Friday 31 May 2024 Emirate crisis: Kano gov meets Ribadu, Sanusi makes first appointment Trump guilty in hush-money trial, faces sentencing July IPOB sit-at-home: Govs react as two soldiers killed, businesses grounded Kano mosque bombing death toll hits 21 29,000 arrested for kidnapping, other crimes in one year –FPRO 103 B’Haram commanders, families surrendered […]
By Pascal Ibe Claim An X user known as Dr Penking has claimed that Abia State under governor Otti’s administration is still paying 18,000 as minimum wage to workers. Verdict Findings showed that the claim is true. But the governor on May 1, said that his government will be the first to pay whatever becomes the […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has launched a digital platform where Nigerians can report cybercrimes. In a statement on Thursday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson, said the domain would help combat cybercrime and enhance the safety and security of the country’s digital space. Adejobi said the upgraded domain — (nccc.npf.gov.ng/ereport/signin) — has enhanced security […]
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission is probing a former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwakwanso, over alleged N2.5bn pension fraud, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that Kwakwanso was invited and had been grilled by EFCC interrogators over the development. A source in the anti-graft agency familiar with the matter but had no […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, said on Thursday that the administration of President Bola Tinubu had defeated Boko Haram terrorists in its first year in office. The SGF, who spoke at a book launch in Abuja to celebrate Tinubu’s first-year achievements in office, said the President deserved commendation […]
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, says no fewer than 29,000 suspects were arrested for offences ranging from kidnapping, rape, murder, gun-running, and cultism among others across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory in one year. Adejobi disclosed this in a signed statement obtained by PUNCH Metro on Thursday. […]
The Nigerian Army has kept mum on the reported killing of soldiers in Obikabia Junction, Ogbor Hill area, Aba, Abia State more than 10 hours after the video of the incident went viral. The gunmen who were said to have stormed the military unit at about 6.45 am, also burnt the unit as well […]
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has disclosed that the Federal Government has secured a $500 million loan from the World Bank in a strategic move to address the identified gaps in the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). According to the BPE, approved on February 4, 2021, by the World Bank Board of Directors, this […]
The South East Governors’ Forum has condemned Thursday morning attack which left two Soldiers dead at a check point at Aba in Abia. The attack, which occurred at Obikabia junction in Aba, was reportedly carried out by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in a bid to enforce sit-at-home. They […]
A New York jury convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush-money case on Thursday in a seismic development barely five months ahead of the election where he seeks to recapture the White House. The verdict makes Trump the first criminally convicted former US president but does not prevent him from campaigning for […]
