Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, has announced that he will head a delegation of National Assembly members to honor the late Prof. TJT Princewill, the King of Kalabari Kingdom and the longest-serving monarch of the Rivers. Additionally, Akpabio stated that the late king would be honored in the hallowed chamber during plenary. When a powerful delegation headed by Prince Tonye T.J.T. Princewill, the late monarch’s son, made him a courtesy call at his Abuja home, he offered the guarantee. “I am from the Niger Delta region and I was tutored in Port-Harcourt,” stated Akpabio, who was also a…
Author: Mathew Aremu
The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress as well and their affiliates from embarking on any strike or industrial action. The unions had after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja declared a total nationwide strike from November 14, 2023. The unions took the decision following the alleged assault on the NLC National President, Joe Ajaero last week in Imo State. But the Attorney General of the Federation, the Minister of Justice, and the Federal Government of Nigeria filed an ex-parte appeal pleading with the court to prevent…
Under the present administration, the Sokoto State Government has vowed to continue working toward providing a steady supply of energy, stressing the importance of this in advancing socioeconomic and agricultural development. Sanusi Danfulani, the state’s commissioner for energy and petroleum resources, revealed this to reporters on Friday, not long after touring the Goronyo Dam project. The commissioner revealed that the 35MW Independent Power Project, which was started by Senator Aliyu Wamakko’s administration, has received N2 billion in approval from the state governor, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu. He also said that the governor has similarly approved N3 billion for the solar energy…
The National Orientation Agency has asked citizens to vote in big numbers for the candidates of their choice without fear of intimidation or harassment tomorrow when voters in the states of Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi choose their governors. The NOA Director-General, Lanre Issa-Onilu, stated in a statement on Friday that voting is a civic obligation and that no citizens or voters should give in to fear or terror. The DG assured everyone that the Federal Government has deployed security operatives to safeguard the electoral proceedings and maintain peace. The statement was signed by the deputy director of press, Paul Odenyi.…
Comrade Joe Ajaero, the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), described on Friday what happened to him when he was attacked last week at a scheduled workers’ rally in Imo State by thugs and members of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Ajaero described the incident to reporters at the Pascal Bafyau Labour House in Abuja. He claimed that State Police Command officers had detained him, beating, blindfolding, and dragging him across the ground like a criminal. The labor leader also refuted reports that the demonstration in Imo State was political, stating that his purpose was to express his…
At the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), located in Ondo State, no fewer than 195 students have successfully completed their various programs with honors. This was revealed on Friday at a press conference marking the university’s 33rd convocation in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, by Prof. Adenike Temidayo Oladiji, the vice chancellor of the institution. The first-class students are among the 3,491 students who will get first degrees from the nine faculties during the next institution’s convocation, according to Oladiji. According to the institution’s first female vice chancellor, of the total number of students, 195 have first class…
Major-General Aderonke Kale (rtd), mni, passed away, and President Bola Tinubu has sent his condolences to the Kale family, the Nigerian Army, and the medical community in Nigeria. It is commonly known that the late Kale, who died at the age of 84, was the first female commander of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps and the first female major general in the Nigerian Army. In 1997, she left the Nigerian Army.L Major-General Kale was a pacesetter, and her passing was a terrible loss for the nation, according to a statement sent by the President through his media assistant, Ajuri Ngelale.…
Thirty-seven people have been arrested by the Yobe State Islamic Police Corps’ joint squad, known as Hisbah, NDLEA, and Policemen, on charges of prostitution and illegal alcohol sales in the state’s capital, Damaturu. Speaking to reporters soon after the arrests, Mohammed Murtala Goni Ahmed, the acting Commander General of Hisbah, who paraded the suspects on Friday at the Police Area Command’s office, said that the arrests had taken place in Damaturu at Zango, Maina Lodge, Ajayi, Bakin Kasuwa, and Last Bus Stop. He stated that a total of seventeen girls and twenty boys, ages fifteen to eighteen, were detained as…
All players on the continent might be able to participate in the African Nations Championship (CHAN), which is currently only open to players who are active in their home leagues, according to reports from the confederation that regulates African football, CAF. The purpose of the tournament was to provide players from their home countries with an opportunity to compete against players from other countries on the continent. But according to CAF President Patrice Motsepe, players from other leagues on the continent might soon have the opportunity to compete in the championship. The fact that African athletes are acknowledged and compete…
Six ISWAP terrorists are said to have been killed by Nigerian Army troops, and 78 hostages held in the Gamborun Ngala region of Borno State have been freed. Top security expert in Northern Nigeria, Zagazola Makama, released a statement on Friday stating that the operation was executed by troops from 7 Division and Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai. Makama gathered information that on Thursday, November 9, 2023, the troops, working with the men of the Civilian Joint Task Force, naturalized the terrorists at the villages of Gime and Muzuri. Makama also cited intelligence sources stating that the troops saved 78…
