The lightning rise of Victor Boniface continues after the Nigerian striker delivered a standout performance in his Champions League debut on Thursday, further cementing his status as one of Europe’s most exciting young talents. The Bayer Leverkusen striker has quickly become a key figure in Xabi Alonso’s squad, with his recent displays drawing attention from top European clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea. FootballTransfers journalist Tom Weber in an article on Friday analysing Boniface’s feats added that he is a man in form right now. Victor Boniface (Credit: Victor Boniface, X) Following his Man of the Match performance against Hoffenheim over…
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President Bola Tinubu said on Friday he was not in office for personal gain but to serve the country. He argued that his administration is focused on delivering tangible results and making a positive difference in the nation’s infrastructure, food and energy security, education and long-term economic stability. “I didn’t come to look for money and exploit the situation; I came to work. I asked for the votes, and Nigerians gave them to me,” said Tinubu at a meeting with the Forum of Former Presiding Officers of the National Assembly, led by former Senate President Ken Nnamani, at the Aso…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have been deployed to all local government areas in Edo State to tackle voters’ inducement in the September 21, 2024 governorship election. A statement on Friday by the Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale said the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, stated that the EFCC was committed to ensuring electoral integrity. He vowed to insulate voters from financial inducement in exercising their franchise. The statement read, “Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have deployed operatives to all local government areas in Edo State to tackle voters’ inducement in the September…
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Bernard Nzenwa, to four years and 11 months imprisonment over issuance of false documents. In a statement obtained from EFCC’s official X handle on Friday, Nzenwa, alongside his company, Omega Maritime and Energy Ltd, were arraigned on December 7, 2022 by the Lagos Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge bordering on issuance of false documents. The count read: “Bernard Okechukwu Nzenwa, Omega Maritine and Energy Limited, and Dr. Oluchi Nzenwa, (now at large), sometime on the 9th March,…
A 59-year-old man identified as Yemi has disclosed that he attempted suicide because he was overwhelmed by challenges. Yemi, a resident of Ilasa in Lagos State, was rescued by the Rapid Response Squad operatives while attempting to jump into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge on Friday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. Hundeyin tweeted, “At about 1200hrs today (Friday), Rapid Response Squad (RRS) bike riders on routine patrol on the Third Mainland Bridge prevented a man from jumping into the lagoon. “The man, one Yemi,…
Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said state chapters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party would be strengthened before the next general elections. Kwankwaso, who spoke in Osogbo, Osun State, during a visit to the NNPP state secretariat, said the party would not play second fiddle in the nation’s political space. A statement by Osun NNPP chairman, Dr. Tosin Odeyemi, obtained on Friday, said a three-man committee comprising Dr. Rahila Aliyu Mukhtar, Dr. Muhammad S. Khalil, and Alhaji Abdusalam Abdulateef, represented Kwankwaso, the national leader of NNPP during the visit. Quoting Kwankwaso, the release read partly, “Various reports from…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confiscated no fewer than 2.49 million tablets and capsules of tramadol on the Gombe-Bauchi Expressway, estimated to be worth over ₦2 billion. Exhibiting the seized items, the Gombe State Commander of the NDLEA, Okechukwu Nkere, noted on Friday that the truck was intercepted on 13 September at about 8:30 pm, along with the driver and a passenger. Nkere stated that his men impounded the truck, which was laden with bags of salt as a decoy, following credible intelligence. He said, “Due to our suspicions about the contents, we conducted the search on the…
The Nigeria Institute of Architecture and CDK Integrated Industries have emphasised the need for Nigeria to prioritise investment in building a new generation of architects. In a statement by the Managing Director of CDK Integrated Industries, Bernard Longe, on Friday, made available to PUNCH Online after its Ultra Polish Collection at the Archibuilt Exhibition 2024 in Abuja, he noted that empowering young architects is crucial to revolutionising the nation’s construction industry. Stressing the need to invest in young architects, he announced the launch of an initiative called the Innovation Challenge, aimed at young architects in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. “Through…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said that the humanitarian impact of the flooding in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States requires about $200m to tackle. Addressing the special session of the ongoing 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of National and Regional Parliaments at the Pan-African Parliament of the African Union (AU) in Midrand, South Africa on Thursday, Kalu said that over one million persons were displaced in one of the State by the natural disaster with tens of thousands of families without shelter, food, water and access to healthcare. Kalu who is leading the Nigerian…
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, on Friday, handed over €5,100 proceeds of crime to the Spanish ambassador to Nigeria, Juan Sell. The sum was recovered from a Nigerian romance fraudster for a Spanish victim, Heinz Uchtmann, by the EFCC in collaboration with the Spanish Police. In a statement by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the commission’s chairman said the resources controlled by criminals worldwide outstrip the wealth of the technology industry. Olukoyede added that the borderless nature of internet crimes has made collaboration and partnership among countries and law enforcement agencies essential.…