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The Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu, has decried the high rate of crashes leading to incessant loss of lives and properties. This is contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, and made available to our correspondent on Friday. Biu stated that the casualty figures of road Read More source https://punchng.com/tanker-crashes-frsc-decries-incessant-loss-of-lives/

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it foiled an attempt by some gunmen to abduct a foreigner on a farm in Ibadan, Oyo State. The security agents reportedly killed one of the kidnappers during a gun battle. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Oyo State, Oyindamola Okuneye, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Read More source https://punchng.com/nscdc-foils-kidnap-attempt-of-foreigner-one-killed/

Nigeria international, Zaidu Sanusi, is poised for his 90th appearance for Portuguese giants FC Porto, when they host Sporting Braga at the Estádio do Dragão on Friday (today) on match-day 8 of the Primeira Liga, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 25-year-old has made 89 appearances in all competitions, scoring five goals with an assist, since Read More source https://punchng.com/zaidu-set-for-90th-porto-game/

The International Monetary Fund has said that the food crisis currently ravaging Nigeria and other sub-Saharan countries has been exacerbated by over-reliance on imported foods. In a new report titled, “Africa Food Prices Are Soaring Amid High Import Reliance,” the Washington-based lender said staple food prices in sub-Saharan Africa surged by an average 23.9 per Read More source https://punchng.com/import-dependence-worsening-food-crisis-in-nigeria-imf/

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Northern Hibiscus Initiative, has said it planned to ensure northern Nigerian children be at par with their southern counterparts, educationally. Speaking at a virtual press conference, the project, the Founder of Northern Hibiscus, Mrs Aisha Falke, revealed that NHI unveiled Edu Kids Academy to rally support for the socio-economic development of northern Read More source https://punchng.com/ngo-seeks-support-for-northern-children/

Some unidentified assailants attacked a security patrol near Nkwo Market, Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday, killing some soldiers. It was gathered that the soldiers were patrolling in a Sienna vehicle around the area when they were attacked by the hoodlums, sending residents of the area into a panic. Read More source https://punchng.com/gunmen-kill-soldiers-others-in-anambra-soludo-fumes/

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, incinerated the N194bn worth of cocaine it seized from a drug racket because it is not a drug dealer and that the substance had no economic value to it. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, explained to State Read More source https://punchng.com/burnt-n194bn-cocaine-useless-to-us-fg/

The United Nations through it Food and Agriculture Organisation has described rice production by smallholder farmers in Nigeria as a fantastic job. It stated that though there were still a lot that should be done in the agriculture sector in Nigeria, the country had made considerable progress in rice production. The Food and Agriculture Organisation Read More source https://punchng.com/rice-farmers-doing-fantastic-job-in-nigeria-un/

The Assistant Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Region 1, Pastor Samuel Olaniyan, has called on the government to create an enabling environment for the private sector to tackle unemployment in the country. According to a statement on Wednesday, the cleric made this call at a press conference in Lagos. He said, “Jobs Read More source https://punchng.com/encourage-private-sector-to-tackle-unemployment-cleric/

The Federal Government on Wednesday called on banks to set up gender desks identify and prioritise potential female borrowers. While describing women as drivers of the African economy, the government said that more women needed to be encouraged to go into technically oriented fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Minister of State for Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-urges-banks-to-prioritise-female-borrowers/

The Lancet Oncology Commission report says Nigeria lost about 5.9 billion dollars to cancer deaths and other cancer-related factors in 2019. The Chairman, Lancet Oncology Commission for Sub-Saharan Africa, Prof. Wil Ngwa, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the public presentation of the report titled: “Lancet Oncology Commission: Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa”. While presenting Read More source https://punchng.com/nigeria-lost-5-6bn-to-cancer-in-2019-report/

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a 53-year-old civil servant, Oyawoye Fafemi, for allegedly defrauding 23 church members seeking employment. Fafemi, who worked in the Kwara State Ministry of Finance, was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, on Monday, on four counts bordering Read More source https://punchng.com/kwara-civil-servant-defrauds-23-unemployed-church-members/

RECURRING violent boundary clashes across the country demand urgent solutions to achieve lasting peace. A report that 676 persons were killed in various communal and boundary disputes in Nigeria between January 2018 and August 2022 is deeply concerning and underscores the gravity of the problem. This calls for drastic and more effective measures acceptable to Read More source https://punchng.com/finding-solutions-to-violent-boundary-disputes/

Data from the Federal Government on Tuesday indicated that the collapse of the national electricity grid that occurred the preceding day led to the crash in power generation from 3,713.1 megawatts to 38MW. Industry figures obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power showed that power generation on the grid as at 6am on Monday was Read More source https://punchng.com/power-generation-slumps-to-38mw/

