Power Outage By Okechukwu Nnodim The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has summoned the chief executives of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company over the worsening power supply in their regions. Also summoned is the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Sule Abdulazeez, over the deteriorating power situation across the country since…
Huawei logo By Godfrey George Chinese multinational, Huawei Technologies, has released the world’s first 5.5G intelligent core network solution at a product solution launch event held during MWC 2024. According to the company’s media team, this is the first year for commercialisation of 5.5G, with the 5.5G intelligent core network as an important part of 5.5G….
Vice President Kashim Shettima By Godfrey George, Olaide Oyelude The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, will declare open the Expanded National Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Business Clinics in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Tuesday. Shettima, who will embark on a one-day visit on Tuesday, will be hosted at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. The…
Enugu Governor, Peter Mbah By Raphael Ede The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has signed the New Enugu City Development Agency Bill, Enugu State Geographical Information System Service Bill, and Enugu State Independence Electoral Commission (Amendment) Bill into law. Mbah, who signed the bill on Friday evening, in the presence of the Speaker of the State…
Nigerians at the airport By Stephen Angbulu At least 14,917 Nigerians from across Africa and Europe voluntarily returned to the country between 2021 and 2023. This is according to Sunday PUNCH analysis of data obtained from the International Organisation for Immigration under its Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration programme for the years under review. It also…
President Bola Tinubu By Animashaun Salman Over a week after the resolution of the Economic Community of West African States for all land borders between its member countries and the Niger Republic to be open, residents of the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State have appealed to the Federal Government for immediate action. The land…
Mr Ibu Eric Patrick John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu was a Nigerian Nollywood actor and a comedian from Enugu State. His death, announced on Saturday, March 2, 2024, threw colleagues and fans into mourning. In October 2023, the veteran actor was reported ill and required financial assistance. In November 2023, Okafor’s family confirmed…
National Assembly Complex By Tope Omogbolagun The National Assembly would need to revisit the N28.77tn 2024 budget, the Senate has said. The Red Chamber explained that there was a need to revisit the budget following the incessant fall of the naira against the United States dollar. The National Assembly has passed a harmonised 2024 budget Appropriation…
INEC logo GIFT HABIB and AYOOLA OLASUPO The Federal Government through the Nigerian Bar Association has commenced the prosecution of some staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission and political party members indicted for various electoral offences during the 2023 general elections. Electoral offences remain a major threat to credible, free and fair elections in…
SpaceX ‘Starship’ launch postponed until Saturday. PC: Elon Musk X Agency Report A planned launch on Saturday of a mission to take three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station was scrubbed due to poor weather. SpaceX announced that the launch was delayed, and NASA said the agency would now target…
By Tope Omogbolagun The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has summoned the Chief Executive of Binance Holding Limited, Richard Teng, over alleged involvement in terrorism financing and money laundering. The Chairman of the Committee, Ginger Onwusibe, on Friday at a panel, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the management of Binance Holdings Ltd to appear…
House of Representatives By Dirisu Yakubu The North-West, South-West and South-South geo-political zones of the country may not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general election if ongoing moves to alter relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) scales through. Sunday PUNCH exclusively gathered that a bill “For an Act to alter the provisions…