Certificate racketeering responsible for DE crisis – NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said the sale of Ordinary National Diploma certificates by some institutions to students is the cause of the recent crisis reported during the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board 2023 Direct Entry registration process. NANS Vice-President, External Affairs, Mr Babatunde Akinteye, made this known in a statement. The PUNCH […]
Aviation college bags global award
The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology has emerged as the best aviation training institution in the world with the highest number of trained instructors, the PUNCH reports. According to a statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, on Wednesday, NCAT received the award at the ongoing 2023 International […]
Snake Island eyes $5.2bn revenue in 45 years
The Manager of the Snake Island Free Trade Zone, Nigerdock, has said that the expansion approval given to the zone by former President, Muhammadu Buhari will generate $5.2bn as revenue to the Federal Government in 45 years. The firm said this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. The statement read in part, “It is […]
Ex-London police constable arraigned for raping woman
A former Metropolitan Police constable, Jade Ebanks, 29, on Wednesday, appeared before District Judge Briony Clarke of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court for raping a woman five times in London. Ebanks is charged with five counts of rape against a yet-to-be-identified woman, an act he allegedly carried out two years before he joined the force. The […]
Man sentenced to 21yrs imprisonment over robbery in Ondo
A Court in Akure, Ondo State has sentenced a man, Gbenga Akintola, to 21 years imprisonment for involvement in robbery. Akintola was apprehended by the Amotekun command and the police in Ondo town in 2021 for using dangerous weapons such as cutlasses to rob three individuals of their money and valuables. He was later charged […]
JUST IN: Uzodinma elected APC governors’ forum chair, backs subsidy removal
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has taken over the baton of leadership from Kebbi Governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu as the new Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum. The PUNCH gathered that Uzodinma was elected via consensus during a strategic meeting of the PGF on Wednesday. Among those in attendance were Governors Mai Mala Buni […]
Osun: NSCDC arrests seven fuel attendants for hoarding petrol
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Wednesday, arrested seven filling station workers for allegedly hoarding petrol in Osun State. The NSCDC team, composed of officers and men drawn from the Anti-Vandalism Unit, moved around filling stations in the Osogbo area of the state to monitor the sale of petrol. The spokesperson […]
CUPP condemns fuel hoarding, hikes in prices
The Coalition of United Political Parties has condemned the hoarding of premium motor spirit known as petrol, noting that the pump price of the product has skyrocketed in the last two days. The scarcity of petrol, the CUPP said, started when President Bola Tinubu declared that his administration was stopping subsidy payments on petrol during […]
JUST IN: APC govs in crucial meeting with Adamu
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, his counterpart in Kogi, Yahaya Bello and some other governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress are presently having a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the party. The governors, who arrived at about 5:20 pm on Wednesday evening, went straight into the secretariat for the crucial […]
Kano police parade 93 suspected criminals
The Kano State Police Command, on Wednesday, paraded 93 suspects arrested for various offences in different areas of the metropolis between May 27 and May 29, 2023. Briefing newsmen at the premises of the Command’s headquarters at Bompai, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Gumel, stated that before the inauguration ceremony, the police […]