It will only get worse from here. The realisation that our country is the proverbial ‘Omoye’ strutting naked into the marketplace would soon become a national blockbuster. This is why I want us to consider this not as a prophecy of doom but as a projection of a predictable tell-tale of what happens when a Read More source https://punchng.com/drugs-money-and-underlying-appendixes-on-the-street/

More than 85% of people who braced the lines of existential social and political hazards to vote for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in 2015, which included a woman who ran out of a labour room after delivery to vote before embracing her bundle of joy, were mostly rural peasant, farmers and urban Read More source https://punchng.com/interrogating-buharis-term-limits-credible-elections-rhetoric/

I remember the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike in 1992 that lasted about three months, closely followed by another in 1993 that lasted for four months. Each strike had a shocking effect on the students, parents and society at large. I, as a student, and many others were elated as most youths are, not Read More source https://punchng.com/asuu-vs-fg-the-clash-of-titans/

Former Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi on Tuesday announced his retirement from football after 20 years. PUNCH Sports Extra’s JOHNNY EDWARD writes on what the future lies ahead for the former Chelsea midfielder after an outstanding career After a stellar career where he won every major trophy available at club level and captained his country, Read More source https://punchng.com/mikel-opens-new-chapter-as-glittering-20-year-career-ends/

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said that the lost glory of Ile-Ife and Nigeria at large would be restored soonest. The traditional ruler gave the assurance at the grand finale of Olojo festival in Ile-Ife, on Monday, as he visited the family royal compound, Agbedegbede and some other notable areas. Ogunwusi appreciated Read More source https://punchng.com/nigerias-lost-glory-will-be-restored-ooni/

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday paraded a suspected kidnap kingpin, John Ewa, alias John Lion, at the Police Officers Mess, Yenagoa. The command also paraded no fewer than 10 other suspects, who were arrested for crimes bordering on alleged cultism, murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and pipeline vandalism. Ewa, 30, was Read More source https://punchng.com/i-dont-know-my-gang-kidnap-people-kingpin/

The Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Adebanjo Adeleke, has attributed rent increases to the rising cost of land and building materials. This is as he vowed to initiate strategic actions aimed at improving the standard of professional estate surveying and valuation practice with his seven-point agenda. Speaking at his inauguration Read More source https://punchng.com/group-blames-land-prices-fx-for-rent-increase/

The value of mobile transactions rose to N11.10tn in the first eight months of 2022, figures from Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has revealed. The NIBSS stated on its website total mobile transaction value was N4.29tn in the corresponding period of 2021. Mobile payment experienced a surge in 2020 due to COVID-19, while the decline in Read More source https://punchng.com/mobile-transactions-hit-n11-10tn-in-eight-months-report/

WITH the fire of terrorism and banditry literarily enveloping them, the Northern Nigerian elite have finally unanimously bowed to reality by backing the long-running clamour for state policing. Rising from a joint meeting, the Northern Governors Forum and the Northern Traditional Rulers Council reviewed the state of security in the region and unequivocally resolved to Read More source https://punchng.com/state-police-further-delay-is-dangerous-inexcusable/

“We have an obligation to this and the next generation; to leave them a better Lagos State. This is a sacred duty. We cannot afford to fail or falter”- Bola Ahmed Tinubu On August 7, 1975, the regime of General Murtala Muhammed inaugurated a committee on a new Federal Capital for the country. The committee, headed Read More source https://punchng.com/tinubunomics-and-modern-lagos/

A former deputy Inspector General of Police and senatorial aspirant for the Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) district, Udom Ekpoudom, has said he will appeal the two judgments which declared Senator Godswill Akpabio the All Progressives Congress candidate for the senatorial seat. The PUNCH reports that the former DIG had earlier been declared the Read More source https://punchng.com/ekpoudom-vows-to-retrieve-senatorial-ticket-from-akpabio/

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria has decried its inability to prosecute non-professionals who are the major cause of increased building collapse in the country. This is as the council called for the speedy passage of the National Building Code by the National Assembly to enable the regulator bring quack engineers to Read More source https://punchng.com/coren-canvasses-speedy-passage-of-building-code/

Ted Nordhaus and Saloni Shah minced no words when they described in their ‘Foreign Policy’ piece that the economic and humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka was caused by ‘the farrago of magical thinking, technocratic hubris, ideological delusion, self-dealing and sheer short-sightedness.’ I have been taught at different summer schools on policymaking that it’s quite unreasonable Read More source https://punchng.com/my-fears-about-nigerias-energy-transition-plan/

