The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has ordered the immediate commencement of work to restore the electricity supply at the State-owned institution, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina The PUNCH learnt that N300m was approved for the two separate electricity projects in the university. The Secretary to the Government of the State, Abdullahi Faskari disclosed this in a statement signed by his Director of Press, Abdullahi Yar’adua, and made available to the PUNCH on Saturday in Katsina. The statement read, “Sequel to that, the Governor had approved the immediate release of the sum of Three Hundred and Fourteen Million, Six Hundred…
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The Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mary Alo, confirmed on Saturday that five people died and three others were injured in a road accident on the old Oyo/Ogbomoso road on Friday night. Speaking to The PUNCH via telephone from Ibadan, the state capital, Alo explained that the accident involved two vehicles carrying 11 passengers. “The injured are currently receiving treatment at Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, while the bodies have been deposited in the hospital’s mortuary,” she confirmed. Alo revealed that the collision occurred between a white commercial truck, without company details or registration number,…
The Police Service Commission has approved the posting of new Commissioner of Police to the Federal Capital Territory Command. This was announced in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani. According to Ani, the postings follow the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. He stated that CP Peter Opara has been deployed to the FCT, replacing CP Benneth Igwe, who has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police and posted to Zone 7, Abuja. Ani added that Opara, the immediate past CP at the…
The Cross River State Epidemiologist, Mrs Inyang Ekpenyong, has confirmed two new cases of Mpox in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area. She made the confirmation in a statement issued in Calabar on Saturday. It should be recalled that the state had previously reported a case in Okoshe, Obudu Local Government Area, which was confirmed by the National Reference Laboratory in Abuja. Ekpenyong stated that a case management team had been alerted for the urgent evacuation of the two cases to an isolation centre. She added, “The state/LGA Rapid Response Team (RRT) has begun contact tracing, listing, and monitoring. “We also…
The Gombe State government has donated N50 million naira to the Yobe State government to support efforts in providing relief to victims of the recent Mafa insurgency attack and widespread flooding across the state. Representing Governor Inuwa Yahaya, Gombe State Deputy Governor, Mr Manesiah Jatau, described the attack on the Mafa community as tragic and unfortunate. The visit was detailed in a statement by the Director General of Media and Press Affairs to the Executive Governor of Yobe State Mamman Mohammed. “The government and people of Gombe State share in the sorrow of the victims affected by both the insurgency…
The Federal Government under its Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, on Saturday, kicked off the inspection and free conversion of petrol-powered vehicles into Compressed Natural Gas across the two centres in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The programme had in attendance transporters in the state led by the Abeokuta North Branch Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alex Bankole who represented the state chairman of the union, Ismail Mustapha. Speaking with journalists at one of the conversion centres within the premises of Ogun State Public Works, Quarry Road, Abeokuta, the Director of Vehicles Inspection Services, Mr Olugboyega Ademehin…
Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, Cross River State Governor Bassey Edet Otu, Ondo State Governor Lucky Oyedatiwa, among others, attended the final campaign rally for the Edo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Addressing the party faithful at the University of Benin Indoors Sports Complex, Ugbowo Campus, Vice President Shettima said Edo State needs a strategic thinker, builder and a man with a compassionate heart who can lead his people aright. He said intelligence is not determined by the size of the head but by one’s ability to solve…
Mixed reactions have trailed the reopening of the verification portal by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The NMCN reopened the portal after almost nine months of its closure. Nurses and midwives have lauded the efforts of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives in ensuring that the portal is reopened. They, however, said the portal is not accessible to new nurses, and the two-year post-qualification is still in effect. The NMCN had on February 7, 2024, issued a circular revising the guidelines for requesting verification of certificates for nurses and midwives. The council’s circular was released after…
The management of the University of Benin has said that no life was lost in the building collapse that occurred in the early hours of Saturday at Ekosodin as three trapped students had been rescued. In a statement made available to PUNCH Online by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire said the rescued students were recovering in the hospital. The statement added that some of the trapped students have been rescued while the search for others is continuing. The statement of UNIBEN read, “The management of the University of Benin says the three students of the Institution who were…
A lone crash on Saturday, at about 2:58 pm around Saapade, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, claimed one life while 10 others were reported to have been seriously injured. The white Mazda bus with registration number GGE 858 XY involved in the accident was said to have been travelling at high speed when one of its tyres burst, causing the driver to lose control and the vehicle to somersault. The spokesperson of the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Okpe stated that the injured were taken to Patmag…