LP chairman, Abure, brother discharged from Abuja hospital

The National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, and his brother have been discharged from the private health facility they were rushed for treatment following Wednesday’s fire that razed his residence in Abuja. This was disclosed to The PUNCH by the National Youth Leader of the party, Kennedy Ahanotu. “Yes, the national chairman has been…

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Reps extend Easter, Sallah break till April 23

There are strong indications that the House of Representatives may resume from its Easter and Sallah break at the main chambers. Since the renovation works started in 2022, members have been using a makeshift chamber. The Senate chamber and other parts of the National Assembly building are also undergoing renovation. A memo to the members…

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Benue holds LG poll July 6

The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed local government elections in the state for July 6, 2024. The commission’s chairman, John Chen, stated this on Friday when he met with stakeholders where he unveiled the election timetable in Makurdi, the state capital. He assured all that the commission would conduct free, fair, and credible elections….

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Fuel queues resurface in Lagos

Long queues built up in filling stations across Lagos State on Friday, creating fears of impending fuel scarcity. Our correspondent, who went around the city, gathered that the queues in some of the filling stations affected the free flow of traffic. At the AP filling station in Alapere, commuters were held in traffic on Friday…

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JUST IN: Court convicts Bobrisky for abusing Naira

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky for abusing the Naira. Justice Abimbola Awogboro convicted him after the review of the facts of the case. In his allocutus, Bobrisky told the court that he was not aware of the law on abusing the naira. He…

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Aiyedatiwa submits forms today, workers warned against politics

The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will today (Thursday) submit his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms as a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed November 16 for the Ondo State governorship election. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, told The PUNCH on …

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Spain knocks Israel’s response to Gaza aid worker deaths

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday the response of his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to an air strike that killed seven aid workers was “insufficient” and “unacceptable”. “We are waiting for a much more detailed clarification of what the causes have been, bearing in mind that the Israeli government knew about the actions and…

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Task force impounds 359 motorcycles

The Lagos State Task Force, on Wednesday, clamped down on commercial motorcycles and squatters who erected shanties along the rail tracks in the Fagba area of the state. The agency said 359 bikes were impounded and several shanties demolished in the follow-up exercise after the launch of the Red Line Rail project. The spokesperson for…

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