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Lagos, Edo, A’Ibom, Ebonyi plan camps for flood victims

…put measures in place for security, Sokoto, Delta to relocate residents from flood-prone areas NEMA mum as floods ravage 10 states Some state governments are planning to set up camps for residents displaced by the current flooding ravaging several communitie…

2024-07-06 01:50

Reps want ex-NEC chairman Nwosu immortalised

The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to immortalise a former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Humphery Nwosu. Nwosu was the electoral body’s chairman du…

2024-07-02 23:15

Immortalise ex-NEC chairman Humphery Nwosu, Reps tell FG

The House of Representatives has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to immortalise former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Humphery Nwosu, for his conduct o…

2024-07-02 18:36

21 states run local govt areas with caretaker committees

No fewer than 21 states in the country are currently without duly elected local government councils. These states are running the affairs of local government councils with caretaker committees appointed by state governors, an investigation by Sunday PUNCH has…

2024-06-30 00:25

NDLEA recovers billion naira worth of drugs in nationwide raids

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the recovery of a multi-billion naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy-duty automobile pivot shafts, and Ghanaian fabric, Kente, by its operatives in a nationwide intelligence-led operation. PUNCH Metr…

2024-08-11 23:52

Hunger protest: 17 feared killed as firms, others count huge losses

•10 killed in Niger, Borno, seven in Kano, others, FG complex looted, APC secretariat razed •OPS counts losses as banks, ports, offices shut, FG begs protesters, NBA offers free legal services No fewer than 17 persons were feared killed in Abuja, Kano, Niger,…

2024-08-02 00:39

#EndBadGovernance: No protest in Anambra as traders open shops

Both economic and commercial activities gradually picked up in the commercial cities of Onitsha and Nnewi as well as Awka, the capital of Anambra State as residents shunned the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest across the country. PUNCH correspondent reports …

2024-08-01 18:21

'Biafrans have spoken in one voice' - Simon Ekpa reacts as South-East shuns hunger protest

The Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa, has reacted to the low turnout of protesters in the South-East. DAILY POST reports that markets, stores and shops in many parts of the South-East were opened on Thursday while protests…

2024-08-01 15:05

NAUTH CMD hails minister, seeks more collaborations on healthcare

The Chief Medical Director of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Prof. Joseph Ugboaja, has hailed the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, for his visit to the hospital, describing it as …

2024-07-31 00:34

Abia N’Assembly members, others express shock at Ubah’s death

The senator representing Abia North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu and other Abians have expressed shock and sadness over the death of…

2024-07-30 23:24