Three people were killed while eight nursing mothers with babies were kidnapped by bandits in Tauji area of Kanoma North in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Sunday. An indigene of the area, Mohammed Maisa, who spoke to The PUNCH, said the incident occurred around 1.40am on Sunday when the bandits stormed the Read More source https://punchng.com/bandits-kill-three-kidnap-eight-zamfara-nursing-mothers/

The pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, has commended the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on his principled stance to tackle the Federal Government on national issues, particularly true federalism. The National Leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, stated this during a condolence message to the governor, on Saturday, over the death of his mother, Lady Read More source https://punchng.com/afenifere-lauds-akeredolus-advocacy-for-true-federalism/

The Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Sunday Solarin, shares his views with DAUD OLATUNJI on the performance of the state governor Do you believe that Governor Dapo Abiodun deserves a second term considering his performance since he came on board? He overtly does not deserve a second term. It is not Read More source https://punchng.com/abiodun-does-not-deserve-second-term-ogun-pdp-secretary-solarin/

In spite of the country’s dwindling revenue and alarming debt profile, many state governors are maintaining huge numbers of political appointees, thereby constituting a huge burden on their states’ lean resources and increasing the cost of governance. The political appointees, usually with overlapping functions, include commissioners, senior special advisers, special advisers, senior special assistants, special Read More source https://punchng.com/amid-dwindling-revenue-govs-retain-thousands-as-advisers-assistants-others/

A former member of the House of Representatives for the Okpe Sapele Uvwie Federal Constituency, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party; Napoleon Gbinije, has laid his mother, Agatha, to rest in Warri, Delta State. Agatha passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday, March 6, 2022. The ceremonies started with a wake Read More source https://punchng.com/ex-delta-lawmaker-buries-mum/

According to experts, hypertension and diabetes share some common risk factors and causes. A person who has one condition is often at an increased risk of developing the other. Managing these two conditions together can be very difficult and often comes with a heightened risk of blood vessel damage, heart attack, and kidney failure. However, Read More source https://punchng.com/living-with-diabetes-hypertension-possible-weve-managed-both-conditions-for-over-20-years-patients/

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday in New York, United States, told African leaders that fighting corruption was no longer a choice but a necessity for the continent’s prosperity. Buhari, who stated this at an event co-hosted by the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the Economic and Financial Read More source https://punchng.com/im-privileged-to-be-nigerias-president-says-buhari/

Thirty-one-year-old physically-challenged weightlifting gold medallist, Abraham Onoja, tells ALEXANDER OKERE his story You recently posted a picture of yourself in a wheelchair posing with a little boy and showcasing your works. What was the occasion about? That boy in the photo is my son. I am married with two kids. I never thought a day Read More source https://punchng.com/i-thought-id-never-have-a-life-weightlifting-gold-medallist/

Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Akinbowale Omole, said on Friday that the administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi has delivered on its policies, programmes and projects.  Omole, who is the Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of Fayemi’s fourth anniversary celebration, said that the governor’s efforts had achieved tangible outcomes, saying, “I have no doubt that many Read More source https://punchng.com/fayemi-has-delivered-on-projects-says-commissioner/

A one-stop shopping experience centre, QMB Hypermarket, which recently opened its doors to customers in the Lekki area of Lagos said it would offer generous discounts to patrons to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary. The Head, Public Relations and Marketing, at QMB Hypermart, Ahmed Bello, in a statement in Lagos, titled, “QMB Hypermart Opens in Read More source https://punchng.com/firm-celebrates-nigeria-at-62/

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is determined to end crude oil theft through “the deployment of technology and additional security measures”. He noted that the nefarious activities of pipeline vandals had caused Nigeria to lose approximately 700,000 barrels of oil daily; a trend which investment in technology Read More source https://punchng.com/nigeria-losing-700000-crude-barrels-daily-fg/

The fresh governorship primary conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State has again produced Dauda Dare as the winner. The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the state capital, has annulled the election of Dare, following a case filed by Ibrahim Shehu and two others, challenging the credibility of the election. The court Read More source https://punchng.com/again-dare-emerges-zamfara-pdp-gov-candidate/

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit filed by Udom Ekpoudom challenging the failure of the All Progressives Congress to summit his name to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the party’s candidate for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District for the 2023 general elections. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, Read More source https://punchng.com/court-dismisses-suit-against-akpabios-nomination/

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the recent press statement of the APC Presidential Campaign Council on the conflict within the PDP, as “disingenuous” and a “laughable work of an interloper.” Recall that the Director, Media, and Publicity of the APC Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, had earlier on Friday, Read More source https://punchng.com/focus-on-your-credibility-issues-atiku-tells-apc/

