archiveNovember 9, 2021

  Participants at a lecture to commemorate the ‘2021 World Radiography Day (WRD)’ have urged Nigerians to ensure they patronise only approved diagnostic centres/facilities for all radiodiagnosis services. The lecture was organised by the Association of Radiographers of Nigeria (ARN), Lagos State Chapter in Lagos. The theme of the 2021...

*retains direct primaries for political parties *INEC to determine transmission mode of election results   The Senate has passed the harmonized version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Conference Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the...

Customer-centric telecommunication company 9mobile has compensated its subscribers with free airtime and data as compensation for the outage witnessed over the weekend. Commenting on the outage, AG. Chief Executive Officer, 9mobile, Juergen Peschel, apologised to customers and disclosed that it was caused by fibre cuts which its engineers worked to...

  The Senate has confirmed the nominations of Hon. Abdulazeez Idris King and Engr. Mohammed Sani Baba as Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). The confirmation of both nominees followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs....

*UN, development partners to support transformative national food system pathways *UN Dep. S.G commends leadership, focus of VP, Dialogue Convener As part of other efforts to address malnutrition and related challenges in the country, the Federal Government in collaboration with States is considering under the auspices of the National Economic...

The Senate on Tuesday mandated the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to, as a matter of urgency, direct a special investigation into the circumstances surrounding the whereabout of the missing Journalist, Mr. Tordue Salem. The chamber made the call amid a resolution after a point of order raised by...

Some subscribers to the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State, signed contracts ranging from over $500,000 (N206.5m) to over $3m (N1.24bn) for the purchase of luxury apartments in the high-rise from Fourscore Heights Limited, findings by The Punch correspondent have revealed. Documents obtained by The Punch showed that after...

  urges IGP to make findings of investigation public   The Senate on Tuesday condemned the invasion of the Abuja home of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Peter-Odili, by operatives of security agencies. The upper chamber also commended the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, for making arrests and constituting a...

Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a retired Airforce officer, Air Vice Marshal Muhammed Maisaka and his grandson in the state. Maisaka and his grandson were killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The command’s Public...

mandate Service Chiefs, security agencies to locate him The House of Representatives has passed a resolution directing the nation’s Service Chiefs and other heads of security agencies to locate and rescue the missing journalist, Mr Tordue Salem of Vanguard Newspaper. The resolution was reached following the adoption of a motion...