News at its Zenith
News at its Zenith
Election Bayelsa youth takes their stand . Youths from Bayelsa State, united under the banner of the Bayelsa Youths Vanguard, have promised to oppose any attempt to rig the state’s governorship election on Saturday. On Friday, a viral video appeared on social media depicting violent occurrences between Peoples Democratic Party supporters and alleged thugs in […]
PA Ayo Adebanjo Afenifere insists on state police, true federalism. The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the rate of insecurity in some parts of the country as a result of the attacks by some armed herdsmen on farmers. The group noted that the criminal activities of the bandits against farmers raised the need for […]
Protesting Students Ondo college assures protesting students of NYSC mobilisation. The proprietor of the College of Education, Ero, Ondo State, Mr Oyeleye Fasua, on Thursday, appealed to the protesting students of the institution to be calm, saying the issue of mobilising them for the National Youths Service Corps would be addressed. The students of the […]
Omotola Odutola Motor boy flees with cement-laden truck in Ogun. A motorboy identified as Bolaji Johnson allegedly absconded with a truck loaded with 600 bags of cement on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro learnt from the Ogun State Police Command that a truck driver known as Adelakun Joshua had given the truck to Johnson to be loaded […]
UK Police probe suicide of British-born Nigerian. The British Police has said it is reviewing the case involving the late Alanis Ogundipe who committed suicide after being allegedly blackmailed by her boyfriend, Ryan Leggetts. A Detective Inspector, Jonny Dyer of Great Manchester Police, made the disclosure, last Friday, in response to an inquiry by PUNCH Metro on […]
Steve Wozniak Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak suffers stroke. Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of popular technology company, Apple, has reportedly been hospitalised in Mexico City on Wednesday, after suffering a possible stroke. According to a report by CNBC, the 73-year-old scientist and tech entrepreneur was scheduled to participate in a World Business Forum event in the […]
LASU LASU probes allegations of certificate racketeering. The management of Lagos State University says it is investigating recent allegations of “Certificate Racketeering” and a purported “sting operation” within the institution. This was made known in a statement signed by the Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations, LASU, Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, and shared on the […]
Members of the House of Rep Reps promise support for Army . The House of Representatives Committee on Army on Tuesday pledged its readiness to support the Nigerian Army in its quest to make the country safe and secure for all Nigerians. The Chairman of the Committee, Abdullahi Mamudu, gave the assurance at the maiden […]
INEC INEC delays trial of 197 electoral offenders. The Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to prosecute 197 electoral offenders months after the 2023 general elections, The PUNCH gathered. The commission had on May 2, 2023, said it would prosecute the 215 case files handed over to it out of the 774 persons arrested for various […]
Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein FG begins 40% revenue deduction from varsities. The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of an automatic 40 per cent deduction of Internally Generated Revenues of Federal Universities and other partially funded institutions across the country. The auto-deduction policy of gross IGR is in line with the Finance Circular with reference number […]
