A yet-to-be-identified man has reportedly fallen from one of the top floors of the 26-storey Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident, which threw the entire business community into panic, occurred in the early hours of Monday. One of the eyewitnesses ...
Read More »Ex-Abia AG denies forgery complaint against lawyer
Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State, Chief Awa Kalu, SAN, has denied initiating any police complaint against Victor Giwa, a legal practitioner currently facing criminal charges reportedly related to forgery. In a formal letter dated May 30 and addressed to the Inspector General of ...
Read More »Nigeria’s military to shift from foreign to local equipment — Minister
The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has revealed that Nigeria is steadily moving from dependence on foreign military procurement to local production. In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday by Mati Ali, the Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, Badaru stated that “this ...
Read More »Elon Musk slams Trump’s spending bill as ‘disgusting abomination’
Elon Musk has publicly condemned President Donald Trump’s proposed spending bill, calling it an “outrageous, pork-filled, disgusting abomination” just days after his departure from a White House advisory role, The Independent UK reported. The billionaire entrepreneur, who recently completed a 130-day stint as a special government employee leading ...
Read More »FG to clamp down on unapproved satellite campuses of varsities, others
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has warned Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across the country, declaring that any satellite campus established without prior approval through their respective regulatory agencies, the National Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education and the National Colleges of Education ...
Read More »Presidency counters factional Afenifere’s claims, lists Tinubu’s reform gains
The Presidency on Tuesday refuted criticisms by a faction of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, which claimed that the administration’s policies have resulted in economic hardship, democratic decline, and social regression. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, ...
Read More »I don’t know any other title in Yorubaland superior to Alaafin – Oluwo
The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanni, has said that there is no he does not know any other title in Yorubaland that is superior to the Alaafin. Oluwo, who described the Alaafin title as supreme to all other traditional titles in Yorubaland, said that the ...
Read More »Adeleke urges S’West to embrace renewable energy
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called for the adoption of renewable energy sources to provide electricity across the six states of Nigeria’s South-West region. Represented by his deputy, Mr Kola Adewusi, Adeleke made the remarks in Osogbo on Tuesday while officially opening the South-West Post-Conference Stakeholders’ Roundtable ...
Read More »Don’t wait for white-collar jobs, NYSC advises corps members
The National Youth Service Corps has advised members of the 2024 Batch B Stream I, who have just concluded their service year, to focus on wealth creation. NYSC Coordinator in Rivers State, Mr Moses Oleghe, gave the charge on Tuesday during the passing-out ceremony of corps members held ...
Read More »Tinubu orders repair of Niger bridge damaged by floods
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry for Works to repair the damaged bridge linking the north and southern parts of the country washed away by recent flood in Mokwa, Niger State. The Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, disclosed this on Tuesday when he led ...
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