Gabriel Ogbonnaya, a man accused of defiling a seven-year-old girl, was placed under remand at the Nigerian Correctional Service by the Ikeja Sexual Offense and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday. Ogbonnaya was remanded by Justice Abiola Soladoye following his plea. The Lagos State Government has preferred two counts of unlawful sexual assault and defilement of a child against the defendant. Olusola Soneye, the state prosecutor, informed the court during the defendant’s arraignment that the offenses were committed between February 2022 and February 2023. The two incidents happened at No. 2 Abose Street in the Lagos State neighborhood of Amuwo Odofin,…
With less than twenty-four hours to go before the Imo State governorship race, the Peoples Democratic Party has requested that the All Progressives Congress’s candidate, Governor Hope Uzodimma, be disqualified by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In a statement released on Friday by Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s national publicity secretary, the party said Uzodimma ought to be disqualified for allegedly funding a video that denigrated its candidate in an effort to deceive the state’s electorate. According to a widely shared video on social media on Thursday, Sam Anyanwu, the PDP candidate, has urged his followers to vote for Uzodimma. Ologunagba…
On Thursday, the House of Representatives directed its Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control to conduct a baseline study on fraudulent anti-malarial medications across the nation’s six geopolitical zones as soon as possible and submit a report to the House within four weeks. The House passed the resolution after it was presented on the floor of the Green Chamber by Billy Osawaru and Osonwa Ibe, who represent the federal constituencies of Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode and Arochukwu/Ohafia in the states of Edo and Abia, respectively. The motion was of urgent public importance. “Motion on the Urgent Need to conduct a national baseline…
According to Defence Headquarters, the goal of the counterterrorism campaign is currently to take out bandits and terror group leaders. Additionally, the DHQ declared that throughout the numerous theaters of operations, the infrastructure of these terrorist and bandit groups, as well as their foot soldiers, would not be spared. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the biweekly briefing on military operations throughout the nation, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, stated that terrorists and bandits were already tallying their losses. “There is no doubt that these groups need to be defeated, and they are being defeated,” he…
In less than a week, Nigerian Army troops have killed 113 terrorists, detained 300 people, and successfully freed 91 hostages, according to the Defense Headquarters (DHQ). Director of Defence Media Operations Major General Edward Buba revealed this information during a press briefing. He added that the forces had destroyed 49 illicit refining operations, arrested 25 people suspected of being involved in oil theft, and seized stolen goods worth N571 million. Along with 717 various kinds of ammo, the security officers also retrieved 129 different sorts of weaponry. The DHQ reaffirmed its steadfast resolve to applying military force to groups that…
The Senate on Thursday called on President Bola Tinubu to sack any head of Ministries, Departments and Agencies who refuse to attend ongoing interactive sessions on projections made in the 2024–2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. In his speech at the opening of the interactive session jointly organised by Senate Committees on Finance, Appropriations, National Planning, and Local and Foreign Debts, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said any head of an agency who refuses to attend the session should be sacked by the President. The PUNCH documents One of the financial activities in parliament that take place…
Operators in the agro-allied sector of the nation have been urged by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to guarantee the use of suitable and secure feeds. This is stated in a statement that The PUNCH was given access to that was released by the organization on Thursday. According to the EPA, using healthy animal feed will contribute to the protection of both human and animal health. According to the statement, Dr. Rametu Momodu, Director of Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products at NAFDAC, made the appeal on Wednesday at the Agro Merit Industrial Outreach at the…
The Federal Government has criticized Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party in the election scheduled for February 25, for his remarks regarding the recently adopted supplemental budget. Obi’s remark that the supplemental budget was insensitive to the people was condemned by the FG, which pointed out that it is a “bold and pragmatic response” to urgent national concerns. Obi had bemoaned in a post on his X handle on Wednesday that even though President Bola Tinubu had signed the supplemental budget at a “late” point in the year, it had neglected to include “urgent items of national…
Due to a labor union-organized demonstration that took place on Thursday morning, travelers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja are currently stuck and unable to continue their rides. Members of both the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress participated in the protests that shut down the airport’s entrance. Following Joe Ajaero, the National President of the NLC, allegedly being attacked in Imo State, there is now a protest. Travelers were left stranded as a result of numerous vehicles carrying passengers to the airport becoming stuck outside of it. Siraj Abubakar, a passenger, said our correspondent that…
Thursday saw the closure of the well-known social media platform Omegle, which had been using the Internet for years to bring people together. 14 years after its launch in 2009, the video chat website that allowed users to meet new people from all around the world closed. The news was made on Thursday by Chief Executive Officer Leif K-Brooks, who said that the “battle” to keep the service afloat “has been lost.” In the announcement, which included a picture of a gravestone with the word “Omegle” written on it, K-Brooks emphasized that the service had achieved a number of noteworthy…