The Chairman of the election committee and the Governor of Kogi State Usman Ododo declared him the winner of the exercise in the early hours of Monday. ”I can confirm that the direct mode of primary election adopted in the 2024 Ondo state governorship primary elections held in all 203 electoral wards in all the…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today (Monday) hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the order of a Kogi State High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling on February 9, 2024, restrained…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting Managing Director with effect from April 2024. The bank stated this in a statement signed and made available to PUNCH Online by its acting company secretary, Adewale Arogundade, on Sunday. former managing director of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, has tendered…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former Education Minister, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Afro beat singers Davido and Adekunle Gold have commended Chess maestro, Tunde Onakoya, on setting a new world chess record. Tinubu thanked Onakoya for “sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity at the square of global…
The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to Mr Bello. They are being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja. Sources within the Police say their arrests and detention followed an order by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, directing their immediate withdrawal from the former governor. The source who…
The festival in Ibi town, a significant fixture on Taraba State’s tourism calendar, featured captivating cultural performances that drew spectators. Among the highlights were canoe races, calabash swimming, and various traditional fishing demonstrations. Our correspondent, Sodiq Adelakun, was there to capture the mood and vibrance of the festival. Fishermen cast their nets as spectators observe…
Governor Ododo’s Special Adviser on Media Ismaila Isah revealed in a statement and quoted his principal to have made the comment when he received a delegation of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) at the Government House, Lokoja on Thursday. The Governor noted that as a transit state that boundaries 10 other states,…
An Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least 10 people, including six children, hospital authorities said, as Israel pursues its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Funerals were held on Saturday for those killed in the deadly strike on Rafah’s western Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood the…
Lawmakers in Togo have approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and civil society groups have denounced as a constitutional coup. Togo’s parliament had already adopted the amendments on March 25, but the reforms led to an opposition backlash so President Faure Gnassingbe…
