Beyond the Headlines
A total of six students scored 01 in the 202: National Common Entrance Examinations conducted by the National Examinations Council, The PUNCH reports. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew Adejo, made this known while giving a breakdown of scores in Abuja on Wednesday. Adejo said, “A total of (72,865) pupils […]
Some road fittings installed on the newly inaugurated Second Niger bridge have been stolen by vandals, The PUNCH can exclusively report. A source in the works ministry confirmed the theft on Wednesday, saying that the expansion joint walkway on axis 330 of the bridge had been stolen. The source said, “Unfortunately, It’s true. The […]
The Ogun state government has suffered a hack attack. The hack was noticed by TheCable on Wednesday morning. The hackers who identified themselves as Aliester Crowley under “Anon Ghost” claimed to be operating from the Maldives. “We are Anon Ghost,” reads a bold inscription on the website under what appears to be the logo […]
Security Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, in collaboration with Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, have set ablaze an intercepted vessel carrying barrels of stolen crude oil in the Escravos area of Delta State. The vessel was set ablaze by a military helicopter. The vessel allegedly owned by a Nigerian registered […]
Many Nigerian students are facing tough times in the United Kingdom after the naira equivalent of their tuition fees increased by over 60 per cent following the recent move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to unify the nation’s foreign exchange rates. About two weeks after President Bola Tinubu promised to unify the nation’s […]
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to set a high standard of neutrality in the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. This was as they expressed worry over the rising insecurity in some states of the federation. […]
The National Secretary of All Progressives Congress, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Tuesday night described the National Vice Chairman of North-West, Mallam Salihu Lukman, as a loose canon and the ‘black sheep’ of the party. This was as he denied that the APC was aware of some disgruntled members seeking the removal of the party’s […]
Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Lagos state head of service, will be named principal private secretary (PPS) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, TheCable understands. Muri-Okunola, also known as “HMO”, was personal assistant to Tinubu between 2003 and 2005 when he was governor of Lagos state. Tinubu thereafter appointed him executive secretary of the land use and […]
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is recuperating in a hospital abroad and is expected back in office soon, Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said. Aiyedatiwa, the state’s acting governor, said in a statement Tuesday that he is in constant touch with the governor. “I am in touch with him, the latest being on […]
Operatives of the Ebonyi Police Command has killed two hoodlums, who were allegedly enforcing sit-at-home, in the state. Sit-at-home in the South-East is a brainchild of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically into the air within […]
