March 2024

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has broken his silence after an invitation by the Department of State Services over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. According to him, the invitation was necessary, and he had a productive interaction with the security agents who queried him. The PUNCH reports that the…

Reactions have been trailing the death of a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Dr Paul Akintelure, as the state governor, Mr Lucky Aiywdatiwa, described the incident as shocking and devastating. Akintelure was reported to have died on Tuesday in Lagos after a brief illness. Although details of his death have…

The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako, said that the ministry, in collaboration with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, will begin regular reviews of both international and indigenous oil companies’ plans to ensure alignment with the goal of ending routine gas flaring by 2030. Salako said this in Abuja on…

The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Titus Amba, has condemned the non-payment of primary school teachers, which, according to him, is running into several months by some state governments. He also called on the Federal Government to make basic education a core responsibility of the state governments. Amba made this known at…

Elder statesman and National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has condemned a military raid on his country home in the Kiagbodo Local Government Area of Delta State. Clark, in a statement he signed on Tuesday, recounted how he was inundated with calls informing him of the raid of his country home…

The Osun State Police Command has said its operatives have commenced an investigation into the circumstances around the headless corpse of a woman found opposite Osogbo Local Government Secretariat in Okebaale, Osogbo on Tuesday. The command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the presence of the corpse in the area during an interview on Tuesday, said…

The Delta State Police Command, on Monday, rescued three sisters who were said to have been kidnapped in Egbudu-Akah, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Tuesday. His caption read, “The command yesterday, March 24, 2024,…

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, said on Tuesday that his administration had released N1.2bn gratuity arrears to retired local government workers and primary school teachers in the last 15 months. Oyebanji, who bemoaned the plight of the categories of pensioners waiting for their gratuities for years, said his administration would correct all such by ensuring…

The Edo State Government has secured 40 new licences for solid mineral deposits in the state through Associates Mining and Investment Company, a special-purpose vehicle promoted by the state government. The state Commissioner for Mining and Energy, Enaholo Ojiefoh, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin, said the state took the bold step to acquire…

Facing possible arrest for various counts of corruption and bribery, South Africa’s embattled National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is a free woman — at least until next Tuesday. Judgment was reserved till April 2 in the speaker’s application to interdict her arrest. South African state prosecutors on Monday had said they intend to charge the…

A container ship rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap in a few places and plunge into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly waters, and rescuers were initially searching for at least seven people. Two people were pulled from the waters under the Francis Scott Key…