The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, has called on residents and indigenes not to partake in the nationwide protest. Some groups and citizens had scheduled a nationwide protest for August 1 in response to the economic hardship in the country. However, the FCT CP, while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, urged residents to shun the protest.He stated that the police have made significant efforts to ensure security in the FCT, adding that the protest could jeopardise it. Igweh said, “I want to appeal specifically to the residents and indigenes and everybody in the FCT. Please, lions do…
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The Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku – the mastermind behind the murder of late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the National Chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection with the crime on June 24, 2024. Addressing journalists on Monday while parading arrested suspects, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh said Baku was arrested in…
The National Association of Resident Doctors, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, has commenced a five-day warning strike over the non-payment of salaries owed to some members. The branch association’s Vice President, Dr. Ashiru Mikail made this known during a news conference on Monday in Zaria, Kaduna State. Mikail said that the association on July 15, 2024, gave a one-week ultimatum to the hospital management to address their demands or be faced with a warning strike. He, however, noted that the request had expired on Sunday, July 21, 2024, hence the commencement of the warning strike. He said the association would…
Mexico and Nigeria are committed to scaling up their bilateral trade relations, with a relatively low current value of approximately $180 million. Mr Miranda said of this amount, Mexico recently committed about $100 million to import from Nigeria’s hibiscus flowers, locally known as zobo, in high demand in Mexico. Mexican ambassador to Nigeria Alfredo Miranda said this in an interview in Abuja on Monday. He said that to enhance the trade relations between the two countries, two Mexican business delegations visited Nigeria recently, adding, “It’s a work in progress.” “The main challenge is that most Mexican businessmen prefer to do…
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Sunday, said the fight against his impeachment was to protect the office of the deputy governor in the country which has been ridiculed since the return of democracy in 1999. He added that his reinstatement was evidence that God was fighting for him. Shaibu, speaking on Sunday after a thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Benin, described the court judgment nullifying his impeachment and reinstating him to office as victory is for democracy. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja had last week ruled that…
Over 100 pregnant women at the Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital were given delivery packs by the Rotary Club of Omole-Golden. Speaking during the distribution at the weekend, the District Governor, Rotary Club District 9111, Dr Wole Kukoyi, encouraged pregnant women to pay attention to their health and listen to nurses’ health tips. The beneficiaries of the delivery kits were registered pregnant women at the Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital. Kukoyi said, “We are on an official visit to the Rotary Club of Omole-Golden to see the signature project erected at the Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital, a neonatal centre. At Rotary, we have specific projects,…
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has made an offer to sell the Dangote Refinery to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Premium Times on Sunday, the businessman expressed his willingness to sell the refinery to address allegations of monopoly in the industry. He stated that if the NNPCL takes over the refinery, the allegations of monopoly would no longer be valid. “Let them (NNPCL) buy me out and run the refinery the best way they can. They have labelled me a monopolist. That’s an incorrect and unfair allegation, but it’s OK. If…
The family of Justice Adegboye Ayinla Gbolagunte, a former Judge of the Oyo State High Court, has released the funeral programme for the late jurist. Justice Gbolagunte passed away on June 24, 2024. In a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Sunday, the eldest son of the deceased and a Digital Technologist specializing in Network Communications, Oladiran Gbolagunte, unveiled the weeklong programme. The funeral rites will commence with a Special Valedictory Court Session on Monday, July 22, 2024, at the Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan, starting at 10am. On Tuesday, July 23, there will be a Commendation…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the newly-elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN). Tinubu conveyed his congratulations in a statement signed on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu congratulates NBA President-elect, Afam Josiah Osigwe.’ A former general secretary of the NBA, Osigwe emerged as the president-elect in the 2024 NBA election, which was held online between 12:00 am Saturday and ended at 11.59 pm. The final vote count announced on Sunday afternoon showed Osigwe leading his two major contenders with over 20,000 votes. He defeated his closest rival,…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian doctor and artist, Fola David, on his recent accomplishment of setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest painting by an individual. PUNCH Online reports that in the course of his six-day attempt at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, David broke the previous record of 629.98 square metres, held by Ravi Soni from India, and set a new record of 1000 square metres of art. In a post on his Instagram story on Sunday, Tinubu wrote, “Congratulations to Dr. Fola David for completing his attempt at making the world’s largest hand-drawing by an individual, ‘Unity…