Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a blind 67-year-old man, Aliyu Adebiyi, in whose house they found 234kg of Indian hemp at the Sokoto village, Owena Ijesa in Atakumosa East LGA of Osun State. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, explained that the…
Eight days to the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes from being legal tender, banks’ Automated Teller Machines in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country are still dispensing the old notes, findings by The PUNCH have revealed. Despite the apex…
The Federal Government has released half of November 2022 check-off dues deducted from the salaries of all lecturers of federal universities in the country to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The SAHEL STANDARD gathered The ministry’s spokesman, Olajide Oshundun, in an interview said the decision of the government was based on the failure of…
Eucharia Anunobi, a veteran Nollywood actress, has said Nigerians who have not gotten their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) are “anti-Christ.” In a video posted on Tiktok, Anunobi, who is also an evangelist, described her concept of an “anti-Christ” as “persons or movement vehemently against the terms of Jesus Christ and all movements encouraging the people…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for evading debates.A spokesman of the Atiku Campaign, Phrank Shaibu, said this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday. He said Tinubu’s failure to debate other candidates shows that he…
The Tokyo-based venture capital firm Inclusion Japan (ICJ) in partnership with the early-stage startup investor Kazana Fund, is set to fund startups in Ethiopia allocating $100 million.The two companies call on Ethiopian startups with pitch-ready ideas looking to secure significant capital funds, to take advantage of its upcoming exclusive event with an opportunity to secure…
… Group asks Commission to Investigate, Prosecute Offenders; Says Corrupt Practice Continues to Impoverish Nigerians A Foremost Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against state governments and the Federal Capital Territory over the…
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has applauded the state Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke for his unflinching love for the people of the state as contained in his multiple intervention programs to better the lots of the citizenry in the state. The PDP particularly eulogized the governor for riding through…
Naja’atu Muhammad, a director in the presidential campaign team of Bola Tinubu, has resigned. She was the Director of Civil Society in the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Sixty-seven-year-old Naja’atu’s resignation is coming one month to the presidential election.Her Saturday resignation letter was directed to the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu,…
Google’s parent company Alphabet announced Friday it will cut about 12,000 jobs globally, citing a changing economic reality as it became the latest US tech giant to enact large-scale restructuring. The layoffs come a day after Microsoft said it would reduce staff numbers by 10,000 in the coming months, following similar cuts by Facebook owner…
