The Brickhall School, Abuja on Wednesday announced that it has decided to mourn the memory of its late four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke by closing down the school for one week. The PUNCH reported how Ovoke was declared dead by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja.
The Naira on Tuesday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,416.57 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the Naira lost N62.36. This represents a
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 41 internet fraudsters to one-year imprisonment, each, with an option of fine of N100,000.00. The judgment was handed down by Federal High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State, presided over
The Deputy Chief Whip of the 10th Nigerian Senate and Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has thrown his weight behind the proposed State Police. Nwebonyi, who’s also a member of the Senate Constitution Review Committee, gave the hints during
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, says the Nigerian federal government will rake in between N3 trillion and N7.75 trillion in one year with its recently introduced cybersecurity levy of 0.5 per cent on electronic banking transactions. The Director of
An X user Justus, who identifies as LordJustusN on X.com, has expressed dismay over the deplorable state of a hostel, Eni Njọkụ Hostel, in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Justus disclosed that he had visited the hostel to inspect the room his cousin
Shell Nigeria says it exclusively paid a total of $1.09bn in corporate taxes and royalties to the Nigerian government in 2023, through the operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company of Nigeria Limited.
President Bola Tinubu Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja after spending two weeks abroad. Tinubu arrived at his official residence at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, in the early hours of Wednesday, PUNCH Online confirmed. In a tweet on Tuesday evening,
NSCDC Operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing 10 senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over an alleged N7.5bn fraud. The anti-graft agency has also invited 10 contractors linked with the alleged fraud. The EFCC Chairman, Ola
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, on Monday suspended three lawmakers over an alleged plot to impeach him and other principal officers of the Assembly. One of the suspended lawmakers, Donald Okogbe, PDP, Akoko-Edo II, is an ally
BY EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Owerri The former deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has
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In continuation of her mobilization and sensation exercise before its workshop, the Imo State GIZ