Angry youths drawn from seven local governments of Eket, Esit Eket, Ibeno, Udung Uko, Mbo, and Oron, Akwa Ibom State have threatened to stop 2023 elections in their areas over the abandoned 55.1km Ibom Superhighway project. The project was awarded by the present government to Ebla Construction Company Ltd in 2017 on a Public-Private Partnership…
The convoy of the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; and his counterpart in Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, crashed during the inspection of a bridge in Asaba, Delta State. Four policemen were feared dead in the accident that occurred Tuesday evening. It was gathered that the driver lost…
Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service are currently battling a fire outbreak from a 33, 000 liter petrol tanker that went up in flames at Alakara Bus Stop, Idi Oro, Mushin, Lagos. A statement released by the director, Lagos State Fire, and Rescue Service, Adeseye Margaret, said although the cause of the…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara State Command, have arrested five suspected fake officers of the corps who allegedly extort money from petrol dealers. The public relations officer of the NSCDC in the state, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Wednesday, March 9, said that the suspects were going about…
United States President, Joe Biden has banned importation of oil and gas from Russia. The decision came as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The president said the US is targeting the pillar of Russian economy by banning all importation of oil and gas from the country. The US is one of the…
$723m (£551m) has been approved by the Word Bank for Ukraine. The money approved as loans and grants is to support the country as it battles Russian invaders. The bank said it is continuing to work on another $3bn package of support in the coming months for the country if the war continues to escalate….
The US Defense Department told lawmakers on Tuesday that between 2,000 and 4,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have been killed in Moscow’s nearly two-week-old invasion of Ukraine. The Agence France Presse, AFP reports that the assessment came as US defense and intelligence leaders painted a stark picture of an aggressive and aggrieved Russian President…
Bus Rapid Transit has resumed its operations across Lagos State. The PUNCH reported, on Tuesday, that the BRT operations were suspended across the state following the death of 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwola. The suspension of the BRT services led to what some commuters called a “very terrible situation” as stranded passengers were seen in large numbers…
The federal government has said that the second Niger bridge will be completed before the end of 2022. Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, stated this on Tuesday when he led the Minister of Power and Housing, Babajide Fashola, his counterpart in the Labour and Employment Ministry, Dr. Chris Ngige, and other…
According to a report by The PUNCH, Inspector Afeez Olaniyan, the Investigative Police Officer that undertook the first probe into the death of late Timothy Adegoke, a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has narrated how some defendants arraigned in connection with the death of the deceased evacuated and dumped its corpse in the…