The police have arraigned a 36-year-old lawyer, Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak, and five others over the alleged murder of her husband, Godwin Ikoiwak. The 41-year-old man was a counsel at Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice before he was allegedly killed in January 2022. At the hearing of the matter before an Uyo High Court in Akwa Ibom State, a friend and classmate of the deceased in the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Sunny Anyanwu, said he told him in a phone conversation few days before his death that he and his wife were having issues over infidelity. He said the…
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The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Saturday, announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, due to the collapse. Dare made disclosed this in a statement after inspecting the collapsed floodlight mast. The Minister had paid a scheduled visit to the stadium on Friday, promising to make his stand known after due assessment. After the tour around the stadium, the minister ordered the closure of the stadium to avert any unforeseen circumstances. “Thank God there was no casualty. I also inspected the three other light masts and the effects of age and weather elements…
The Federal Government is making preparations to evacuate about 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan through the Egyptian town of Luxor, The PUNCH gathered on Sunday. It was gathered that the Federal Government was seeking Egypt’s support so that the stranded Nigerians could be moved to Luxor. The Director of Special Duties of the National Emergency Management Agency, who doubles as Chairman of NEMA’s Committee for the Evacuation of the Stranded Nigerians from Sudan, Dr Onimode Bandele, said the Federal Government was meeting with government officials in Egypt on how to move Nigerians out of Sudan through Egypt. Bandele said…
Nigerian singers, Davido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid verification badges have been removed on the microblogging platform, Twitter. Checks by our correspondent on Thursday showed that the verification badges on their account have been removed. This new development may be connected to the non-payment of their verification subscription fee announced by Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk. Elon Musk had announced the final date for the free Blue badge removal via his verified account badges to be on April 20, 2023. Punch
President Muhammadu Buhari sends condolences to the former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha whose mother, Dame Dorothy Ihedioha, passed away on Thursday. In a message to the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Buhari said: “I would like to express my deepest condolences on the passing of your beloved mother. May her soul rest in peace. “The late Dame Dorothy Ihedioha was an example of simplicity and a meaningful life. Her devotion to values and strong faith in God in all situations is a rare occurrence. Please accept the nation’s condolences on this irreparable loss.”
Veteran Nigerian musician, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has raised alarm about the scarcity of the newly redesigned N1000, N500, and N200 notes. Recall that the Supreme Court in March ruled that the old version of the Naira notes shall continue to be legal tender with the new Naira notes until December 31, 2023. However, Charly Boy, taking to his Twitter page, said he observed that only the old notes are being circulated since the apex court’s ruling. He shared a photo that reads, “I nor dey see new naira notes again oo.” He captioned it, “Why why…
Barely 24 hours after Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu inspected and ordered the demolition of some buildings in Banana Island over defective structures, another three-storey building under construction on Sunday, collapsed at Ladipo Oluwole Street, GRA, Apapa of the state. It was gathered that the building caved in following a thunder strike during the early morning downpour in Lagos. Director Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Magret Adeseye, who confirmed the incident said there was no casualty but efforts on to remove the rubble. A volunteer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Council Development…
…Invites Nigeria’s President-elect to Ukraine on state-visit President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has extended his warm felicitations to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his election victory. The Ukrainian leader, in a congratulatory letter he personally signed, expressed his gladness at the peaceful conduct of Nigeria’s just-concluded general elections and particularly praised the victory of Asiwaju Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria, adding that his country is determined to further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria. Zelenskyy used the opportunity of the goodwill message to extend his invitation to the President-elect to visit Ukraine on a State Visit as soon…
The All Progressives Congress primary, which produced the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, as candidate for the Bayelsa State governorship election, is tearing the party apart. A primary election is a process of choosing governorship candidates by political parties in Nigeria that will fly their flags at main elections at the national and sub-national levels. The process is a requirement in the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended) which every political party is expected to fulfil. Any political party that fails to hold the exercise to select its potential candidates will not have valid candidates to present to…
The Abia state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said the former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon(rtd) must apologise to the people of the Southeast over his role in the Biafra Civil War. The acting State Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Abia, Abraham Amah, in a statement, said Gowon’s name unsettles a lot of people in the Southeast due to his involvement in the Civil War. Amah was reacting to a statement that Gowon, alongside the state governor-elect, Alex Otti, would lead a prayer session in the state on Sunday. The prayer session is scheduled to…