The member representing Aba North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Alex Mascot, has renovated four classroom blocks in Eziama High School, Aba North. According to a statement made available to our correspondent, the renovated classrooms were handed over to the school authorities on Friday. The statement quoted the federal lawmaker as saying, “I am pleased to announce the successful renovation and refurbishment of four classroom blocks at Ezeama High School, Aba North. “This milestone underscores my unwavering commitment to delivering quality education and significantly enhancing the learning environment for the students in our constituency.” Mascot said…
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed that the Ounje Eko market with a 25 per cent cut in prices should return on Sunday. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this to newsmen at Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday. The governor had pledged the return of the palliative measure during a live press conference on the eve of the recent 10-day nationwide protest, at his office in Lagos. “On behalf of the Lagos State Government, we announce the commencement of the ‘Ounje Eko’ Food Discount Market Phase II, an initiative aimed at alleviating the impact of rising food prices…
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo has applauded the decision of the Supreme Court that affirmed his victory as the duly elected Governor of Kogi State. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Special Adviser to the governor on media and publicity, Ismail lsah. The statement said, “Governor Ododo praised the judiciary for rising to the occasion and for asserting its position as the last hope of the common man despite several threats and blackmail by those who were bent on upturning the course of justice and the will of the majority of the people of Kogi…
As the governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, and his cabinet converge in Cross River State for a retreat, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 governorship election, Udengs Eradiri, has shared his thoughts on the issue of the proposed purchase of an aircraft. In a WhatsApp message on Monday titled Bayelsa Airline Brouhaha: My Thoughts, Udengs described an airline as a strategic investment aimed at putting to use the state-owned Bayelsa International Airport. Diri’s social media handlers, including the Director General of New Media, Kolawole Oredipe, had posted the plan by the state government to procure…
A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, Segun Sowunmi, has said that only genuine and sincere reconciliation would help the party return to winning ways. The PDP, which governed the country for 14 years from 1999 to 2015, was torpedoed as a result of internal wrangling, which resulted in the loss of the 2015 presidential elections to the All Progressives Congress. In a statement made available to journalists on Saturday, Sowunmi blamed the party’s inability to rise from its downfall nine years ago on members’ indiscipline and disrespect for party supremacy. He said that as the former governor of Osun…
•Flooding affects 133 LGs, 526,703 persons, Tinubu promises aid According to the National Emergency Management Agency, the heavy rains and flooding that have wrecked havoc across the country in recent times have spread 28 states, claiming 175 lives and displacing 207, 902 others. Authorities have been urging residents in flood-prone areas to relocate as the rains persist, following the Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s warnings about the heavy rainfalls, urging preparedness for potential floods. It was learnt that state governments, in partnership with NEMA, had commenced moves to evacuate residents in flood-prone areas to avert further disaster. The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida…
Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez has been banned for five matches and fined by the South American confederation CONMEBOL following his involvement in a mass brawl during the Copa América semi-final. Four other players have also been suspended, with a total of 11 players sanctioned as a result of the investigation into the violence at the end of the match between Uruguay and Colombia in Charlotte. Núñez was among the players who entered the stands at the Bank of America Stadium and exchanged punches with fighting fans during the chaotic conclusion of the game. The forward received the most severe…
The Social Democratic Party governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka, in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and other relevant security agencies to investigate the vicious attack on him and his supporters by some thugs. Ajaka and his supporters were attacked at the Supreme Court in Abuja on Friday after the five-member panel of justices of the apex court in a judgment, dismissed his appeal challenging the election victory of Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit. Ajaka, in a statement on Saturday, condemned the…
A 36-year-old woman identified only as Abiola, has been confirmed dead while undergoing a buttock enlargement procedure at a clinic in the Lekki-Phase 1 area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the incident occurred around 3 pm on Monday. PUNCH Metro reports that a buttock enlargement procedure, commonly known as a Brazilian Butt Lift, is a cosmetic surgery that involves removing fat from other parts of the body and injecting it into the buttocks to achieve a rounder and fuller shape. A police source, who requested to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the incident, told…
The Kogi State Government has declared that Governor Usman Ododo remains a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress, stressing that he is not considering defecting to the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party. This statement was made in response to a report by an online news platform (not PUNCH Online), which went viral early on Saturday. The report claimed that Ododo, who secured a Supreme Court victory on Friday, dismissing the appeal of the Social Democratic Party candidate, Muritala Ajaka, contesting Ododo’s victory in the 2023 Kogi State governorship election, was considering defecting to the PDP. A statement by the…