The ruling All Progressives Congress has read the riot acts to the new caretaker committee set up to take over the affairs of Benue APC, warning that its mandate does not include the dissolution of local government and ward executives. The warning was issued at a meeting of the APC National Working Committee and the seven-man committee at the party secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. The newly installed committee, which has Benjamin Omale and Prof Bem Angwe as the chairman and secretary respectively, was saddled with the task of running the party administration at the state level for six months…
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South Africa’s Johann Rupert has displaced the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, to become the richest man in Africa. Dangote, who had maintained the top position for several years, saw his wealth drop by $1.7 billion year-to-date in the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, on Wednesday as Rupert’s wealth increased by $1.87bn year-to-date. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. The 74-year-old South African controls the world’s largest luxury watchmaker, Cie Financiere Richemont, through a family trust. The Bellevue, Switzerland-based company’s brands include Jaeger-LeCoultre and Cartier. His other holdings include Remgro, a Stellenbosch, South…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, said the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards to new applicants across Edo State local government areas will commence today. The commission, while urging the applicants to come for their cards, noted that it would not release them to third parties. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement, said the distribution at the ward level had been concluded with 125,928 PVCs collected within five days. He said the figure represented 68.3 per cent of the 184,438 new cards issued during the recent Continuous Voter Registration…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, restated that the military would not allow itself to be used by some interest groups to truncate democratic governance in the country. Lagbaja stated this in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while speaking during the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference on Tuesday. While noting that such a call for a military takeover was coming from young Nigerians, who had never experienced the era of Nigeria’s extensive military rule, the COAS said the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the “new prestige” it has…
A founding member and first National Auditor of All Progressives Congress, Dr George Moghalu, has formally resigned his membership of the ruling party. However, the APC leadership said it was not surprised by Moghalu’s resignation, saying he was believed to have quit the party long ago. Moghalu’s resignation was contained in a letter addressed to his Uruagu Ward 1 chairman in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, a copy of which was made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday. A copy of the letter titled ‘Resignation of membership of the APC’ was also forwarded to his state and…
The Federal Government and the states have raised N100bn for the procurement of prepaid electricity meters. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this was under the Presidential Meter Initiative programme. Adelabu disclosed this while addressing broadcasters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, which was monitored by our correspondent. According to him, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been making efforts to close the meter gap in Nigeria, adopting various initiatives. He mentioned that many customers are not paying their bills because they believe they are being cheated by the power distribution companies through estimated billing, stressing that metering would ensure transparency.…
Cristiano Ronaldo, a name synonymous with excellence in European football, is set to receive a prestigious honour from UEFA, solidifying his status as the UEFA Champions League’s all-time top scorer. The special award will be presented by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin during the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League draw ceremony on Thursday, 29 August, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. According to a statement from the UEFA website on Tuesday, Ronaldo’s unparalleled achievements in the UEFA Champions League, including his 140 goals across 183 appearances, have redefined the competition’s history. As the only player to have scored in three separate finals…
The Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on Monday evening arrested Adeyemi Abayomi Abiodun, an employee of Mr Drew Povey who runs Iva Valley Bookshop at the Labour House in Abuja. SaharaReporters learnt that the police team picked up Abiodun at around 6 pm on Monday. “The Intelligence Response Team picked up Adeyemi Abayomi Abiodun around 6 pm on Monday. Adeyemi Abayomi Abiodun is the employee of Mr Drew Povey at the Iva Valley Bookshop,” a source privy to the incident told SaharaReporters. “In fact, they picked him up through a third party. They had…
Nigeria’s first-ever Olympics medalist, Nojim Maiyegun, has been reported dead. This was disclosed late Monday by an Austria-based acquaintance of the deceased identified as Rudolfine Soultan (Funmilayo) on her Facebook post. The post read, “My Jimylein (Jimmy) is dead. I can’t say more about this right now because it’s just horrible. By the day after tomorrow, we would have been together for 17 years.” In a check by our correspondent, on August 29, 2023, Maiyegun, popularly known by the monikers — Jimmy, Market Boxer and Omo Oloja; wrote in a Facebook post, with a picture of himself and Soultan, “16…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has called on the Federal Government to ensure a fair and speedy trial of the arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters. The forum made the call in a communique released at the end of its fourth meeting of 2024 held on Friday at the Government House in Jalingo, Taraba State. The communique was signed by the forum’s chairman who is the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. The governors expressed relief over the resolution of the #EndBadGovernance protests held between August 1 and 10 in parts of the country and affirmed citizens’ right to peaceful protests. The communique…