THE Nigerian Copyright Commission has dedicated this year’s World Book and Copyright Day to the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and named July 13 the National Reading Day to mark the 90th birthday of the literary icon. This was disclosed by the Director-General, NCC, John Asein, in a statement, wherein he also stressed the importance…
THE Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by a Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, challenging his conviction by a Lagos State High Court. Baba Ijesa, was on July 14, 2022, convicted of sexual assault of a minor. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo (retd.) of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will, next week, arraign a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in connection with the botched Nigeria Air project. An impeccable source in the anti-graft agency revealed this to our correspondent on Tuesday. The investigator, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have official permission to…
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, claimed on Tuesday that investigation by the anti-graft agency revealed that the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fees. The EFCC Chairman said he had personally put a call through to…
The Kwara State Government has buried all confiscated meat from the alleged poisonous cows meant for slaughter and sale for public consumption. investigation revealed that the contaminated cow beef were buried around the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies in Ilorin, the state capital. This follows several measures already put in place…
The World Bank in collaboration with the Nasarawa State government on Tuesday held a one-day sensitisation workshop for stakeholders on the dangers of gender-based violence and female genital mutilation. The workshop brought together community and religious leaders from all 13 Local Government Areas of the state. This effort, according to the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness and…
It’s no longer news that several marriageable young men and women have continued to roam the streets of our cities in search of suitable life partners, yet they remain single. Arewa PUNCH findings reveal that often times, this situation has been attributed to the poor state of the economic situation of the country whereby many graduates…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Monday, dissociated itself from the agitation for the creation of a sovereign Yoruba Nation out of Nigeria. It described the call for the exit of Yoruba people from Nigeria as undesirable, self-serving and unnecessary. Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, said Nigeria’s problems were…
The Dean of the Faculty of Specialised and Professional Education, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo State, Professor Adebowale Ojo, is dead. He died on Tuesday, after a successful surgery at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, the state capital. A statement by the Registrar of the institution, Olubunmi Siju’ Asunmo, made available to PUNCH Online…
The Federal Government is aiming to attract about $10bn worth of investment through the signing of the consolidated guidelines for the implementation of Fiscal Incentives for the Oil & Gas Sector. The guidelines, a cornerstone of the Presidential Directives, are aimed at enhancing the Nigerian oil & gas sector’s global competitiveness whilst stimulating economic growth….
The Forum of All Progressives Congress State Chairmen, on Tuesday, passed a vote of confidence on the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. The delegation of 37 state chairmen gave the endorsement during a solidarity visit to the secretariat of the party in Abuja. The embattled national chairman opened up on his purported…
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has urged his opponents to ensure the campaigns to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki remain issue-based. The campaigns for the state governorship election scheduled for September officially start on Wednesday (today). Ighodalo made the call in a statement issued by the Asue Ighodalo Media…
