By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has Petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged fraud, mismanagement of Public funds, embezzlement, corruption and sharp practices, against EMOSTRADE ENGINEERING LIMITED for abandoning the ₦1.2 Billion Ikom Specialist Hospital Project in...
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The Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Nasarawa State, has confirmed the abduction of four students of the institution by gunmen. Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, Head of Information and Public Relations Unit of the university, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Lafia. Ibrahim said that...
The Board of Directors of Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG) has approved the supply of 100 per cent of the company’s LPG production (propane and butane) to the Nigerian market. The NLNG made this known in a statement issued by Mr. Andy Odeh, General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence that the nation will overcome the prevailing situation of insecurity in parts of the country. Speaking during a visit on Friday to the State House, Abuja by the Grand Khalifa (overall head) of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement World-Wide, President Buhari said the present...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Sokoto State Chapter, has resolved to join the planned Jan. 27 nationwide protest against fuel price hike The national headquarters of the NLC had directed state chapters to sensitise and mobilise members on proposed protest to oppose a planned increase in the price of...
Portugal and Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo said in an interview broadcast late on Thursday there are “difficult battles” ahead if his country are to qualify for the World Cup for the sixth successive time. Portugal, the 2016 European champions, face Turkey in a play-off semi-final in March before...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri- A political pressure group, Imo Solidarity Front (ISF), has accused the Imo State Government, led by Senator Hope Uzodinma of being responsible for the recent removal of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume as Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The group stated this in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, discharged and acquitted Rtd Air Commodore Umar Mohammed of money laundering charge preferred against him. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the prosecution had failed to prove the essential ingredients of the charge. According to Justice Ekwo, I find that...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Plateau Command has arrested three persons with a pistol and 12 grams of cannabis sativa in Jos. In a statement on Friday, the spokesman of the command, Mr Dan Simon-Peter, said that the suspects were arrested on...
Football enthusiasts in Enugu have urged the Super Eagles of Nigeria not to underrate Sudan and Guinea Bissau in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) group D matches. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles of Nigeria will play Sudan national team on Saturday...
Indian bomb disposal experts cordoned off a busy flower market in the capital New Delhi Friday after finding an improvised explosive device left in an abandoned bag, police said. “The site is under a police cordon and we have recovered an IED (Improvised Explosive Device),” a police officer told...
The Borno State Police command has denied reports that some policemen were abducted by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) at the Mobile Police Training School in limankara, Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) of the state . Mr Audu Umar, the state Commissioner of Police disclosed this...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has sworn in a journalist, Timothy Ogbang Akwaji as the state’s new Head of Service. He is the first journalist to be so appointed. Akwaji, who is the first journalist to be appointed as the head of service, was...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In an efforts to consult widely across the three Senatorial District of Cross River State, royal father’s across the state have pledged total support for Senator Gershom Bassey’s gubernatorial ambition in 2023. According to them, “No man shall stop you. God will grant you success”,...
A 29-year-old school bus driver, Desmond Mazeli, who allegedly sexually assaulted a seven-year-old boy was on Friday docked in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The police charged Mazeli, who resides at No 112 Itire, Surulere, Lagos, with sexual abuse of minor. He pleaded not guilty to the charge....
Table-toppers Nigeria will come into their second group game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) against Sudan as clear favourites and they are expected to win by a respectable margin. The game is coming after their memorable defeat of the Pharaohs of Egypt in the opening match...
A former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Lawman Duruji has regained his freedom from kidnappers. Duruji was reportedly abducted on Saturday in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the kidnappers had demanded N15million as ransom for his release. But there was...
Boko Haram terrorists have abducted an unspecified number of mobile policemen at the police mobile training school in limankara Gwoza local government area of Borno State, the hometown of Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army. Information available to The PUNCH revealed that the insurgent fighters attacked...
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has pledged the loyalty of the military leadership to democratic rule in the country. Irabor made the pledge on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, where he commended the efforts of military personnel ahead of the Armed Forces...
The Nigeria LNG Limited announced on Thursday that its board of directors had approved the supply of 100 per cent of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (butane and propane) produced by the company to the Nigerian market. The NLNG said in a statement that it would prioritise the domestic market...