The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has described as false report in the media (not The PUNCH) that it had formed alliance with the major opposition party, All Progressives Congress in the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Oyo PDP Publicity Secretary, Akeem Olatunji. The statement read, “The…
Blessing Adeniran, the mother of Whitney, a student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja who died while she was under the school’s care, said that an autopsy revealed her daughter was electrocuted. Adeniran had accused Chrisland of negligence over the death of her daughter who died on February 9.However, the school management absolved itself of any…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has so far uploaded 147,578 results from 176, 846 polling units, five days after the presidential election. The figure represents 83 per cent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. Nigerians expected that the…
Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has called on residents of the state to remain peaceful and avoid political violence in the countdown to March 11th state election. Speaking while addressing stakeholders and leaders of the People’s Democratic Party at his residence, Governor Adeleke once again commended the massive support for PDP in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INCE) has declared all the National Assembly elections in the Sokoto state inconclusive. The spokesman of the Commission in the state, Dr. Shamsuddeen Haliru, disclosed this on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. He said, “all the 11 Federal Constituencies and the three Senatorial Districts have not been returned. Therefore, Supplementary elections…
The Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) held a meeting chaired by the Bank’s President and Group Chairman H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser. During the meeting, the financing of a key energy infrastructure project was approved and reports on the Bank’s recent performance were reviewed. The honorable Board members approved an…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it will begin the transportation of the 2023 Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 21 2023. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, disclosed this at the opening of application forms as well as the inauguration of Aviation Monitoring…
Osun corporate farmers’ group has commended Governor Ademola Adeleke over his farmers’ Intervention initiatives, pledging to massively mobilize for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming elections. In a statement issued on behalf of the group by Mr Dauda A. Bamigbade, CEO, Bamigbade Multiventures Limited, the farmers’ intervention agenda of Governor Adeleke was described…
The Nigeria Police Force has denied reports of arresting some persons for being in possession of BVAS machines in the Maitama area of Abuja.AriseTV had reported that those arrested were helping police in their investigations. However, in a statement released, the spokesperson of the police force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Force ‘’wishes to debunk,…
The trial of a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris on alleged N109 billion corruption charges was on Wednesday stalled at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) due to missing of one of the statements he made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during investigation. The statement…
