The Management of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), on Thursday, announced the death of one of its students, Modupe Atanda. The Registrar of the University, Mr Mufutau Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued in Oye-Ekiti. “It will be recalled that earlier today, the management had made public the disturbing development of the missing […]

  Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on Wednesday. He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,” general Brice Oligui Nguema said in a statement read on state […]

  A female undergraduate student (name withheld) has accused a lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, simply identified as Dr Kadiri, of rape. The undergraduate said the incident occurred when she visited the lecturer in the office to sort out issues about her results. A non-governmental organisation, Inclusive Social Welfare and Empowerment Foundation, where […]

  PUNCH Metro gathered that on September 3, 2023, the suspect was said to have broken into the house in the wee hours of the night while the couple were asleep in the apartment. A source in the area, who did not want to be mentioned because he was not authorised to speak for the […]

  The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the prices of single-phase and three-phase pre-paid electricity meters, and declared that the hike takes effect from September 6, 2023. It announced this in an order released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission with number, NERC/2023/020, and jointly signed by the commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba, […]

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited Exploration and Production (NEPL) has opposed the divestment of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company’s (NAOC) participating interest in its joint venture (JV) partnership, over non-conformity to regulatory processes, TheCable understands. Oando had announced that it reached an agreement with Eni, on the acquisition of a 100 percent stake […]

  The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgement of the presidential election petition tribunal that dismissed the petitions of Peter Obi, its candidate, against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 polls. On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Obi and the LP challenging Tinubu’s victory. Obiora […]

  The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, Wednesday, declared the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election held in Delta South Senatorial district inconclusive. It also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct supplementary re-run election in the contentious Warri South Local Government Area of the State. Candidate of […]

  Thursday 07 September 2023 Consumers protest as FG hikes electricity meters price by 40% 17-year-old boy locks in parents, steals car, others Police to arraign UNILAG lecturer for alleged rape PEPT: Shettima extends olive branch to Atiku, Obi⁣ Poverty eradication will reduce insecurity by 50% – Govt Tinubu Welcomes Tribunal’s Verdict, Urges Atiku, Obi […]

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ended its two-day warning strike, directing its members to resume work on Thursday, September 7. The congress described the participation of its affiliate unions in the just concluded two-day warning strike as a “show of undaunted and resilient commitment to defend Nigerian workers and citizens against man-made economic […]