As the primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State draws nearer, one of the frontline aspirants and immediate former Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, has expressed confidence that he will clinch the ticket of the party at the forthcoming primary. Akinterinwa, who was at the state secretariat of the APC in Akure…
The pump price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, has dropped from about N1,700/litre which it sold for a few weeks ago, to around N1,350/litre in some locations across the country following the sale of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It was gathered on Tuesday that the $20bn worth refinery started pumping…
Uganda’s Constitutional Court is due to rule, on Wednesday, on a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned as one of the toughest in the world. The legislation was adopted in May last year, triggering outrage among the LGBTQ community, rights campaigners, the United Nations and Western nations. Known as…
The Debt Management Office has opened subscriptions for two Federal Government’s savings bonds, each priced at N1,000 per unit at 17.06 and 18.046 per cent, respectively. It disclosed this in a statement accessed on its website by PUNCH on Wednesday. The DMO offered a two-year savings bond expected to mature on April 9, 2026, at…
The seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of misconduct levelled against the state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, began sitting on Wednesday. The panel headed by retired Justice S. A. Omonuwa, was set up by Justice Okungbowa following the resolution by the state House…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved an increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. The Vice Chairman, NERC, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see the customers paying N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66. PUNCH Online notes that customers under Band A are those who enjoy 20 hours…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Monday, combed suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills and bushes surrounding Apo-resettlement in Abuja. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The statement read, “The operatives of the FCT Police Command, led by the Commissioner of police, CP…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the detention of a Nigerian accused of being a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Emmanuel Osase, for 60 days. The trial judge, Inyang Ekwo, gave the order following a motion ex-parte filed by the Department of State Servicesmarked FHC/ABJ/CS/409/2024. At Wednesday’s proceedings, the…
Binance has said that its employee, Tigran Gambaryan, who is currently held in Nigeria, is not part of the company’s management team. The crypto exchange giant clarified that Gambaryan, an American, only serves as a law enforcement officer and does not have the power to make decisions. The company disclosed this in a statement sent…
Five weeks after the inauguration of two judicial commissions of inquiry to look into the activities of ex-Governor Samuel Ortom while in office, Arewa PUNCH investigations reveal that they are now set to quiz him and his aides. Our correspondent reports that the state governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, had on February 26, 2024, inaugurated the two…
Abosede, the mother of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad, has claimed in an exclusive interview with The Punch that her son was prematurely declared dead by his father, Joseph, before his actual demise. In the tell-all interview titled “Uncensored: Mohbad’s mother opens up on late son, ex-husband, Naira Marley,” Abosede shared that…
Nigerian media personality, Toke Makinwa has disclosed that she underwent surgery to remove 13 fibroids from her body. Makinwa explained that she had always known something was wrong because she had a very big tummy, irregular periods, and a bulge when she lay down. She narrated that fibroids affected the majority of women in her family and…