Day: May 11, 2022

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baba Usman Alkali yesterday warned Nigerians against giving policemen wrong information on any security issue. He spoke while commissioning the newly-built Ogele police station in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Represented by the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Amienbo Assayomo, the police chief said the approval was…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments (CoSAP) is out to push for total cancellation of all debts owed by African nations. Gbajabiamila, who spoke during the ongoing first CoSAP in Abuja, yesterday, said this would help the countries as they…

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday appealed for stakeholders’ understanding over the discomfort they would experience during rehabilitation works on some bridges in Lagos State. Fashola made the appeal at a stakeholders’ meeting on the comprehensive repair of the Eko and Apongbon bridges, held at Ijora-Olopa, in Lagos.Stakeholders in attendance include…

Lagos and Adamawa states have the highest figures of three each as Nigeria recorded 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox in seven states between January 1 and April 30, 2022. The confirmed cases were from the 46 suspected cases recorded during the period. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in its latest Monkeypox situation…

The apex Igbo socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, have declared total support for the South-East presidency in 2023. According to a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Alex…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari has taught him how to govern a complex and diverse country like Nigeria. According to his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, he spoke on Tuesday when he visited the Palace of the Emir of Gombe, Abubakar Shehu Abubakar.oh The visit, it is understood, was to canvass for votes from…

Telecommunication companies under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria have said the removal of multiple taxes in the telecoms industry will reduce part of the operational pressure on telcos. According to ALTON, this along with regulatory intervention may ensure that the current pricing regime of calls, SMS, and data is…

Some All Progressives  Congress leaders have stepped up moves to adopt former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s consensus presidential candidate in 2023. The PUNCH on Tuesday learnt the moves formed part of the discussions between the former President and the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, in Abuja on Monday night. It was gathered that already,…

A prominent spiritual leader, Guru Maharaj Ji, has alleged that the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who recently joined his ancestors, was poisoned. StarnewsNG reports that in an interview with BBC News Yoruba, published on Tuesday, Guru Maharaj Ji, who said he is deeply pained by the monarch’s demise, stated that Oba…

Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari says he is not safe being in detention with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), who he described as criminals. Kyari disclosed this through his lawyer, Nureini Jimoh, while asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to review his bail…