The Public Relations Officer of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Funmi Adetuyibi, has stated that the news and pictures on social media of a fire outbreak in the hospital are concocted portrayals of the incident that occurred in the hospital on Sunday, September 22, 2024. Early Sunday morning, PUNCH Online had sought Mrs Adetuyibi’s reaction to a story by certain online mediums concerning a fire outbreak in UCH, which went viral on social media. Reacting to the incident in a release issued and made available to our correspondent on Sunda, Adetuyibi said the incident was not a major one as…
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The reinstated Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu and former Governor, Adam Oshiomhole, have won the Estako West Local Government for the All Progressives Congress n the ongoing 2024 governorship election. Etsako West Local Government which is home to both Shaibu and Oshiomhole saw APC’s governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, polling 32,107 to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party’s counterpart, Asue Ighodalo, who got 17,483. Recall that Shaibu rejoined the APC in the buildup to the election after a long battle between him and his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki, who anointed Ighodalo ahead of him. All rights reserved. This material, and other…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Emeka Beke, has lampooned the 27 embattled lawmakers of the State House of Assembly for denying that they never defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Beke, an ally of the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said the 27 lawmakers cannot deny membership of the APC after defecting openly and gave reasons for their action. He spoke at a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Saturday while reacting to recent claims by Martin Amaewhule that he and his colleagues are still members of the PDP.…
22nd September 2024 A viral video on Sunday shows All Progressives Congress governors gathering at the situation room in Benin, Edo State, to worship and await election results. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State led the prayer session, with Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State in attendance among others. The Independent National Electoral Commission began announcing results for the 2024 Edo State governorship election on Sunday. Top contenders include Monday Okpebholo (APC), Asue Ighodalo (PDP), and Olumide Akpata (Labour Party). Click the link below to watch video: https://x.com/MobilePunch/status/1837843251123847345?t=EYyZ8u6DqMLGz2Hxc7CCcA&s=19 Hannah Johnson Hannah, an exciting journalist with over a year of media experience, writes…
The People’s Democratic Party and the ruling All Progressives Congress have taken different sides on the results of the recent Local Government elections held in Kwara State on Saturday. Chairman of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, Mohammed Baba-Okanla, in a statement made available to the press on Sunday morning said that APC won the championship and councillorship elections in the 16 LG councils and 193 wards of the state, respectively. (https://punchng.com/kwara-poll-apc-clears-16-lg-193-councillorship-seats/) While the PDP members staged a protest at KWASIEC’s office in the Fate area of Ilorin, the state capital, on Sunday, the APC commended the people of the…
A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media reported on Sunday, marking one of the country’s deadliest workplace accidents in years. “The number of deceased workers has risen to 51” following the explosion at the Tabas mine in eastern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported, revising an earlier death toll of 30. It added that 20 other people were injured.The explosion occurred at around 9:00 pm (1730 GMT) on Saturday, when approximately 70 workers were present at the site in South Khorasan province, according to IRNA. The…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State has elected a former Commissioner of Water Resources, Edward Masha, as its new Chairman Masha polled 2,123 votes to defeat Comrade Danjuma Bello Sarki, who secured 250 votes, in the state congress held at the Kaduna Trade and Investment Centre on Saturday. The election, monitored by Independent National Electoral Commission officials, national PDP officers, and the media, was conducted amidst tight security. Other elected officials include Saidu Adamu as Secretary, Godiya Ayuba Lolo as State Woman Leader, and Mariya Dogo as State Publicity Secretary. Lolo was voted the State PDP Woman Leader and…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for New York, United States, to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Sunday’s trip is “at the behest of President Bola Tinubu,” according to the Vice President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement titled ‘VP Shettima Departs Abuja for US to Attend 79th UNGA’. President Tinubu directed the Vice President to lead the Nigerian delegation to the high-level global forum, as he focuses on addressing pressing domestic issues, including the recent devastating flood disaster. During the session, Vice President Shettima will “deliver Nigeria’s…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has lamented the alleged irregularities in the ongoing governorship election in the state. He stated this on Sunday during a press conference organised by the Edo PDP National Campaign Council, at the party’s situation room in Benin City, the state capital, as chaired by the Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri. Ighodalo said, “From our perspective, the way these elections are going, they are probably going to be the worst elections in the history of this country. “We have information for instance, where we have over 20 polling units where…
An indigenous energy company, Seplat Energy, in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, has carried out the 2024 edition of its flagship healthcare initiative, Eye Can See, in Imo State. For over five days, the initiative has been delivering critical eye care services – free screenings, surgeries, and distribution of eyeglasses – to thousands of underserved residents, reaffirming the JV’s unwavering commitment to improving healthcare access in its host communities. The flag-off of the ‘Eye Can See’ programme in Imo State took place on September 19, 2024, in Owerri, the state capital, marking a significant milestone in Seplat’s…