The Investigative Police Officer, Bakare Rasaq, an Inspector with the state Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, said the Oyo State Police command acted in line with its promise to ensure the arrested invaders of the Oyo State government secretariat are duly prosecuted by charging them to court. The case, with charge number Mi/520c/2024, is between…
The United States, Ethiopia’s leading humanitarian donor, warned that its resources are “increasingly stretched.” The UK, the second-largest donor, said Ethiopia risks being ”overshadowed by other humanitarian crises globally.” Donors also called on the Ethiopian government to ensure aid is delivered without interference and reaches those in need. Last year, the U.S Agency for International…
The Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, granted businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum. Earlier, the celebrity bar man pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira during his trial. Cubana Chief Priest was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare…
A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party, Kenneth Imasuangbon, has asked the court to disqualify the governorship candidate of the party in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, from the September 21 election. In a suit No. FHC B/CS/26/2024 and filed at the Benin division of the Federal High Court by his counsel A.A. Malik & Co,…
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has extended his best wishes to Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Wednesday. PUNCH Online reported on Saturday that Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, announced his plan to play chess continuously for 58…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have stormed the Abuja home of a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, located in Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory. Photographs seen by our correspondent on Wednesday show some armed EFCC personnel laying siege to the ex-governor’s home on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja….
The minister spoke virtually on Channels Television’s Business Incorporated programme on Tuesday from Washington DC where he is attending the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. Edun said himself and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, are in Washington DC to showcase the progress made so far in the Nigerian economy. The finance…
The Commission’s third quarterly market report revealed the government incurred a subsidy obligation of about ₦205bn in 2023/Q3 (average of ₦68bn per month), which is an increase of ₦69bn compared to the ₦135bn (average of ₦45bn per month) incurred in 2023/Q2. This increase in subsidy payment, according to the report, was largely attributable to the…
President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, (NNPC) have been asked to stop the award of pipeline contracts to individuals and groups linked with armed rebellion and militancy. At a World Press conference organized by the Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Groups held in Lagos on Monday, the groups said for stability and…
