The Comptroller of Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Aminu Shamsuddin, has cautioned men and officers of the command to stay away from any form of corruption.. Shamsuddin said that any corrupt personnel found engaging in bribery and corruption will be dismissed from the service. TheContinue Reading
Ondo Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been sworn in as the State’s substantive Executive Governor following Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s demise. State Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odosola administered the oath of office at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s office in Akure. Present to witness the swear-in ceremony areContinue Reading
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is dead. According to reports, Akeredolu died in Lagos on Wednesday The Ondo governor died at the age of 67. It was learnt that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad.Continue Reading
A grieving Governor Mutfwang, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, said the attacks were unprovoked and tasked security agents to unravel the sponsors of the “carnage” and their blood-thirsty foot-soldiers. “Just when we had finished preparations for Christmas, unprovoked attacks were unleashed on our communities,” aContinue Reading
The Federal Government has disclosed that 128 Nigerians benefited from its 50 per cent discount on transport fares at the Yuletide. The Director of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Transportation, Olujimi Oyetomi, disclosed this on Monday. According to him, the Ministry’s Situation Room Monitoring TeamContinue Reading
Two people have been confirmed dead, while six others were injured in an early Tuesday crash said to have occurred around 2:21 am, around Car Park C turning of the Redemption City, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The lone crash involving a Toyota bus with number plate ACA607XT was blamedContinue Reading
A 29-year-old fun-seeker identified simply as Francis has drowned while swimming at the Pop Beach Club in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Thursday at about 12pm while the victim was holding a birthday hangout with hisContinue Reading
A broadcast journalist with the Independent Television and Radio, Hillary Nosa Odia, has been shot dead by suspected cultists around 2nd East Circular, Benin City, Edo State capital on Christmas Eve. A colleague of the deceased who spoke with PUNCH Metro said the late Odia left the office atContinue Reading
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu has pleaded with beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope financial grants approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invest the grants into profitable economic ventures. Addressing the less privileged individuals in Cross River State on Monday, the Minister stated thatContinue Reading
