A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay a firm – Kasmal International Services – N579,130,698,440 for assisting the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to collect stamp duty between January 1, 2015 and January 31, 2020. The court also ordered the CBN to pay the N579 billion judgment […]
The International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, Christos Christou, has said there is serious increase in the number of malnourished children in northern Nigeria. Christou, who said this on Friday at a press briefing in Abuja after he visited Maiduguri, noted that between January and August this year, there […]
Sunday 13 October 2024 Police hunt cultists for killing Ogun councillorship candidate PDP crisis: Party summons emergency meeting Monday DSS intervenes in NNPCL/marketers dispute Transporters, commuters groan over fuel price hike in S’East Retired policemen threaten to resume protest over pension scheme ‘This Is Unfortunate And Insensitive,’ Peter Obi Speaks On Fresh Petrol Price Hike Why […]
Another university may be added to the pool of existing ones following the passage for first reading on Thursday, by the House of Representatives of a bill to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and eight others, is aimed at establishing a […]
Northern youths, under the aegis of Coalition of North Group, have decried the impact of the recent devaluation of the naira, inflation, petroleum subsidy removal, increase in electricity tariffs, and insecurity, among others, on the conditions of living in northern Nigeria. Saying that the country “is no longer working”, the youths lamented that the failures […]
Some suspected gunmen, Saturday afternoon, killed a councilorship candidate, Adeyinka Adeleke, in the Jide Jones area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim was said to be the All Progressives Congress Councillorship candidate for Abeokuta South Local Government Ward 15 in the forthcoming November 16 Local Government elections. PUNCH Online gathered […]
At least two residents of Ikpelle community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State were killed while many houses were set houses ablaze during an attack by gunmen. Locals told our correspondent that the separate incidents happened between Thursday and Friday in Ikpelle and Egwuma communities situated in the rural riverine of Agatu. The […]
Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, the eldest son of former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has died following a tragic auto accident. A source close to the family, who requested anonymity, confirmed the incident, revealing that the accident occurred on Saturday evening along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. “The accident happened along the Kaduna-Zaria highway this evening. […]
Allen Onyema, chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Peace, has been charged by the US for alleged obstruction of justice. In a superseding indictment, the US attorney’s office, Northern District of Georgia, said Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha, the Air Peace’s chief of administration and finance, allegedly submitted false documents to end a federal investigation against […]
The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should not be scrapped but rather strengthened for better efficiency. This came in response to a suit filed at the Supreme Court by 16 state governors challenging the legality of the laws establishing the commission. In an interview on […]
