Reps foot drag on PIB passage five months after public hearing
The House of Representatives has yet to pass the much awaited Petroleum Industry Bill for which a public hearing has been held since January. The House has proposed to pass the PIB in March, a target...
View ArticleIG squad kills Army deserter, four others in failed Owerri attack
SECURITY operatives led by Abba Kyari of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team have shot and killed a gang leader in the state popularly known Dragon and four others. Members of...
View ArticleAll Igbo behind Biafran agitation, backing S’East serial violence – CNG
Pan-Arewa socio-political organisations, under the aegis the Coalition of Northern Groups, on Sunday faulted the comment by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo against the Igbo secession plot for an independent...
View ArticleGunmen attack Delta police station with explosives, six suspected kidnappers...
THERE was tension at Ashaka in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State as over 20 gunmen on Sunday attacked a police station in the community with suspected improvised explosive devices. The...
View ArticleCop dead as bandits kill 41 farmers in Zamfara fresh attacks
BANDITS have again killed 41 farmers in Tofa and Samawa villages in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, who gave his name as Malam Balarabe, informed The PUNCH that...
View Article#TwitterBan: Job losses loom, economic woes to worsen, NESG, experts warn
With present economic woes, we shouldn’t add to our people’s problems – NESG Ban will dampen foreign investors’ interest in Nigerian businesses, say economic experts It’ll disrupt thousands of small...
View ArticleFG to launch $195m Deep Blue project June 10
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh, has said that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would launch the Deep Blue Project worth...
View ArticleRector berates Academy’s senior staff as Senate probes N1bn withdrawal
The Senate has started investigating the alleged illegal withdrawal of N1.05bn from the bank account of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, based in Oron, Akwa Ibom State. The probe was sequel to the...
View ArticleFG recorded N3.94tn trade deficit in Q1
The Federal Government recorded N3.94tn trade deficit in the first quarter of 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Sunday. In the NBS’ report titled ‘Foreign trade statistics Q1,2021’,...
View ArticleObaseki promises to appoint competent people
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said only competent people will be appointed to help realise the government’s vision of making Edo great again. In a statement on Sunday, he said that his...
View ArticleN’Assembly working on barring bankers from operating foreign accounts
The House of Representatives is considering barring staff members of banks and other financial institutions from operating accounts outside the shores of Nigeria. Their spouses and children may also be...
View ArticleEITI appoints Nigeria chair of contract transparency network
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has announced the appointment of Nigeria as the chair of the EITI global network on contract transparency. The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive...
View ArticleProtesting traders burn Abia vigilance office over N18,000 levy, member’s...
Traders at the Umuahia Modern Timber Market, on Monday, burnt down office of the Abia Vigilante Service in the market. One Hilux van was also burnt down by the traders. A source, who spoke to PUNCH...
View ArticleOgun community, police differ as suspected herdsmen kill three farmers
SUSPECTED herdsmen from Igangan in Oyo State on Monday night reportedly stormed Imeko, Ogun State and killed three hunters. The herdsmen were said to have left Igangan, a few kilometres away, and...
View ArticleOndo floats piggery, decries huge sums spent on beef
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday inaugurated an ultra-modern piggery facility known as Big Dutchman Piggery at Ilutoro community in the Akure North Local Government Area of the...
View ArticleStudents cause stampede at Kwara poly over inadequate ICT equipment
Some students sustained injuries during a Stampede which occurred on Saturday at the Computer Based Test Examination hall of National Diploma II students sitting for the Entrepreneurship Education at...
View ArticleStriking Akwa Ibom varsity workers defy no-work no-pay threat
The Joint Action Committee of the Akwa Ibom State University comprising the Academic Staff Union of the University, Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated institutions and National...
View ArticlePayment firm processes N1tn in 15 months
Paga has said it processed N1tn in transaction values in 15 months. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Tayo Oviosu, disclosed this on Monday in a tweet celebrating the company’s processing of over...
View ArticleTwitter ban: Comparing Nnamdi Kanu to Buhari gives President and Biafran...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Ali, speaks on the recent suspension of the micro-blogging site, Twitter, by the Federal Government in this interview with SOLOMON ODENIYI The Federal Government...
View ArticleFish out killers of UNILORIN rape victim – FG
The Federal Government, on Monday, called on security agencies, including the Department of State Services and the police in Kwara State to immediately swing into action and fish out the killers of...
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