The Lagos State Government has said the construction work on the Lekki-Epe Expressway is almost 90 per cent complete and promised to start full work on the second phase of the project soon. According to a statement on Thursday, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, gave the Read More source https://punchng.com/lekki-epe-road-construction-95-complete-lagos-govt/

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has advised the media to use data-driven reporting to lead the fight against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the country. This was the submission of stakeholders at the virtual presentation of the media justice status report on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria titled ‘Missing data, missing justice.’ Read More source https://punchng.com/centre-wants-data-driven-reporting-on-sexual-violence/

The Publicity Secretaries of the All Progressives Congress in the South West geopolitical zone have congratulated Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on his appointment as the South West Coordinator for the Tinubu/Shetima Presidential Campaign Council. The spokespersons also urged the party to avoid fake news and hate speech and foster peace in the interest of Read More source https://punchng.com/south-west-apc-hails-akeredolu-warns-against-hate-speech/

A judge of the High Court of Lagos State, Justice Atinuke Oluyemi, has called on governments at all levels to invest in the reformation and rehabilitation of inmates of correctional centres across the country. She said the step would help the inmates to be better citizens when released from the centres. Justice Oluyemi, who represented Read More source https://punchng.com/invest-in-inmates-rehabilitation-judge-tells-govt/

Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi is currently training with South African Premier League club Swallows FC and could join the club permanently if he impresses. Akpeyi was released by PSL side Kaizer Chiefs at the expiration of his contract in June. And since then, the 36-year-old shot-stopper has been without a club. However, Akpeyi has Read More source https://punchng.com/maroka-boss-confirms-interest-in-akpeyi/

• as NNPCL launches app • says govt spending on pipelines surveillance contract • says criminals involved in illegal refineries responsible for 25% stolen crude  The Federal Government is making concerted efforts in addressing oil theft including spending enormous resources on pipeline surveillance security through the regular Armed Forces budgetary spending, the Attorney-General of the Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-cracking-down-on-crude-oil-thieves-malami/

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has said that the military should be held responsible for the high rate of crude oil theft in the country. This was made known at the Senate’s investigation into oil lifting and theft on Wednesday, which was chaired by Senator Akpan Bassey. The National President Read More source https://punchng.com/pengassan-fingers-military-in-600000-barrel-daily-stolen/

As part of ways to show appreciation to the host communities, West Africa Container Terminal has awarded scholarships worth N30m to 50 undergraduate students drawn from Onne and Ogu communities in Rivers State. A statement by the terminal operator quoted the Managing Director, WACT, Mr Naved Zafar, who spoke at the scholarship presentation ceremony in Read More source https://punchng.com/wact-gives-n30m-scholarships-to-50-undergraduates/

Suspected fraudsters, during a three-day cyber-attack, have hacked a customer’s account domiciled in an old generation bank and fraudulently transferred N523,337,100 from the account to 18 different accounts in the same bank.  The spokesperson for the Police Special Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, Lagos State, SP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspects Read More source https://punchng.com/fraudsters-hack-bank-transfer-n523m-to-225-accounts/

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stated that it is no more fashionable for the Federal Government to fund political parties at this critical period of Nigeria’s democratic advancement. Gbajabiamila pointed out that using the government’s funds to run parties is an indirect invitation for it to assume control of the Read More source https://punchng.com/no-amendment-to-electoral-act-before-election-gbajabiamila/

The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. This is just as senior lawyers, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, set the agenda for the new CJN. The President, Major General Muhmmadu Buhari (retd.), had in July nominated Ariwoola to the Senate for confirmation following the resignation of Read More source https://punchng.com/senate-confirms-ariwoola-new-cjn-gets-agenda/

While growing up, I was a war movies buff. At a time, World War II films became my favourite. Eventually, after secondary education, I combined the love for war stories with my passion for history and this made me fully appreciate what the victory of the Second World War meant for the free world. Today, Read More source https://punchng.com/sadique-abubakar-and-nigerias-air-supremacy/

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Babatunde Ogala, has said that judges are adjudicators and as such supposed to strictly interpret the law. Speaking to our correspondent on the independence of the judiciary, Ogala said that it is not legally right for lawyers to have an influence on any judge. Ogala said, “An individual, not the Read More source https://punchng.com/judges-must-strictly-interpret-the-law-says-san/

…intensify manhunt for kidnappers The police in Rivers State said their operatives have rescued four of the five abducted passengers along the Emuoha Kalabari Road in the state. The spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this to our correspondent on Tuesday afternoon. Iringe-Koko said the feat followed the massive deployment of Read More source https://punchng.com/rivers-police-comb-bushes-creeks-rescue-four-abductees/

