The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, withdrew its impeachment notice against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The 27 lawmakers loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike said their decision followed the intervention of President Bola Tinubu on Monday. This was as the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, on Wednesday, confirmed the authenticity of […]
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Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu A total of 113 Nigerian Army generals, on Tuesday, bowed out of the service. The retiring officers comprise one General, one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, and 44 Brigadier Generals. At the Regimental Dinner Night organised in their honour in Abuja, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday urged the Senate consider and confirm 11 nominees for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. President Tinubu’s letter of request was read at plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The National Judicial Council (NJC) had recommended the 11 nominees for the President’s approval to fill the vacant positions at […]
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The military has in the last five months uncovered and busted 636 illegal refining sites and intercepted 21.7 million litres of crude oil valued at N54bn. The figures were collated from press releases by the military on the activities of troops against oil thieves between August 3 and December 1. President Bola Tinubu met with […]
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The House of Representatives has expressed readiness to investigate the loss of over $60bn revenue due to alleged inflated cash calls by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited Joint Venture Agreements. As a result, the House mandated the relevant committees to conduct a thorough probe of all the NNPCL Joint Venture operations to determine income […]
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NRC begins free train ride today, NLC, TUC say govt confused, demand wage award Katsina, Gombe, Plateau, Delta transporters, others claim ignorance of subsidy The Federal Government on Wednesday announced 50 percent reduction in transportation costs along 22 interstate routes during the Yuletide season. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, who chairs […]
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•L-R: Head, Corporate Communications, Polaris Bank, Mr Rasheed Bolarinwa; Coordinating Editor, ‘Our PUNCH Years’, Mr Lekan Otufodurin; President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr Eze Anaba; a former Deputy Editor-In-Chief, Punch Nigeria Limited, Gbemiga Ogunleye; Chairman, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mrs Angela Emuwa; Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotoso; Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr […]
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Google is pushing new frontiers in the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Precisely, Google is seeing AI capabilities in ensuring food security, flood management, weather forecasting among others. According to Google, when it hosted journalists from South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya at its Google Research Africa office in Accra, Ghana, the firm was keen on […]
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(FILES) Former US president Donald Trump leaves the courtroom of the State Supreme Court on the first day of his civil fraud trial on October 2, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state’s presidential […]
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The Federal Government has expressed concerns over reports of alleged kidney market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saying it was investigating the allegation to take action. The government while condemning the act, described it as barbaric and criminal. In his reaction, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, in a […]
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