October 2024 – Page 32

JUST IN: Tinubu, Dangote, others hold talks on naira-for-crude policy

29.10.2024

President Bola Tinubu is currently receiving a briefing from the Implementation Committee on Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales in Local Currency at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, who chairs the committee, is leading the small delegation comprising the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and the...

Minister invites cybercrime experts to shape Nigeria’s policing policy

29.10.2024

The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has promised to extend an invitation to two authors, Dr Tombari Sibe and Prof. Christian Kaunert, to join the Federal Government’s Committee on National Policing Policy. The duo of Sibe and Kaunert recently launched a book titled ‘Cybercrime, Digital Forensic Readiness, and Financial Crime Investigation in...

JUST IN: Protest rocks INEC over demand for Ondo REC redeployment

29.10.2024

Scores of demonstrators from Ondo stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja on Tuesday, demanding the immediate redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, from the state. Waving banners and placards with messages such as “Mahmood: Redeploy Babalola Now” and “We Don’t Want a Repeat of Edo Fiasco,” the...

Police arrest notorious thug in crackdown on violence in Kano

29.10.2024

The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday made a significant breakthrough in its fight against thuggery, arresting a notorious thug identified as Inuwa Zakari, also known as “Gundura,” alongside 14 others. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest via a press statement released to The Punch in Kano. Gundura, 24, who was wanted...

Osun APC suspends Aregbesola over alleged anti-party activities

29.10.2024

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has announced the suspension of former governor and ex-Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, over allegations of anti-party activities. The suspension, which takes immediate effect, is pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings initiated by the state’s party leadership. The decision followed a request from the Ilesa East...

Wife seeks dissolution of 1-year-old marriage over lack of love

29.10.2024

A housewife, Kafilat AbdulLateef, on Tuesday asked the Area Court, Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, to dissolve her one-year-old marriage to Bukoye Abdullateef. The wife, of 101, Abisam Area, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara, told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage, due to lack of love and care. She, therefore,...

Nigerian film, Mai Martaba, to compete at 2025 Oscars

29.10.2024

The Nigerian Official Selection Committee for the Best International Feature Film category of the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, has selected the epic Hausa film “Mai Martaba” as a contender for the category at the 97th Academy Awards. This was according to a statement obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday. The statement noted...

Sokoto residents decry delayed sales of subsidised rice

29.10.2024

Residents of Sokoto State, especially those within the metropolis, have called on the state government to identify points of sale of its subsidised rice to the people. Punch reports that the state governor, Dr Ahmed Aliyu, flagged off rice sales to the people of the state about two weeks ago at a 55% per cent...

NDDC pledges support to police, other security agencies

29.10.2024

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, says the Commission will not relent in providing the needed support to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the region to enable them to function optimally. Ogbuku stated this when the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bala Mohammed, recently redeployed to Rivers State, paid...

Police arraign man, 21, over alleged N700,000 cables theft

29.10.2024

The police on Tuesday, arraigned one Isah Faruq, 21, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, for allegedly stealing cables worth N700,000. Faruq, whose address was not provided was charged with conspiracy and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Oct....

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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