The Business Founders Coalition has urged the Federal Government to evolve policies that would disallow foreign investors from having controlling rights in Nigerian businesses. Dr Richardson Ajayi, Founder, Synlab Nigeria, made this assertion on behalf of the coalition during a media briefing in Lagos, on Tuesday. Ajayi, who is also the Executive Vice Chairman of […]
Gunmen suspected to be members of a cult , on Sunday , invaded a Pentecostal church in Inen Ikot Esse community , OrukAnam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State , and shot one of the elders . The hoodlums , who were armed to the teeth, got to the church premises around 7. 05am […]
The Ogun Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested four persons for allegedly being in possession of a human skull. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday. Oyeyemi said that the suspects, names withheld, were arrested on Sept. 25. He said […]
The Chairman of the Presidential Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Justice Isa Ayo Salami (Retd.) has dismissed reports circulating about his purported regrets as Chairman of the Commission investigating the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. Justice Salami in a statement signed by himself on Tuesday said he has no […]
An angry mob on Tuesday attacked an aide to Jigawa State Governor, Badaru Abubakar, and other officials. Channels Television learned that the victims were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Community Development and Social Inclusion, Mr. Hamza Mohammed together, and officials of the State Emergency Management Authority (SEMA). They were said to have embarked […]
The Federal Government has ordered the Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to suspend the recent hike in tariff. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) issued the order on Tuesday night. This followed an agreement reached by the Federal Government and Organised Labour for the suspension of the hike in tariff for 14 days. According […]
There was pandemonium at Umusume community , Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday as residents discovered the lifeless body of a young lady . PUNCH Metro gathered that the lady , identified as Miss Anwuli Agu , in her 20s was said to have been killed by hoodlums . […]
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said 217 people died in 547 road traffic crashes from January to August in Ogun. Mr Ahmed Umar, the state Sector Commander, said this during the flag off of the last quarter of the year “Ember months’’ campaign in the state on Tuesday in Abeokuta. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of eight Justices of the Court of Appeal as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The request was contained in a letter dated 31st August 2020 and read yesterday by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan during plenary. Buhari in the […]
A Magistrates’ court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Femi Michael, over alleged fingering a minor. Michael was said to have indecently assaulted a 5-year-old minor (name withheld) by inserting his finger in her virginal after removing her pants. The offences committed, according to the prosecutor, Adeoye […]
