Kingsley Chinda, an ally of the former Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, has emerged as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Chinda and other principal officers of the House of Representatives were announced on Tuesday by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas at the resumption of plenary. It would be recalled that Chinda was…
Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio has officially revealed the names of the minority leadership for the tenth Senate. Notably among them is the People’s Democratic Party politician representing Plateau North, Simon Mwadkwon, who will lead the minority caucus in the Senate as the minority leader. Akpabio while announcing the leaders said, “he minority caucus of…
A Lagos-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who was accused of spreading the nude photos of two single mothers, has vowed to destroy their reputation after a special report exposing his activities was published by PUNCH Newspapers. Kennedy, in chats with our correspondent and the victims, said he would never forgive them. PUNCH Metro obtained a series…
An Ondo-based chef, Adeola Adeyeye, 26, also known as ‘Chef Deo,’ has embarked on a culinary challenge in an attempt to displace the current cook-a-thon Guinness World Records, GWR, holder, Hilda Baci. With the aim of surpassing Baci’s 93 hours and 11 minutes record, Chef Deo, revealed that she had informed GWR of her intentions…
Prolific Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala also known as ‘Agba Baller’, has been unveiled as the brand ambassador of MultiChoice Nigeria. The footballer made this known in an Instagram post on Monday.
Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, the first Federal Capital Territory minister (FCT) died at the age of 96 on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Confirming his d£ath, his family said in a statement; “The family of Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun has announced the passing away to the eternal glory of their patriarch, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun,…
The federal government has revealed plans to stop funding of professional bodies and councils starting from January 2024. There are at least 25 professional bodies and councils drawing funds from the federal government.This was revealed in a circular released by the Budget Office of the Federation. The circular with reference number: DG/BDT/GEN. CORR/2016/XII/3067, was dated…
The management of Innoson Automobile Company, says the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme will still stand if found to be innocent of the result manipulation allegation by JAMB. Mr Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in…
In a bid to ensure steady water supply for people in the rural communities, Senator Ademola Adeleke’s administration has commenced the distribution of generating sets to power boreholes drilled across wards in the State. Recall that 332 boreholes was recently constructed across all the wards in the State to mark the 100 days in office…
Two students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Samson Kennedy, a 200 level student of Biochemistry and Wilfred Emmanuel, a 500 level student of Optometry have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force, Edo State Command. They were nabbed for allegedly taking their colleague, 23-year-old, Francis Aniude (a final year student of Department…
