Day: October 13, 2021

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has told an Abuja High Court that Zainab, the daughter of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, forged several documents to lay claim to a disputed plot of land in Abuja. The minister alleged, yesterday, that there was nothing to show that the former President’s daughter ever applied…

  Some countries around the world have been experiencing serious population crisis, forcing the government to take measures to encourage people to have more sex. In Nigeria, discussing sex publicly is seen as a taboo and the person who dares go against the norm is either debased, morally corrupt or either a pervert. Sex education…

  The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, began the second reading of the 2022 Appropriation Bill during which members debated the general principles of the national budget. The lawmakers took turns to criticise the internal and external borrowings by the Federal Government, the huge budget deficit and failure by the ministries, departments and agencies to…

  The Federal Government has barred unvaccinated civil servants from work, with effect from December 1, 2021. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, announced this at the national briefing of the committee in Abuja on Wednesday. “With effect from 1st December 2021,…

Details of Buhari’s meeting with Gov Obaseki emerge Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has called for the full implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP) to address the problem of clashes between farmers and herders. The governor made the call when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu…

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to upgrade Adeyemi College of Education to a full-fledged university. The development followed the concurrence of the Senate to the House of Representatives Bill which was earlier passed at the Green Chamber. The institution will now be known as Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo after the…

A prince in the royal lineage of Owo town, Ondo State, Toluwalade John Olateru-Olagbegi, has been charged to court by Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court One, sitting in Ibadan, on a count charge of obtaining N35.5 million through false pretence. The…

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a man who allegedly opened gunfire to disperse guests at a party at Oba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state.   PUNCH Metro learnt that as the party was ongoing last Saturday, the suspect, whose identity was not…

*BREAKING: Buhari receives Anambra Deputy Gov to APC*   President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, received the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, who recently left the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the ruling party the All Progressive Congress (APC).   Okeke was presented to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by the…