Barely three months after leaving one Rangers for another – Glasgow Rangers for Queens Parks Rangers – fans of the Scottish giants have lamented the exit of Nigeria international, Leon Balogun, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Balogun became a free agent after his contract with Rangers ended last season, with the Scots unwilling to renew his Read More source https://punchng.com/gers-fans-lament-baloguns-exit/

…summon accountant-general over failure to present MDAs’ 2020 accounts The House of Representatives has begun its investigation of the Joint Ventures and Production Sharing Contracts entered into by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the last 32 years. The House’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Structure & Accountability of the Joint Venture Businesses and Read More source https://punchng.com/reps-begin-investigation-into-nnpcs-32-year-joint-ventures/

The Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation has pledged to collaborate with security agencies on the production and usage of the 3D interactive map to assist security operatives in the war against insecurity in the country. The Surveyor General, Abdulganiyu Adebomehin, made the promise during a one-day meeting with the representatives of the Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-to-tackle-insecurity-with-satellite-imageries/

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that a former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his co-defendants have a case to answer in the N712m money laundering charges filed against them. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Lamido, alongside two of his sons, Aminu and Mustapha. Other defendants Read More source https://punchng.com/defend-n712m-fraud-allegation-court-tells-lamido-2/

The Federal Government is currently discussing with investors on how to power Nigeria’s trains with electricity or gas, following the astronomical hike in the cost of diesel, it was gathered on Tuesday. Partners in the discussion are giving greater consideration to the use of electricity by establishing an Independent Power Project that will operate at Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-to-operate-trains-on-electricity-gas/

The Ehingbeti Summit, an event being organised by the Lagos State Government, is expected to seek ways to provide employment opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths in the state and country at large, it has learnt. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Audit Mr. Abayomi Oluyomi revealed this at a pre-event stakeholders’ engagement held Read More source https://punchng.com/ehingbeti-summit-to-spotlight-employment-opportunities-others/

The Lagos State Government has advised healthcare providers across the state to prevent medication-related errors that can lead to more health problems. The wife of the state governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, gave this advice, according to a statement on Monday, during the World Patient Safety Day 2022 organised by the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Read More source https://punchng.com/avoid-medication-errors-lagos-govt-advises-health-providers/

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on commissions and statutory boards in the state to strengthen their collaboration for the implementation of merit-based human resource management processes and policies. According to a statement on Monday, the governor made this call during the 2022 summit of statutory commissions/boards in Lagos State Public Service Read More source https://punchng.com/implement-merit-based-policies-sanwo-olu-tells-agencies/

Following the devastating effect of flooding, which has rendered many residents homeless, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly has appealed to the state government to provide relief materials to flood victims across the 13 local government areas of the state. This, the assembly said, would reduce their suffering and improve their standard of living. Speaker Read More source https://punchng.com/nasarawa-lawmakers-seek-relief-for-flood-victims/

An Africa tertiary education financing digital platform, PressPayNg, has advised the private sector to deepen its involvement in tertiary education financing. Speaking during the unveiling of the third scheme of its novel tertiary education tuition scholarship programme aimed at supporting undergraduate and post-graduate students, financially, Chief Executive Officer, Mr Abiola Metilelu, stated that there was Read More source https://punchng.com/firm-counsels-private-sector-on-education-financing/

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said that fiscal recklessness, inability to tackle insecurity and corruption  have been primarily responsible for Nigeria’s failing economy. Obi also said that domestic problems, caused by leadership failure, have damaged the unity and cohesiveness of the country. The former Anambra State governor, while speaking Read More source https://punchng.com/corruption-ruining-nigeria-fuel-subsidy-organised-crime-obi/

FSDH Merchant Bank has partnered with the Lagos State Government to provide accessible healthcare financing to residents of the state. A statement by the bank said that in the past few decades, the health sector in Nigeria had experienced continuous disruptions. It added that with the drawbacks from traditional practices to the emergence of new Read More source https://punchng.com/fsdh-merchant-bank-lagos-partner-on-healthcare-financing/

Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most authoritarian countries, has abolished the death penalty, state television announced on Monday citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Capital punishment was “totally abolished” in the oil-rich central African nation after the president signed a new penal code, shared on Twitter by the vice Read More source https://punchng.com/equatorial-guinea-abolishes-death-penalty/

The Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, dismissed a post circulating on social media, wherein, it was stated that he admitted over-voting in his response to the petition against his victory at the July 16 governorship poll pending before Election Petition Tribunal. In a statement on Monday, the spokesperson to the governor-elect, Rasheed Read More source https://punchng.com/tribunal-adeleke-denies-admitting-to-over-voting/

