Новости за 18.05.2023

The Government of Uganda says it has drawn lessons from Nigeria and other African countries by enacting anti-venting law which prevents gas flaring. It also enacted a law to promote investments in its oil and gas industry. According to Ugandan Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Mrs Ruth Ssentamu, this was done in the country’s

A six-year-old girl, Sherifat Usman, is currently battling for her life after a middle-aged woman, Fatima Malam, allegedly stabbed her in Kano State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Fatima stabbed the girl to protest her father’s advice to her husband to marry a second wife. She was said to have stabbed the victim many times in

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested 10 suspected kidnappers just as it also foiled a syndicate of tricycle robbers. The operatives recovered from the suspected kidnappers a Toyota Corolla with number plate WWR 353 LS, a locally made cut-to-size single barrel pistol as well as 11 rounds of live cartridges. PUNCH Metro

The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command on Wednesday said it seized tramadol worth N1.8bn between January and March 2023. It said the items were imported into Nigeria from India and Pakistan. The command’s Area Controller, Mohammed Yusuf, disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos. Yusuf said the seized tramadol packets were

The Lagos State Government has charged heads of government parastatals who are the accounting officers of their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies on the proper conduct of financial regulation and its application in the preparation of the budget, submission writing and other financial requests. According to a statement issued by the state government, the charge

A five-man gang of suspected kidnappers on Tuesday evening reportedly killed one person and abducted three others on Ijara-Isanlu Isin Road in the Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. One of the kidnapped victims was identified as Rotimi Oyedepo, younger brother of the Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Iyiola

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced two men, John Kanu, and Obinna Eze, to four years imprisonment for unlawful possession of 839.4kg of pangolin scales and 145kg of elephant tusks. The suspects and others were arrested during joint wildlife enforcement operations by the Nigeria Customs Service

The Rivers State Government on Wednesday suspended the Principal of Community Secondary School, Borikiri in Port Harcourt, the state capital, Ella Ewos, alleged extortion. Ewos was accused of denying students of the school the opportunity of taking part in the ongoing examination being organised by the West African Examination Council and illegally enlisting external candidates

The Federal Operations Unit Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service said it intercepted 8,309 bags of foreign parboiled rice equivalent to 14 trailers and other contrabands with duty paid value of N746m in April. Addressing journalists at the unit in Ikeja last week, the Acting Customs Area Controller in charge of the unit, Hussein

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an application by ECOBANK Nigeria Limited to restrain the Federal Government from forcing the bank to refund N800 million arising from loss suffered due to the multiple payments made to beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Wednesday, ordered Isaac

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano for 20 and 30 years, respectively. This is as the Federal Government looks to generate $797.4m (N368.8bn) as concession fees and taxes from the Concessionair, Corporación America Airports. “Put together it

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has condemned the attack on a United States consulate convoy that resulted in the killing and burning beyond recognition of four persons, and the abduction of about three others. The seven persons include two US Embassy staff, two Police Mobile Force officers, and their vehicles, as well as the

Ghana utility regulator on Wednesday said the average end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 18.36 per cent for the second quarter of 2023. According to the regulator, Ghana had previously added almost 30 per cent tariff in the first quarter. The West African country is grappling with soaring inflation, debt, and a depreciating

No fewer than 40 migrants and two drivers have been kidnapped while traveling in a bus on a highway in northeastern Mexico, Mexican authorities said Wednesday. Nine others from the group — which set off from southern Mexico near the Guatemalan border — were rescued the previous day after managing to flee, according to officials.

Coventry will face Luton in the Championship play-off final after Gustavo Hamer sealed a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough on Wednesday. Hamer’s 57th-minute strike clinched Coventry’s 1-0 aggregate victory in the semi-final second leg at the Riverside Stadium. Mark Robins’ side head to Wembley on May 27 bidding for a return to the Premier League for

The leadership of the Labour Party has vowed to do all within its powers to prove that the current Governor-elect of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, was not qualified to contest the governorship poll following an allegation that he presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Mbah’s victory in the last governorship election

The Federal Government said it has instituted strategic interventions at the Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary Health Care levels to screen at least 80 per cent of the eligible population and place 80 per cent of people with hypertension on standard treatment and care. The FG also said it working towards ensuring that 80 per cent

Bernardo Silva was a fitting catalyst for Manchester City’s majestic march into the Champions League final as one of Pep Guardiola’s trusted lieutenants stole the spotlight on a defining night for his manager. Prior to City’s 4-0 rout of Real Madrid in Wednesday’s semi-final second leg, the tie was billed as the stage on which

Manchester City produced a stunning performance to reach the Champions League final as Bernardo Silva’s double put Real Madrid to the sword in 4-0 thrash, securing a 5-1 aggregate win for the English champions on Wednesday. Eder Militao’s own goal and Julian Alvarez’s strike in stoppage time rounded off a memorable night for Pep Guardiola’s