Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has signed contracts with two construction firms to the tune of N29.9bn for the commencement of civil works at Etahi, Omigbo and Ankpa erosion sites across the three senatorial districts of the state. A breakdown of the contract shows that the sum for Etahi Gully Site in Okene Local Government…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday stepped up its fight to boost foreign exchange liquidity in the economy with a new circular mandating Deposit Money Banks to stop the use of foreign currencies as collateral for naira loans within 90 days. The development happened as the naira rose against the greenback at both the…
The Federal Government has announced plans to engage no fewer than 10,000 youths and retirees in the planting of six million trees across the country to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. This was made known by the Minister of State for Environment and Ecological Management, Dr Iziaq Salako, in an exclusive interview with…
The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Monday, sent back the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Rahman Oshodi made the remand order shortly after the anti-graft agency arraigned Emefiele on 23 counts bordering on “abuse of office,…
The embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for his arraignment over alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of dollars. Emefiele, alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, will be arraigned on fresh 26 counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi this morning. In the charge…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday, alleged that the Federal Government stopped payment of electricity subsidy in 2022. Falana, in a statement made available to our correspondent, noted that on March 23, 2021, the Federal Government announced its plan to end electricity subsidy by the end of that year….
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Aishetu Ndayako. The minister congratulated all Muslim Ummah for the successful completion of the fast in…
Stakeholders of the Nigeria Labour Congress will today meet to take a decision on the leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party and the return of Julius Abure as the party’s National Chairman. Among other things, The PUNCH gathered that a caretaker committee is being proposed by the unionists to take over the control of the…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, forecast sunny and hazy atmosphere over parts of Yobe and Borno states on Monday, with chances of thunderstorms over part of Kebbi. According to NiMet, the remaining parts of the North should be sunny…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State command, said it has deployed no fewer than 951 personnel to protect critical national assets and worship centres across the state during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The state commandant of the NSCDC, Maku Olatunde, stated that it is a move to tighten the “noose around criminals and…
The two women leading Mexico’s presidential race clashed Sunday on issues including corruption, gender violence and healthcare in a heated debate marked at times by personal attacks. Frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling left-wing party and her main rival Xochitl Galvez, both 61, traded accusations and retorts of “lies” during the first of three face-to-face…
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, aka Bobrisky, may spend the Eid-il-Fitri break in custody. Bobrisky was arrested on April 3 and convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday, April 5, 2024, after pleading guilty to the charges of naira abuse levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC…
