Новости за 17.03.2024

The Lagos State Government and the Agege Local Government have ordered traders and beggars on rail tracks along the Agege corridor to vacate before strict enforcement and demolition. At a stakeholders meeting on Sunday with illegal occupants, owners of shanties, traders, and those begging for alms on the rail tracks, the government told them to

Civil Society Organisations, on Sunday, cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against politically motivated prosecution. The CSOs also advised the EFCC against acting as “political tools” in the hands of disgruntled politicians. The CSOs under the aegis of Committee for the Defence of Democracy and Rule of Law particularly decried what they described as

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday accused ex-governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, of dropping President Bola Tinubu’s name to disrupt governance in the state. The party subsequently warned that the state would open a can of worms on Oyetola, who is currently the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, unless he stopped

The National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has condemned the killing of senior military officers and soldiers at Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta on March 14, 2024. At least 16 soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, deployed on a peace-keeping mission to quell community clashes, were killed

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has announced plans to spearhead a global collaboration aimed at enhancing the protection of undersea cables. The minister disclosed this on X (former Twitter) on Sunday. Recognising the critical role these cables play in the digital economy, Tijani emphasized the need to review international laws and

Florian Wirtz scored after 84 seconds as Bayer Leverkusen made it 38 games unbeaten in all competitions with a 3-2 victory in Freiburg on Sunday. Leverkusen’s seventh league win on the bounce kept them 10 points clear of serial champions Bayern Munich with eight games to play in their quest for the club’s first ever

FA Cup holders Manchester City will face Chelsea in the semi-finals at Wembley, while Manchester United’s reward for their thrilling win against Liverpool is a meeting with second-tier Coventry. Sunday’s draw for the last four raised the prospect of a repeat of last season’s all-Manchester FA Cup final, which City won 2-1. Treble-chasing City eased

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has urged the newly inaugurated commissioners on the board of the National Population Commission to ensure that the next census gives the nation the actual statistics of the nation’s population. Reliable data of the nation’s population, he said, was essential to economic planning and the

Manchester United ended Liverpool’s quest for a quadruple of trophies in Jurgen Klopp’s final season after Amad Diallo’s winner edged a thrilling FA Cup quarter-final 4-3 after extra-time. The Ivorian winger was sent off for a second booking after taking his shirt off in celebration at the end of a chaotic 120 minutes that kept

Donald Trump said Sunday he favours a national abortion ban after a certain number of weeks, with exceptions — but did not confirm how many weeks, leaving his stance on a top US election issue murky. The former president said that he would “soon” issue a proposal on the number of weeks at which a

The traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in Delta State, Clement Ikolo, on Sunday, revealed a dialogue on his early warnings to the Delta State Government on the lingering crisis between neighbouring Okuama and Okoloba communities. Speaking with journalists in his palace in Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom, the traditional ruler, who lamented that the Okuama killings were “saddening”

Mrs. Oluwatosin Olatunji, wife of the abducted editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, has said his whereabouts were still unknown over 48 hours after some gunmen suspected to be soldiers whisked him away from his Iyana Odo, Abule Egba, Lagos residence on Friday night. The armed men, numbering 10 reportedly arrived at Olatunji’s residence, a few

The National Identity Management Commission and the Nigerian Communications Commission have announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the National Identification Number-SIM linkage processes. This was disclosed on Sunday in a joint statement signed by the Technical Adviser, Media, and Communications to the DG/CEO of NIMC, Ayodele Babalola, and the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Muoka.

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has reiterated that he does not receive a salary from the state government, citing it as a cost-saving measure. He said this during an interdenominational service held at the International Convention Centre in Awka to mark his second year in office. He said, “Today we have come to report some

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, for his contributions to national development. Balogun died on Thursday at the age of 81 at the University College, Ibadan. (https://punchng.com/breaking-olubadan-lekan-balogun-dies-at-81/) The late Olubadan reigned for two years, having been presented the

Affected residents of the ongoing demolition by the Oyo State Government in Ona Ara and Oluyole Local Government Areas of the state on Sunday staged a protest to appeal to the state governor, Seyi Makinde, to come to their aid. The PUNCH reports that the government had, last Tuesday, commenced demolition of some structures close

President Bola Tinubu says the killers of Nigerian Army personnel who were on a peace mission in Delta State will not go unpunished. At least 16 Nigerian soldiers were killed on a mission to douse clashes between two communities in the South-South state of Delta. The troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion deployed in the

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to put an end to the reprisal attacks by soldiers of the Nigerian Army in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State. Some irate youths of the community were said to have ambushed soldiers who

The eight lawmakers suspended by the Zamfara State House of Assembly on Sunday said they have been hounded out of the state by political thugs for exposing the increasing wave of insecurity in the state. According to the lawmakers, some security agents had been sent to hunt for them without any reason, a situation which

The National Judicial Council has raised an alarm over repeated attempts by some fraudsters to defraud retired Judicial officers throughout the country. The Council claimed that the fraudsters had been bombarding its retired Judicial officers with phone calls demanding various sums of money to help them fast-track payment of their retirement benefits. In a statement

Gunmen suspected to be cultists, on Saturday, shot dead a printer identified as George Sopruchi at Abakiliki Street in the Mile 1 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that the gunmen trailed their target to Abakiliki close at about 8:30 pm and shot him dead while he was

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 operator raised the alarm after

The Senate has condoled the military over the killing of the commanding officer of the 181 Battalion, two Army Majors, and 13 soldiers. Some youths ambushed and killed 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army on a peace mission to the Okuoma community in Bomadi Local Government Area of

The Olofin of Isheri, Oba Sulaiman Bamgbade, has hailed the Federal Government for the approval of the construction of the road spanning from Isheri North to the Ogun State route. According to him, the construction of the Isheri-Ogun Road presents a vital alternative route to the heavily trafficked Lagos-Shagamu Road, providing essential connectivity and easing

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu; and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The development was revealed by the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a