As many Nigerians continue to wallow in hardship, the President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, state governors, and their deputies may have enjoyed about N651.2m hardship allowance in the last eight years the Buhari regime, according to findings by The PUNCH. The type of allowance, which is 50 per cent of the annual basic salary, is also enjoyed by judges in the country. Ogun Community Where Flood Sweeps Away Students… However, The PUNCH report focuses on the amount allocated for the president, vice president, state governors, and their deputies, according to a document obtained from the website of the…
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Some traders at the Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Thursday, attacked operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps injuring no fewer than four persons believed to include members of the security agency. Sources said that trouble began when the Amotekun Corps attempted to effect the government order to relocate the traders from the Atikankan area claimed to have turned to crime haven to the markets along Agric Olope Market in the capital city. Baba Ijesha’s Alleged Crime Bailable But We Are… A source, who said that the leadership of Ado Local Government Area had engaged the…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia killed a woman and burnt houses during an attack on Runji (Sankwab) village, Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Wednesday night attack became the third in about three weeks, the first casualty was when about 33 persons were killed and about 40 houses were completely razed down by the attackers. According to the DAILY POST, a source from the village said that the gunmen also burnt down houses and the Baptist Church in the area was not spared. The source said “The attackers came to the village in…
Italy’s antitrust regulator said Thursday it has opened an investigation into tech giant Apple for allegedly abusing a dominant position in the apps market. The Silicon Valley titan “has adopted a more restrictive privacy policy for third-party app developers than it applies to itself,” the competition watchdog said in a statement. It said it was also concerned third-party developers and advertisers were “disadvantaged in terms of the quality of the data made available by Apple”. The “alleged discriminatory conduct” could cause a drop in advertising revenues of third-party advertisers and prevent competitors from entering or remaining in the app development…
The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Thursday, May 18, 2023, the continuation of the pre-hearing of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressive Congress. In the petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023 the PDP and Atiku are challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Listed as 1st to 3rd respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu, and the APC. Tinubu jets out of Nigeria ahead swearing-in The pre-hearing in the petition was taken first…
No Expiry date for BVN, CBN Clear The Central Bank of Nigeria has stated that the Bank Verification Number it issues in partnership with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System does not have an expiration date. The apex bank confirmed this in a document signed by its Acting Director of Corporate Communication, Isa AbdulMumin, on Wednesday night. The bank stated this while refuting social media allegations that BVN issued in Nigeria expire after 10 years. “Contrary to these claims, we wish to clarify that the BVN issued in Nigeria has no expiry date. Once a customer’s biometrics have been captured and…
An Igbo traditional leader has been charged by the Lagos State Government for making terroristic threats while threatening to unleash Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members on the state. The IPOB members under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu had been threatened with an invitation to Lagos by the Eze Ndigbo known as Frederick Nwajagu in order to protect the Igbo residents’ property. Following his threats to endanger the lives and properties of Lagos residents, the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested him on April 1. Nwajagu, who was arrested in the Ejigbo area of Lagos, was arraigned…
The Federal Government has explained why the Federal Executive Council was approving multibillion naira contracts 18 days to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, and his water resources counterpart, Sulaiman Adamu, explained this after the cabinet meeting. Sambo, while reacting to a question that sought to know the reason for the award of contracts which the outgoing ministers would not execute due to expiration of tenure on May 29, said the administration would continue to perform its duties up to May 28. He said: “Ladies and gentlemen, without any intentions of mischief,…
A naval officer named Ibrahim Adamu, 25 and a corrections officer named Abdullahi Abdulwahab, 26, have been detained by members of the Edo State Police Command in connection with an alleged automobile theft and armed robbery in Edo State. The accused are suspected of robbing the owner of a C300 Mercedes Benz in Sapele, Delta State, and stealing N400,000 in addition. The state command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, while parading the suspects, said they were arrested in army uniform in Ekpoma by the crack team of the command while acting on credible information. He said the suspects were taking the car…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has distanced himself from social media attacks on the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Adeboye had, at the weekend during the monthly thanksgiving service at the RCCG Headquarters in Ebute-Metta, urged Christians and Nigerians to pray for the incoming government and that God will support it and give it the grace to do the right thing. Obi’s supporters had reportedly attacked the cleric on the social media. In a statement yesterday, the spokesman of the Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, said Obi respected Adeboye…
Burna Boy’s experience at the Met Gala brought him back to the forefront of blogs. Arise, a TV reporter, sought to interview the “Last Last” hitmaker on the Met Gala red carpet, but he was interrupted by a call from inside and could not spare a moment for them, as shown in a video of the incident. Burna and the British-Nigerian rapper Skepta were seen in the viral video walking up the Met Gala red carpet together and giving a few interviews. A white guy and a woman approached the Arise TV crew to ask them to come inside when…
May 29: FG Orders Private Jets Removal From Abuja Airpor The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has ordered the immediate relocation of all aircraft stationed at the General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja ahead of the inauguration of the new government scheduled for May 29, 2023. FAAN said the removal of aircraft parked at the Abuja airport was necessary to enhance the safety of the airport during the forthcoming presidential inauguration. Many of the aircraft parked at GAT terminal in Abuja are private jets belonging to wealthy Nigerians, firms and airlines. The relocation directive was…