Новости за 21.03.2023

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, in Abuja, unveiled the National Counterterrorism Centre and a new Office of the National Security Adviser. The two state-of-the-art facilities are meant to optimise efforts at addressing evolving security challenges in the country, especially terrorism and violent extremism. Speaking during the unveiling of the facilities, Buhari

Napoli will demand £150million for their star striker Victor Osimhen this summer, according to reports, with Manchester United and Chelsea chasing his signature. Osimhen is one of the most sought-after strikers in Europe and has turned heads with his clinical displays that have seen him net 25 goals for the Naples outfit and helped them go 19 points clear

The leadership of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have been given a window period of 21 days for the elections petition tribunal to fix a date for the hearing of his case. This was disclosed by the Chief Spokesman of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Yunusa Tanko, during an exclusive

A civil society organisation, Connected Development, says it recorded 30 incidents of ballot box hijacking and 50 cases of vote-buying during the just concluded governorship polls across the country. The Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Hamzat Lawal, revealed the statistics during a post-election briefing in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, data from the

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has stated that with his re-election and the circumstances surrounded his victory at the just concluded Saturday’s election, he had broken the glass ceiling preventing young ones from attaining whatever they desire in the state. PUNCH reports that Makinde polled 563,756 votes to defeat his closest rival, Teslim Folarin

Food delivery platform Just Eat Takeaway unveiled plans, on Tuesday, to axe more than 1,700 mostly courier jobs in Britain, as it slashes costs in the wake of huge annual losses. The UK business “is reorganising and simplifying its delivery operation as part of the ongoing goal of improving efficiency”, it said in a statement

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, in Abuja, said his regime had sufficiently degraded terrorists whose activities destabilised Nigeria’s North-East in a 13-year battle. He also noted that his government was tackling oil theft head-on, especially with the interception of over 220 vessels involved in maritime criminality within Nigeria’s Exclusive Economic Zone,

An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Owutu Edda Community in Afikpo South Local Government Area has been set ablaze by hoodlums barely 24 hours after the governorship and house of assembly elections. In an interview with PUNCH Metro, the Registrar of the Court, Mrs Oluchi Uduma confirmed that the court was set ablaze in

…APC wins 23 seats, PDP secures one Five women have been elected into the Kwara State House of Assembly and will partake in the 10th legislative session of the Assembly which will be inaugurated in June this year. The women who got elected during the last Saturday’s House of Assembly election include Rukayat Shittu, Owode/Onire

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, adjourned further hearing in the trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Investment Limited, over an alleged N6.9bn fraud, till May 8, 2023. Justice Chukujekwu Aneke adjourned proceedings after listening to the testimony of the 12th prosecution witness, a

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Abuja Zonal Command, has arraigned one Aiosa Kelvin Orhue before Justice C.E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal High Court, Kuje, Abuja. The alleged was charged on a three count charge bordering on fraud and love scam. This was disclosed by the commission on its official Facebook page on Tuesday.

Following the conduct of the presidential, governorship and legislative elections, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, in Abuja said he is proud of the Nigerian electorate who have realised their power and “ultimately decided who won or lost.” However, he expressed sadness that some candidates, especially those of the All Progressives Congress,

The Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State has rejected the election results declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, announcing the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Uba Sani as the Governor-elect in the state. The PUNCH reports that the state INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, from Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, had  announced that

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has passed the screening of the Peoples Democratic Party for the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The PDP Governorship Screening Committee for Bayelsa State cleared him during the exercise at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. This was conveyed in a statement by the governor’s

Three days after the state Houses of Assemby election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has released the results of winners elected into the Edo State House of Assembly with the Peoples Democratic Party leading with 12 seats. In a press statement on Tuesday signed by the state INEC Voter Education/Publicity, Timidi Wariowei, the APC also

  The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has stated the Senate will investigate the 19 Constitution Alteration Bills rejected by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Lawan made this known during plenary on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in January, transmitted 35 Constitutional Alteration bills to the President for assent but Buhari had on Friday

A group, Youth Initiative for Growth and Advancement, YIAGA Africa, has called for a comprehensive audit of the 2023 general elections. It said the call had become imperative for purposes of inspiring public confidence and ensuring accountability for operational lapses, disregard of the constitutional and electoral legal framework, and cases of subversion of the people’s

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has debunked a report accusing its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, of attempts to distort the governorship election results in Abia State. A portal, Strenuous Blog, had quoted the Returning Officer for Abia, Nnenna Oti, as alleging that she was being forced to do the wrong thing. According to

The United States has condemned voter intimidation and increased violence that marred the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday. The rescheduled Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections were held in 28 states and 36 states, respectively, amid increased violence

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has announced that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the exemption of the digital economy sector from five per cent excise duty. Pantami disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday during the briefing by the Presidential Review Committee on Excise Duty in Abuja. On

The Lagos State Police Command has urged residents to disregard old videos making the rounds on social media depicting ongoing protests in the state, adding that carriers of fake news will be prosecuted. In a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, and posted on the command’s Twitter page, the police

The Ebeano political group led by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and founded by Chimaroke Nnamani has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. This is coming barely 24hrs its founder, Nnamani, dumped the PDP after he lost his bid to return to the Senate on the platform of the PDP

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of new members of the board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation. The request was contained in a letter dated March 15, 2023, and read at the start of plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The letter

An Israeli court on Tuesday extended the months-long house arrest of a Palestinian journalist from annexed east Jerusalem, who stands accused of incitement over her Facebook posts, her lawyer said. Lama Ghosheh, a freelance reporter for various Palestinian media outlets, was detained in September and placed under house arrest after 10 days in jail. The

The House of Representatives has urged the National Safety Investigation Bureau to investigate train accidents that have occurred in various parts of Nigeria recently, which have led to deaths and destruction of property. After observing a minute silence in honour of the casualties of the various train mishaps on Tuesday, the House urged the NSIB