Author: Olumide Akinrinlola

An unidentified woman, who was entrusted with managing financial contributions from several individuals in Akure , Ondo State, has allegedly lost her memory. According to a Facebook post yesterday by a user named Made Olamilekan Omosule, the woman is unable to recognize anyone, seemingly suggesting an alleged memory loss. Omosule’s post has triggered a significant…

Nigeria’s minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo has ordered all foreign airlines operating in the country to henceforth patronise local caterers for on-board meals. Keyamo gave the instruction in a letter signed by the director overseeing the office of the permanent secretary in the ministry, Mr H. T Ejibunu and forwarded to the…

Indications emerged on Tuesday that Ambassador Umar Damagum, the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been offered an opportunity to step down from his position next week. Daily Trust gathered that the decision was reached by the party’s governors yesterday in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Sources privy to the details…

Criticisms have trailed the signing into law of the Anambra Local Government Administration Law 2024 by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday. Soludo had said that the law was necessitated by the fact that granting absolute autonomy to the 774 local government areas was a recipe for “humongous chaos” and would not lead to a sustainable…

A moving car on a road in Jaipur, India caught fire on Saturday. The people around the area panicked as the burning car went across the road The people present on the road started running away from the burning car causing chaos. The incident occurred in the Sodala area in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The car started…

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Customs Service, will on Monday (today) ground over 60 private jets owned by very important persons in the country over unpaid import duty running into several billions of naira, The PUNCH can authoritatively report. According to documents exchanged between the NCS and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, which were…

The ruling All Progressives Congress advised the former Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, to reach President Bola Tinubu privately with his advice instead of criticising the government’s policies or actions publicly. The National Publicity Director of the APC, Bala Ibrahim, who gave the advice on Sunday in an interview with The PUNCH, said…

The House of Representatives has taken initial steps to provide free internet services in selected public places for Nigerians. This follows the passage of a bill last week during its first reading titled, “An Act to provide the legal framework for the free internet access programme in selected public places in Nigeria and for other…

As Nigerians struggle with the high cost of petrol, the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, has also increased to N1,500/kg. But the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NIPCO Plc, Suresh Kumar, said the Dangote refinery and other domestic refineries would bring down the price of cooking gas, expressing concerns that…