In a bid to hasten up the metering programme of the Federal Government, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said customers may be allowed to buy their meters from any accredited manufacturer. Adelabu, who spoke during a recent visit to Momas Electricity Meters Manufacturing Company Limited, Ibafo, Ogun State, …
Read More »Anambra man jailed 10 years for defiling nine-year-old daughter
A middle-aged man, Kenneth Nwangu, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting in the High Court, Awka, Anambra State, for defiling his nine-year-old daughter and only child. The judgment was delivered in a three-count brought against the defendant by the state …
Read More »Palm Sunday: Pope skips sermon, prays for Moscow attack victims
Pope Francis on Sunday sent prayers to the victims of the concert hall attack in Moscow, calling the violence “inhuman acts” that offended God. “I assure my prayers for the victims of the cowardly terrorist attack carried out the other evening in Moscow,” said the 87-year-old pope, following a Palm Sunday …
Read More »FG suspends 25% penalty on improperly imported vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service said it was directed by the Minister of Economy and Coordinating Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, to suspend the 25 per cent penalty on improperly imported vehicles. The service’s National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, announced this in a statement on Friday. …
Read More »Japa: Council, nurses begin legal battle over new certification guidelines
Some Nurses in the country have sued the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, and the Minister of Health among others over the new certificate verification guidelines. The NMCN had on February 7, 2024, issued a circular revising the guidelines for requesting verification of certificates for nurses and midwives. The …
Read More »Withheld salaries: SSANU, NASU strike grounds varsities
National President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has called on the Federal Government to pay the four months withheld salaries of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions. This was in reaction to the seven-day warning strike that SSANU/NASU began on Monday, …
Read More »PoS operator foils customer’s attempt to make N90,000 transaction with fake notes
A Point-of-Sale operator on Friday thwarted an attempt by a customer, Linda Ihebinike, to make transaction with fake naira notes to the tune of N90,000 in Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on his X handle on Sunday. According to Hundeyin, the PoS …
Read More »Tinubu vows to defeat vengeful subsidy beneficiaries, smugglers
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is deploying resources to critical sectors and areas that significantly impact the welfare of Nigerians. He, however, asserted that such efforts require outwitting smugglers and those he called “old subsidy beneficiaries,” whom he said are fighting back. Upon assuming office on May 29, 2023, …
Read More »Flood wrecks havoc in Imo community
Flooding, said to have been caused by laying of pipeline by oil companies, has caused major devastation in Obiakpu community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Governments Arwa of Imo State. South-East PUNCH gathered from reliable sources that cash crops and aquatic livestock worth about N3 billion were destroyed by the flood. South-East …
Read More »$9.6bn scam: EFCC tenders more evidence against P&ID director
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, tendered additional evidence against MICAD Project City Services Limited, and James Nolan, a Director of Process and Industrial Development Limited, before Justice Nora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja. This was made known in a statement by the Head, …
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