• S’Africa earned $107bn tax revenue in 2021, Nigeria $15bn, behind Kenya, Angola The Federal Government has foregone N16.76tn in revenue to tax reliefs and concessions given to large companies between 2019 and 2021, according to findings by The PUNCH. As of the end of 2021, 46 companies had benefitted from various tax incentives and Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-grants-n16tn-waiver-to-dangote-honeywell-others/

One of the kidnapped wedding guests, Collins Alaefula, who alongside two other victims was kidnapped after leaving a wedding ceremony at the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, has been released by his abductors.  Alaefula was freed on Saturday after his relatives allegedly paid the money demanded as ransom by his abductors.  His Read More source https://punchng.com/kidnapped-wedding-guests-regain-freedom-in-imo/

The Commissioner, National Insurance Commission, Mr Sunday Thomas, has said NAICOM is planning to implement a risk-based capital for insurance companies. Thomas spoke during the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria’s professional forum with the theme, “Power of the past: A force for the future of the insurance sector in Nigeria,’ in Ogun State. The event Read More source https://punchng.com/naicom-plans-risk-based-capital-for-underwriters/

Parallex Bank Limited, a commercial bank in Nigeria, has been recognised as the ‘Most Outstanding Young Commercial Bank’ in Nigeria for its professionalism at the Marketing Edge annual summit and award. A statement said the award ceremony was held recently in Lagos. It was attended by dignitaries from all walks of life, including representatives from Read More source https://punchng.com/parallex-bank-gets-recognition/

The search for the next afrobeats superstar will enter a new phase today as the group stage of the music reality TV show, Naija Star Search, kicks off, with media personality, VJ Adams, as the host. Recall that 17 contestants, made up of young and promising music talents, were unveiled by the judges last Sunday. Read More source https://punchng.com/vj-adams-unveiled-as-host-of-naija-star-search/

D Light has officially launched into the Nigerian market, promising to transform one billion lives globally by 2030. Speaking at the official country launch of the firm in Lagos, the Chairperson of the Board, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, stated that the need to transform lives was the driving force of the firm’s initiative. ‘’The bottom line Read More source https://punchng.com/firm-to-uplift-lives-with-solar-tech-enabled-energy/

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has written to the Academic Staff Union of Universities asking for a meeting with the union on Tuesday, September 20, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. In a letter signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Yahaya Danzarta, and addressed to the president of ASUU, Read More source https://punchng.com/gbajabiamila-writes-asuu-calls-for-meeting-tuesday/

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will today (Sunday) depart Abuja for New York, the United States, to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. “President Buhari will take his turn to deliver the national statement on the second day of the general debates on Wednesday, September 21,” a statement by Read More source https://punchng.com/buhari-to-address-un-general-assembly/

AS in other parts of the world, Nigeria presently faces the risk of flooding, according to the 2022 seasonal climate prediction released by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency and the annual Flood Outlook published by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency. The National Emergency Management Agency said this may result in calamitous consequences with at least 32 Read More source https://punchng.com/flood-alert-requires-action-resilient-systems/

The 2023 presidential contest has all the trappings of the biblical battle between David and Goliath. However, in this instant, there appears to be more than one Goliath. In the biblical story, Goliath, the giant was a fierce war veteran while David was an untrained youngster. Whereas Goliath had records of victories, David had non Read More source https://punchng.com/2023-the-need-for-robust-political-engagements/

Rallies in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, continued on Saturday in major towns and state capitals with his supporters marching through the streets of Abakaliki, Ebonyi State; Owerri, Imo State; Umuahia, Abia State; Awka, Anambra State; Yenagoa, Bayelsa State; and Jos, Plateau State. The police in Ebonyi State, however, Read More source https://punchng.com/why-obi-supporters-rally-was-disrupted-ebonyi-police/

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, on Friday, announced that the Air Transport Licence of Azman Air had been renewed. The agency, in a press statement signed by the Director General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, stated that the airline’s licence was renewed after fulfilling all outstanding requirements It read in part, “Consequent upon the fulfilment of Read More source https://punchng.com/ncaa-lifts-ban-on-azman-air/

Nigerian airline operators are finding it extremely difficult to pay the premium on their assets such as aircraft and others, the Director, Policy and Regulations, Nigerian Insurance Commission, Leo Akah, has said. He said any carriers were breaking the insurance premium into bits with some opting to do so monthly, some quarterly and others in Read More source https://punchng.com/domestic-airlines-struggle-to-pay-insurance-premium-naicom/

We met at the immigration office. The seats (in the waiting arena) were filled up and that meant I had to stand. He didn’t let me stand. He gave up his seat for me and stood instead. Shortly after, a seat was vacant beside me and he sat down. We began to make small talks Read More source https://punchng.com/man-as-we-understand-it/

