November 2024 – Page 285

Driver killed as gunmen abduct five Kebbi travellers

05.11.2024

A passenger driver, simply identified as Emeka, was shot dead when suspected kidnappers abducted five passengers travelling from Kebbi State to Asaba in Delta State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the attack occurred at a point between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village, Niger State on Sunday during which five persons were abducted, but one Emeka, conveying the...

Anambra bizman abducted, whereabouts unknown

05.11.2024

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have abducted a middle-aged man, suspected to be a businessman in Alor community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened late on Sunday as the victim was driving home while returning from a function. Sources in the area told PUNCH Metro that the...

Hungry minors: Paediatricians demand Child Rights Act implementation

05.11.2024

Paediatricians, under the aegis of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria, have expressed displeasure over the arraignment of 32 minors, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Abuja division of the Federal High Court for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests in August. The child health experts emphasised the urgent need for the implementation of the Child Rights...

Bayelsa gov seeks NDDC collaboration for development

05.11.2024

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission to collaborate more with state governments in the Niger Delta region for the development of legacy projects that will impact the lives of the people. Diri spoke at the Bayelsa State Government House, Yenagoa, during a courtesy visit by members of the NDDC...

Atiku, Obi couldn’t have performed better than Tinubu – Okupe

05.11.2024

A former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has heaped praises on President Bola Tinubu for his economic reforms, saying his former principal, Peter Obi, and the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, couldn’t have done better. Okupe gave the plaudits when he was featured as a guest on Monday’s...

Tinubu receives UK Foreign Secretary, welcomes new strategic partnership

05.11.2024

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said Nigeria is totally committed to actualising upgraded partnership agreements with the United Kingdom in areas that directly impact citizens’ livelihoods, such as arts, culture, trade and security. The President spoke when he received the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, at the...

JUST IN: FG terminates Julius Berger’s Abuja-Kaduna road contract

05.11.2024

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Works, has directed Julius Berger, the contractor handling Section One, the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway, to evacuate the project site. This followed a 14-day final termination notice issued to the company on Monday, dismissing any possibility of further negotiations. It said the termination was based on...

Guinea Bissau President postpones elections indefinitely

05.11.2024

Guinea Bissau’s president on Monday officially postponed legislative elections scheduled for November 24, indefinitely prolonging the small West African country’s political limbo. Umaro Sissoco Embalo had previously set the November 24 date after dissolving parliament in December 2023 in response to armed clashes three days earlier, which he described as an attempted coup. But expectations...

‘Hungry’ minors: Drop charges against remaining 101 protesters, Falana tells AGF

05.11.2024

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has commended President Bola Tinubu for directing the release of minors arrested and facing prosecution over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest. This is as he called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to discontinue the charges against the remaining...

Tinubu nominates new REC for Ondo, North West national commissioner

05.11.2024

President Bola Tinubu on Monday nominated a lawyer, Saseyi Ibiyemi, as a resident electoral commissioner representing Ondo State pending her confirmation by the Senate. He also nominated Abdulrazak Tukur as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, representing the North West. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,...