyi stool by forming a committee through the office of Barrister Salami Ozigi, Kogi State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. Among the early contenders to express interest is professor Angela Okatahie, the first female professor in Egbiraland, according to the list provided to our correspondent on Monday. Philip Salawu, a former Kogi State deputy governor, and…
Christopher Smith, a member of the US House of Representatives, has requested that Nigeria be added to the list of nations of “Particular Concern” due to the country’s growing number of instances of religious prosecution, including blasphemy-related executions. In a letter read aloud on the parliament floor on December 12, Smith stated that Nigeria has the greatest percentage of cases of religious persecution worldwide—90% of cases are registered there. He emphasized that several people have been slain, kidnapped, and imprisoned as a result of religious persecution, which is primarily carried out by militants within the Fulani Muslim herder and supported…
According to data acquired on Sunday, the Federal Government paid N375.8 billion in energy subsidies between January and September of this year, while power users paid N782.6 billion in total for the good. According to the most recent data on power subsidies, which were received in Abuja from the Federal Government’s Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the government provided electricity subsidies in 2023 for the first, second, and third quarters. Additionally, it was learned that despite widespread blackouts in Nigeria, power distribution companies collected N782.6 billion during the nine-month period, while billing energy users a total of N1.06 trillion nationally. Regarding…
Prison Rehabilitation Mission International has demanded that all Nigerian correctional facilities offer its prisoners constructive activities. The mission statement went on to call the yearly budget allocation and subventions to correctional facilities wasteful, pointing out that the inmates’ productive engagement might turn the jail into a self-supporting operation. The request was made at the conference “Rehabilitation, reformation, reintegration, and resettlement panacea for crime reduction in Nigeria” held in Lagos on Saturday by Dr. Silas Falokun, Regional Director of PREMI, North and South America and employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the United States. Falokun stated: “The Mandela…
The general public has been cautioned by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) not to register or open firms that they do not intend to operate right away. The counsel was provided by Mr. Justine Nidia, Director of Compliance at CAC, during a Sunday interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to Nidia, the commission discourages people from registering businesses if they haven’t come up with a viable business concept. “Registering a company and keeping it in your briefcase is not advisable because that is detrimental to the economy,” he stated. The director claims that these businesses are referred…
Abdul Imoyo, Head of Media Relations at Access Bank Plc, passed away from an unidentified illness. Friends and well-wishers have been lamenting Imoyo’s passing on Facebook and other social media platforms, and word of his passing began to spread on Sunday. Access Bank has not yet released a comment regarding Imoyo’s passing, but on Sunday, individuals close to him verified his passing. The deceased had been employed by Access Bank since August 2014, based on his LinkedIn profile. Prior to joining Access Bank, he had also worked for the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in the public relations division. From…
Alphonsus Komsol, a former member of the House of Representatives, has requested that President Bola Tinubu choose a new minister from the Plateau Central Senatorial Zone to replace Simon Lalong, the outgoing minister of labor and employment, in order to promote equity. In response to Lalong’s resignation on Wednesday, Komsol made the request in an open letter to the president on Sunday. He claimed that the president must act quickly to address a number of concerns pertaining to Plateau State equity, fairness, ethnic balance, geopolitics, and inclusivity. Recall that Komsol served as the Plateau Coordinator for the Independent Campaign Council…
99.9% of the impoverished and vulnerable Nigerian households that are supposed to receive the N25,000 monthly cash handout have not yet received it. This is based on a Times report that The PUNCH also published. According to the Times, data was delivered in Abuja last week by Alex Sienaert, the lead economist for the World Bank in Nigeria. The World Bank has provided $800 million in finance support for President Bola Tinubu’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program. By the end of December, 5 million homes are expected to have benefited from the program, which aims to help 15 million impoverished households…