The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau has initiated a comprehensive investigation into the tragic boat accident that occurred on the Anam River in Anambra State on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The NSIB’s investigation aims to uncover the circumstances leading to the accident, identify any factors contributing to the incident, and recommend measures to prevent similar tragedies…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, directed the reinforcement of security personnel around government structures in the state to thwart any plan to disrupt public peace by suspected Yoruba nation activists. On Saturday, some suspected Yoruba nation agitators dressed in military camouflage and armed with weapons, invaded the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan, the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, Kwara State branch, has accused Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of governing the state ‘via WhatsApp messages.’ The party also chided AbdulRazaq for neglecting the road projects in the state. The PDP, in a statement signed by its state Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Adewara, on Saturday, urged Abdulrazaq to explain his interest in the…
The Real Estate Development Association of Nigeria has condemned the unauthorised representation of Bamidele Onalaja as the Chairman of its Lagos State Chapter. The National President of the association, Akintoye Adeoye, noted that Onalaja’s tenure expired on February 22, 2024. He disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos on Sunday. The president responded to…
The Benue State All Progressives Congress National Assembly Caucus has rubbished claims that there are two factions of the All Progressives Congress in the state. The lawmakers, also said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, remains the leader of the party in Benue as far as the APC’s doctrine and…
The Anambra State Police Command has clarified that the body of the late actor, Junior Pope, was not buried by the riverside and therefore not “exhumed”, contrary to insinuations making the rounds. The spokesman for the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated this after inquiries by our correspondent on Sunday, adding that the corpse was…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has shed light on its inability to prosecute old cases of naira abuse, citing the commencement date of its Special Task Force against Naira Abuse and Dollarisation of the Economy on February 7, 2024. In a statement released on Sunday night by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele…
The 16 governorship aspirants jostling for the All Progressives Congress ticket in Ondo State will on Monday file out at the party national secretariat in Abuja to collect their certificates of clearance. This was confirmed by the Deputy Organising Secretary of the APC, Nze Chidi Duru, in an exclusive phone chat on Sunday evening. “Yes,…
Suspected hoodlums in Niger State have reportedly raided shops, killed and maimed residents in the Maitumbi area of Minna, the state capital. Eyewitnesses said the rampage started on Friday and continued for the next two days, forcing a reign of terror in the area. A tricyclist, Ifeanyi Nwosu, narrated to PUNCH Online how he narrowly…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, told The PUNCH that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in addition to N30bn earlier recovered before March, which…
The Nigerian Army has refuted claims of recruiting repentant terrorists into its ranks. The army was reacting to claims in some quarters that one Private Adamu Muhammad, who killed his lover, Hauwakulu Tabra, in Enugu Barracks and hid her corpse, was a repentant Boko Haram terrorist. Though the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema…
The Lagos Fire and Rescue Service has expressed concern about the surge in the number of hoax calls received from state residents. The Director of Public Affairs, Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, who spoke with The PUNCH on Sunday, disclosed that the fire service received 505 distressed calls between January and March this year but 143…
