Nigerians deserve to know cost of presidential jet – Peter Obi 21st August 2024 The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said Nigerians deserve to know the cost and age of the new presidential jet and the years it has been in operation. In a series of posts via his official […]
Philippine ships sustained serious damage Monday in pre-dawn collisions with Chinese vessels near a disputed reef, Manila’s coast guard said, as Beijing steps up efforts to push its claims in the South China Sea. China and the Philippines have had repeated confrontations in the waters in recent months, including around a warship grounded years ago […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has hired forensic experts to comb its national secretariat in Abuja for possible bugs planted by the police, The PUNCH was told. The union said the forensic security audit would facilitate the return of its workers to their offices following the recent raid by the police. The PUNCH reported that security agents, on July […]
A yet-to-be-identified 50-year-old man was killed in an explosion in Tel Aviv with a passerby sustaining injuries. The Shin Bet is actively involved in the investigation and the police are considering all possible motives, including terrorism. The explosion which occurred on Sunday night damaged a truck with police confirming that the man himself had carried […]
Prices of perishable items have recorded a fall in some major towns in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN check at Perishable Items Market, Damaturu in Yobe, revealed that the prices have dropped by about 50 per cent. A big basket of tomatoes sold at N120,000 between April and […]
A lawmaker, Ogunsola Anthony, has urged students to prioritise academic excellence and pursue their dreams as they navigate their educational journeys. Ogunsola, representing Iwajowa Consistency in the Oyo State House of Assembly spoke on Monday during a visit to centres for summer lessons organised by him across Iwajowa Local Government Area. In a statement sent […]
A former federal lawmaker, Farah Dagogo, has raised concerns about the utilisation of the 13 per cent derivation funds by the governors of the nine Niger Delta states, which are intended for oil-producing communities. Dagogo, who represented Bonny-Degema Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, made this assertion in a statement issued in Port Harcourt […]
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Isaac Omodewu, has died in the United States of America. PUNCH Online had exclusively reported that Omodewu left Nigeria in November 2023 for a medical trip. He, however, succumbed to death after close to a year, receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the USA, where he […]
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Israel and Hamas on Monday not to derail negotiations that he described as potentially the “last opportunity” to secure a Gaza truce and a hostage release deal. Blinken, on his ninth regional tour since Hamas’s 7th October attack triggered the war, stated that he returned to Israel “to bring […]
Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has raised concerns over the recent announcement by the West African Examinations Council revealing a 7.69 per cent decrease in the performance of candidates who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria. WAEC had on […]