President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Munirudeen Oyebamiji as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Inland Waterways Authority, and Mr. Akutah Ukeyima as Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. The two new CEOs were appointed in line with the recommendations of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.Special Adviser to the President…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday, upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye. The PUNCH had reported that the state government announced Redeemed Pastor, Olaoye as the new Soun and made him king, on September 8, 2023. Details later…
A cleric, Prophet Adegoke Jeremiah, aka Billion Dollars Prophet, has slammed a N22 million defamatory suit against popular chef, Damilola Adeparusi, better known as Chef Dammy. Recalled that Chef Dammy recently called out Billion Dollars Prophet on social media, saying he should be held responsible if anything happens to her. According to her, Billion Dollars…
Israeli strikes killed eight soldiers in southern Syria early Wednesday, Syrian state media reported, in what the Israeli army said was a response to earlier rocket fire. Persistent rocket and artillery exchanges with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and allied Palestinian factions across Israel’s northern borders with Lebanon and Syria have raised fears of a new…
The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver judgement on Thursday, October 26, 2023, in the cases of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Recall that the PDP presidential candidate and his…
The Israeli Army has again attacked several suspected terrorists, and the infrastructure of the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas in the Gaza Strip, it said on Wednesday. The military said that tunnels, headquarters, weapons depots and weapons themselves were targeted. Positions of the so-called security apparatus of Hamas, which controls the coastal region, were also attacked,…
The criminals invaded hostels at Abapawa – an area of the campus housing the students – and perpetrated the crime in the early hours of Tuesday. Some suspected armed robbers have raped four female students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State after invading their hostel. It was gathered that the…
The son of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, has reportedly resigned from the church. The resignation of Oyedepo’s second son, Isaac Oyedepo, was announced by Church Gist, a media platform owned by Pastor Leke Beecroft, one of the long-term pastoral assistants at the LFC Headquarters in Ota….
The amended list which was uploaded on the commission’s website on Tuesday was signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has excluded the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, from the final list of candidates ahead of the November 11 governorship…
The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, James Christoff, has commended the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for creating the Women Affairs Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Mr Christoff said such a move was in tune with international practice aimed at promoting the welfare of young women and girls. The envoy, who visited the…
