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Two Benue Varsity Students Kidnapped By Gunmen
Two students from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi, Benue State, were kidnapped by a group of gunmen outside the university's campus late on Tuesday. PUNCH Online gathered in a telephone conversation with a student of the institution on Wednesday, Ashar Lubem, that four students were kidnapped by the gunmen. He added that there was panic among the students following the...
Tariff Hike: NCC Meets Telecom Consumer Groups
The Nigerian Communications Commission has scheduled a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on the proposed 100% tariff hike in the telecom sector. The meeting will bring together representatives from major consumer advocacy groups and other relevant industry stakeholders to deliberate on the implications of the price increase. President of the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers, Adeolu Ogungbanjo, who has been a major...
Senators Are With Ike Ekweremadu — Smart Adeyemi
A federal lawmaker Senator Smart Adeyemi has said Senators will not abandon Senator Ike Ekweremadu and some of them are making efforts to reach out to him. He was reacting to allegations of organ harvesting levelled against former Deputy Senate Presi...
Lagos Govt Deployed Security Personnel To Maintain Peace In Balogun, Others
Following earlier reports of tension in Balogun Market on Lagos Island, the Lagos State Government has assured residents and traders that normalcy has been restored in the area. Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, disclosed on X that Balogun, Martins, Oluwole, Breadfruit and adjoining streets are calm, with security personnel fully deployed to maintain...
NiMet Forecasts Rain, Cites Heavy Flooding
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecasted rainy and thundery weather conditions across the country from Monday to Wednesday, warning of possible flash floods in some areas. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted thunderstorms with moderate rainfall on Monday morning over parts of Jigawa, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Yobe, and Katsina States in the northern region. “The remaining...
Tinubu Joins Muslims For Eid-el-Fitr Prayers In Abuja
In Abuja, President Bola Tinubu joined Muslims at the National Eid Prayer Ground on Airport Road on Sunday to observe the Eid-el-Fitr prayers, which signal the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Tinubu, who arrived at minutes before 9am, was received by top government officials, religious leaders, and other dignitaries. Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin,...
Gov Sani Confirms Killing Of Notorious, Wanted Terrorist, Boderi In Kaduna
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has confirmed the killing of a wanted terrorist and ruthless killer, Boderi Isyaku. Sani said Isyaku was neutralized in a gun duel alongside some of his fighters, by troops of the Nigerian Army in Bada/Riyawa general areas of Chikun and Igabi LGAs of Kaduna State. This was contained in a statement signed by the overseeing...
Nigeria, Others Demand Action On Food Insecurity At UN Summit
Nigeria and other African nations have renewed calls for urgent, collective action to tackle rising food insecurity across the continent and beyond, with Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima emphasising the country’s shift toward modern agricultural technologies to combat the crisis. Speaking at the opening of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Shettima said...
”U.S, China Tariff War Could Slash Trade By 80%” – Okonjo-Iweala
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that the United States and China’s tariff war could reduce trade in goods between the two economic giants by 80 per cent, pulling down the rest of the world economy. Speaking on the development on Wednesday, Okonjo-Iweala said the US and China accounted for three per cent of World...
Ohafia Improvement Union Adopts Chief Okeke As Soul Candidate For Reps
Ohafia Improvement Union Lagos Branch has unanimously endorsed the APC candidate for House of Representatives, Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia state, Chief Dan Chimezie Okeke as its sole candidate in 2023 election. The Lagos branch of the union endorsed Chief Okeke during during its iriji/cultural fiesta on 19th Nov. 2022. In a release signed by Offor Benedict, the D.G Mezie Abia...
