archiveJuly 2021

Five oil thieves have been convicted and sentenced to different jail terms by three Judges of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The convicts are: Noel Akpan; Digie Global Marine Services; MT Europort, MV Sea Rich and Obinna Onyeneho Kenneth. They were all convicted for illegal...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has maintained that the National Assembly must approve electronic transmission of election results. The National Assembly had rejected the proposal during a plenary on Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. In a ten-point -communique at the end of its meeting in Bauchi, the state capital...

Uduak Frank Akpan, suspected killer of a 26-year-old job-seeker Iniubong Umoren, has pleaded guilty before Justice Bennett Illaumoh of a High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The case was before Justice Bennett Illaumoh whilst Mr Uko Udom, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Akwa Ibom State appeared for the...

The National Pension Commision (PenCom) on Monday said it had commenced payment of the 2.5 per cent differentials of 2004 and 2014 specified by the Pension Reform Act (PRA) to retirees. Mr Saleem Abdulrahman, Head, Contribution and Bond Redemption Department, PenCom said the beneficiaries were retirees between 2019 and 2020...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the N982.7 billion supplementary budget for 2021 into law.The Presidency presented the budget to the National Assembly to address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in...

Mr Terhemba Ishegh, a chieftain of All Progressive Congress Party (APC) in Benue, says President Muhammadu Buhari has fulfilled most of his campaign promises to Nigerians. Ishegh, a retired Benue Permanent Secretary, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Makurdi. He said...

After impacting over a 130 million people spending N18.4 billion on a series of CSR activities covering the six points of concern of the foundation, His Love Foundation (HLF), the charity arm of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Sunday, 25 July, announced the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign...

  The Lagos State Special Offences Court in the Ikeja area on Monday, adjourned till Tuesday, July 27, 2021, the alleged child molestation case against embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha. The PUNCH gathered that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo adjourned the matter till tomorrow after the counsel for comedienne,...

  A medical expert, Dr Umar Musa, on Monday warned women against indiscriminate use of contraceptives.Dr Musa, President, Kaduna State Resident Doctors Association gave the advice when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. He noted the indiscriminate consumption of contraceptives to ward off unwanted pregnancies...

The Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,  has said that disoriented and disorganised unemployed Nigerian youths are fueling the chaos Nigeria is experiencing under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari. The WTO boss stated this at a webinar to celebrate the National Diaspora Day on Sunday...