A Lagos-based artisan and part-time bus conductor, Wale Segun, who was arrested by Amotekun for allegedly stealing goats in Osun State and taking them to Lagos to sell, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLAabout the criminal escapade What is your name and what do you do for a living? My name is Wale Samuel. I am a Lagos-based Read More source https://punchng.com/how-we-stole-43-goats-during-osun-lagos-trips-bus-conductor/

Nigerian-born American lecturer, Uju Anya, has been in the eye of the storm since her tweet wishing the late Queen Elizabeth   II ‘excruciating death’. The professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America tells GODFREY GEORGE she spoke from a place of deep pain and is unapologetic Read More source https://punchng.com/britain-owes-igbo-apology-compensation-for-biafras-destruction-prof-anya/

As the 2023 elections beckon, the cracks in some political parties have continued to widen and it appears that there’s no end in sight, OLUWAFEMI MORGAN writes Apart from the off-cycle governorship elections in Osun, Ekiti and Edo states where intra-party squabbles led to unexpected outcomes, pundits are in no doubt that the tension in Read More source https://punchng.com/parties-battle-internal-conflicts-chase-peace-ahead-campaign-kick-off/

A professor of Veterinary Public Health at the University of Ibadan, Victoria Adetunji, speaks to OLUFEMI OLANIYI about her career, family and related issues What other roles do you perform at the university apart from teaching? I am currently the Chairperson of Animal Use and Care Ethics Committee and I also coordinate the University of Read More source https://punchng.com/livestock-bred-with-growth-promoters-unhealthy-for-consumption-prof-adetunji/

The Rainbow Book Club, organisers of the Port Harcourt Book Festival, and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, will be hosting three poets who were shortlisted for the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature on Sunday. It was earlier reported that the poets, Suéddie Vershima Agema (Memory and the Call of Water); Romeo Oriogun (Noman), and Saddiq Read More source https://punchng.com/port-harcourt-hosts-writers-for-literature-prize/

Chivas Regal said it has unveiled four brand ambassadors as part of activities to kick off its “Be Real, Be Regal” campaign. A statement said it disclosed this during Chivas Mansion party in Lagos. The statement said, “The four ‘New Regals’ namely Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz; Daniel Benson, now known as Bnxn; Owoh Read More source https://punchng.com/whiskey-brand-appoints-ambassadors/

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja, faulted the process of appointing justices to the Supreme Court, saying that the policy does not follow merit. The senior lawyers urged the National Judicial Council, the body in charge of appointing judicial officers in the country, to abandon the current replacement policy for Read More source https://punchng.com/supreme-court-justices-appointment-process-faulty-sans/

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday approved National Honours of Officer of The Order of The Niger and cash awards of N200m for Team Nigeria’s contingents to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics Championships. At an award ceremony held at the State House, Abuja, the President congratulated the athletes for Read More source https://punchng.com/buhari-rewards-amusan-brume-others-with-honours-n200m-2/

Following the invasion of the Abuja office of the League Management Company by the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, the Club Owners Association of Nigeria has condemned the act, describing it as unlawful. The LMC is the body in charge of organising the Nigeria Professional Football League, but last Friday, a circular from the sports Read More source https://punchng.com/stakeholders-condemn-police-invasion-of-lmc-office/

It has been well acknowledged that primary school education is the foundation of individual and national development. The skills learned at that level are the base on which the capacity for future economic productivity is built. Primary School Education takes up the first six years of Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education Curriculum which seeks to give Read More source https://punchng.com/how-scary-is-unicefs-20-million-nigerian-children-out-of-school-statistic/

THE seizure by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of huge assets from drug barons between January 2021 and August 2022 is a clear indication that Nigeria’s illicit drug problem is deteriorating. The assets include 249 luxury cars and 37 mansions, and 600 frozen bank accounts. Also seized were N871.53 million, proceeds of crime within Read More source https://punchng.com/time-to-revitalise-anti-drug-war-strategy/

The Lagos State Government has said it has commenced the decontamination exercise of 35 major bird markets in the state to prevent avian influenza and other bird-borne diseases. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, adding that the first phase of the decontamination commenced at Awolowo market in Read More source https://punchng.com/lagos-govt-decontaminates-markets-to-prevent-bird-flu/

The National Union of Electricity Employees, on Wednesday, decried the stagnancy in Nigeria’s power sector since November 2013 after it was officially unbundled and sold to private sector investors. It stated that there had been no visible attempts by the successor power generation and distribution companies to expand their capacities and networks since taking over Read More source https://punchng.com/no-capacity-expansion-attempt-by-gencos-discos-nuee/

