Since the COVID-19 pandemic, palliatives, often used by governments as a stop-gap measure to support the most vulnerable in society, are now becoming permanent fixtures in Nigeria’s economy, writes EDIDIONG IKPOTO In February, about seven people reportedly lost their lives in a stampede at the Nigeria Customs Service office inContinue Reading
THE wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to empowering women for sustainable development and food security. This was as she presented cheques of N10m each to the six South-West states of Ogun, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti, for onward disbursement toContinue Reading
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Waidi Akanni, has urged Lagos residents to support the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as he aims to take sports and other sectors to the next level in the state. Akanni, a former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, stated this after he was commendedContinue Reading
The operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in the state. The command said the suspects were arrested at about 11 pm, on Tuesday, based on credible intelligence. The state commandant of the NSCDC, MakuContinue Reading
The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested a notorious armed robber and cultist in the Bodo community in the Gokana Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Iringe-KokoContinue Reading
Nigerian Breweries aims to acquire an 80 per cent stake in Distell Wines & Spirits Nigeria Limited by the end of the first half of the year. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NB Plc, Hans Essaadi, revealed this on Wednesday at the firm’s pre-AGM media briefing in Lagos. TheContinue Reading
The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu has granted the order that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, be served notice of the pending DNA test application by substituted means. This was contained in a statement signed by a member of the legal team toContinue Reading
Three people, Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward, have been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder in Edo State. The sentence was handed over to the trio at the High Court in Benin by Hon. Justice R. Irele-Ifijeh for the kidnap and murder ofContinue Reading
A PUNCH reporter, Babatunde Titiola, was on Tuesday morning attacked and robbed by ‘one chance’ robbers in a commercial vehicle along the Sagamu end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 6:40 am. The term, “one chance”, is frequently used in Nigeria to describeContinue Reading
THE Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday, expressed its support for the move by the state’s House of Assembly to probe the financial dealings, particularly loans obtained by the administration of the immediate-past governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The Kaduna APC Publicity Secretary, Salisu Wusono, speaking with TheContinue Reading