Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has explained why he did not endorse any candidate in the 2023 elections. Soyinka made this known in an interview on Channels Television’s Roadmap 2023 on Monday. The Nobel laureate described the 2023 elections as “not exactly the most edifying exercise that we’ve been through.” He said, “On arriving, I…
The Kaduna State Government says it has received preliminary reports from security agencies on the kidnapping of about 10 students in Kachia Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said that according to…
A woman has been reportedly crushed to death by a trailer at Mobil Junction, Mandala, Suleja LGA of Niger State. The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kumar Tsukwam told Daily Trust that the incident occurred when a trailer coming from Diko, Gurara LGA to Zuba lost control due to…
The Federal Government has admonished the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, not to incite people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential election. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. The News Agency…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved 173 digital lending applications to operate in the country. Of the 173, 119 have full approvals and 54 have conditional approvals. After loan apps started harassing Nigerians, the FCCPC began a registration drive to protect citizens from the atrocities of these apps. It released a ‘Limited…
Anti-Tinubu passenger aboard an Abuja-Lagos flight, Mr Obiajulu Uja, has been arraigned before the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja and remanded in prison custody. His lawyer, Ejike Ugwu, disclosed this to The PUNCH on Monday. Uja was on Friday evening carried off a Lagos-Abuja flight, after he started a lone protest, demanding that the President-elect, Bola…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved 173 digital lending applications to operate in the country. Of the 173, 119 have full approvals and 54 have conditional approvals. After loan apps started harassing Nigerians, the FCCPC began a registration drive to protect citizens from the atrocities of these apps. It released a ‘Limited…
Unknown gunmen dressed in police uniform on Saturday evening shot and killed a man identified as Chukwuka Monye at Rumuokoro Junction in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The deceased, a volunteer traffic warden, was said to be controlling traffic in Rumuokoro, an outskirt of Port Harcourt when the incident happened at about…
THE Lagos High Court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, yesterday, dismissed a ‘no case submission’ filed by the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a pregnant Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Justice Ibironke Harrison ordered the defendant to open his defence as a ‘prima facie’ has…
The immediate past Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (DOPRI), Air Commodore Wapkerem Maigida, has been confirmed dead in Abuja. Air Commodore Maigida who was recently posted to the Directorate Civil/Military Affairs, was said to have slumped and passed on Sunday evening. Maigida the 18th DOPRI took over from the former DOPRI,…
