Olalekan Adetayo5:00 am • Benue gov presents petition to police chief in Abuja after Villa visit• Adamu assigns investigations to Force intelligence DIG, Tijjani BabaThe Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday formally presented to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, a petition on Saturday’s assassination attempt on him.The PUNCH learnt that the governor presented […]
Continue ReadingHon. Mayowa Akinfolarin has continued to fulfil his promise of ensuring the full electrification of his constituency unit. The federal lawmaker representing Odigbo, Ile-Oluji/ Oke-Igbo Constituency has today 24th of March 2021 extended the rural electrification project from Akinfolarin to Ago Ose, Ilututun, Owobanbo, and Aperin, covering 10kms . The new electrification project will put […]
Continue ReadingSenator Tolu Odebiyi awarded Grassroots Leadership Awards The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi has added another award to his many laurels and encomiums he had received in the last two years. In an event organised by the National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum, NASSLAF (SouthWest Caucus) held at […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Basketball Federation vice president Babs Ogunade has stated that the chances of players from the domestic league making D’Tigers squad for the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics are very slim, The PUNCH reports.The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 7.Ogunade said it would be ridiculous to invite players who […]
Continue Reading• Stop inflammatory statements, Benue governor advises Nigerians• With full-scale banditry, nobody will think of 2023 elections –Akeredolu The Benue State Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday visited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, three days after he was attacked by herdsmen.At the end of the meeting held behind […]
Continue ReadingTHE Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Edo State on Tuesday engaged in a verbal war over a list by the All Progressives Congress National Secretariat, described as ‘Contract/Strategy Committee,’ wherein the PDP noted that not a single member was included from the APC in Edo State.The Contact/Strategy Committee was set up […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government on Tuesday issued a notice for the commencement of the procurement process for the 12 federal highways mapped for concession under the Highway Development Management Initiative.Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, issued the notice in Abuja and unveiled the portal that was developed to ensure that the procurement process was seamless. […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has pleaded with the organised labour not to embark on strike over the minimum wage bill in the National Assembly.The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made the appeal Tuesday at the inauguration of the National Labour Advisory Council in Owerri, Imo State.The event was virtually declared open by the […]
Continue ReadingThe National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has said the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation is frustrating members of the group because they discredited the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System.Ogunyemi, in an interview with The PUNCH, urged the OAGF not to cause another crisis in […]
Continue ReadingAn apprentice, Chinemremu Ogbu, has died in the custody of policemen attached to the Trade Fair Division of the Lagos State Police Command.However, controversy is surrounding the circumstances of the 23-year-old’s death on Saturday.While family members and other traders alleged that Ogbu was tortured to death for stealing goods worth millions of naira from his […]
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