The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, in this interview with MATTHEW AGBAJE, outlines the agency’s plans to completely conquer COVID-19 and other diseases currently ravaging the country Since you became the Director General of NCDC, can you briefly state what has changed or improved in the sector under Read More source https://punchng.com/nine-states-responsible-for-80-of-cholera-cases-ncdc-dg/

In a bid to further its strategic engagement with customers under its franchise network, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company took its town hall meeting to the Island District last week. A statement by the EKEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, stated that the Island District was strategic to the company’s business, “hence the importance Read More source https://punchng.com/ekedc-assures-lagos-island-others-of-power-supply/

Dorman Long Engineering Limited in collaboration with Shell Petroleum Development Company has trained 40 youths for the Assa North-Ohaji South Gas Project in Imo state. The trainees (youths), who were given start-up packs, were made up of eight professionals and 32 people in the vocational sector. They were trained in the areas of electrical engineering, Read More source https://punchng.com/firms-train-40-youths-for-imo-gas-project/

The National Assembly has commended Dangote Sinotruk West Africa for its commitment to Nigeria’s economic development through investment in a vehicle assembly plant in the country. In a statement, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industry, Tokunbo Abiru, said with Dangote Sinotruk West Africa, Nigeria’s path to self-reliance in vehicle assembling, had begun. He said, “We Read More source https://punchng.com/nass-commends-dangote-sinotruks-vehicle-assembling-plant/

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the parent company of the Ecobank Group, has said the current Group Chief Executive Officer, Ade Ayeyemi, will retire after he attains the age of 60, in accordance with ETI policy. It said in a statement that the board of directors selected Jeremy Awori to succeed Ayeyemi as group chief executive officer Read More source https://punchng.com/ecobank-group-appoints-ayeyemi-new-ceo/

Serena Williams, who seemed to make a farewell to competitive tennis at the US Open, dropped a hint she might not be done on Wednesday by evoking a famous retirement U-turn. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, said on ABC’s Good Morning America that she liked the example of 45-year-old NFL star quarterback, Tom Brady, Read More source https://punchng.com/serena-williams-teases-tennis-return-hails-bradys-comeback/

  Nigerian megastar, ekiti state number one artiste is finally out with his highly anticipating single titled “ OMO AYINLA “. “ OMO AYINLA ” is BENJI’s second official single this year 2022 which set to a track on his much anticipated EP dropping December 2020 “ LOT EP  “. Omo Ayinla is an Amapiano infused tune Produced by  Benji shoro himself . You guys will surely love this one Download mp3 here  DOWNLOAD ON IPHONE LINK BELOW Download ON IPHONE HERE

Former Deputy Speaker, Dare Kadiri, and another lawmaker, Solomon Osho, have been suspended by the Ogun State House of Assembly in a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan. The embattled lawmaker representing Ijebu North II state constituency and his counterpart were suspended in line with the provisions of Read More source https://punchng.com/ogun-assembly-suspends-ex-deputy-speaker-one-other/

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Faruk Yahaya, has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to provide a secure atmosphere for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Yahaya, while declaring open the third quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja on Tuesday, directed the distribution of the reviewed rules of engagement Read More source https://punchng.com/army-promises-safe-environment-for-2023-elections/

As Nigeria prepares for 2023 one of the major challenges to contend with is the epidemic of insecurity. Violence has been recorded across the country’s six geopolitical zones, further dividing it along ethnic, religious and political lines. Incidents have been notably higher in the North-West and South-East where banditry, terrorist activities, herder-farmer conflicts and secessionist Read More source https://punchng.com/insecurity-and-nigerias-2023-elections/

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the state’s Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure, Kabiru Abdullahi, to appear before its Committee on Waterfront Infrastructure unfailingly on Thursday. The lawmakers, during plenary on Tuesday, complained that Abdullahi disrespected the House of Assembly by his refusal to honour an invitation of a House Committee which has oversight Read More source https://punchng.com/lagos-assembly-summons-commissioner-for-ignoring-committee-invitations/

The Lagos State Cooperative College has advised its members on the need to embrace new approaches and business models in a post-COVID-19 era. The Provost of LASCOCO, Akorede Ojomu, gave this advice on Tuesday at the start of a four-day intermediate training for managers, trustees and members of cooperative societies, held in Agege. He said, Read More source https://punchng.com/lagos-advises-cooperative-members-on-new-business-models/

The Project Director, Broadband Implementation Steering Committee, Abubakar Maina, has disclosed that the Federal Government may fail to meet its target to provide cheaper smartphones in line with the Nigerian National Broadband Plan 2020–2025. This was according to a presentation document he made on the implementation status of the NNBP 2020–2025 to the National Digital Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-may-miss-smartphone-target-amid-low-affordability/