Новости за 29.06.2023

Nollywood veteran actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, has expressed excitement after he was invited alongside three other Nigerians to join the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts, and Sciences, the parent body of the Oscars Award. The Academy made this announcement on Wednesday, with a list of 398 “distinguished artists and executives”  joining the organisation in 2023. According

Virgin Galactic successfully flew its first paying customers to the final frontier on Thursday, a long-awaited achievement that puts it back on track in the emerging private spaceflight sector. Italian Air Force officers unfurled their nation’s flag and peered out windows at the curve of Earth while enjoying a few minutes of weightlessness at 52.9

The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday paraded the three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged killing of a naval officer, Sub. Lt. Samuel Akingbohun. The suspects also disclosed how the naval officer was killed. Akingbohun was allegedly killed by the suspects during an argument between the deceased and an okada rider in the

Spain’s Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it had overturned the conviction of a Moroccan builder who served 15 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. A court statement said expert evidence that would have helped Ahmed Toummouhi’s defence never went before the Barcelona court at the time of his trial. Thursday’s

The management of Lekki Deep Seaport has announced the arrival of Rimbaud, the first transshipment vessel to call at the container terminal of the deep seaport. A statement by the port said that the vessel owned by CMA CGM shipping company, arrived at the terminal on Thursday. The statement added that the vessel came with

The Labour Party candidate for the Bayelsa State governorship election, Udengs Eradiri, has expressed confidence that he will emerge victorious at the polls scheduled for November 11, 2023. Eradiri, a former president of the Ijaw Youth Council, stated this while briefing journalists on his development agenda for the state at his campaign secretariat in Yenagoa

Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has outlawed the felling of trees, for charcoal fuel, to curb deforestation and climate change. Fintiri issued the ban while hosting a delegation of traditional leaders in the state led by the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who represented the Lamido

President Bola Tinubu has said that he is taking ‘baby steps of pains’  to fix Nigeria’s problems, urging Nigerians not to be in a hurry over challenges facing the nation. The president also declared that it is in the hands of  Nigerians to ensure that the country gets to its desired destination. Tinubu said this

A former acting governor of Bayelsa State, Nestor Binabo, is dead. Binabo, who superintended over the affairs of the state between January 27 and February 14, 2012, was said to have died on Thursday after a protracted illness. He also held other political offices, including being a commissioner for youth and conflict resolution, deputy speaker,

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has charged Muslim clerics in the state to caution herdsmen against harassing residents of communities, killing farmers, and damaging crops in the state Fubara gave this charge when he received the leadership of the Muslim community who paid a visit in the spirit of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha

Spokesperson to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, denied that the former leader asked his successor not to investigate some ministers under the previous government. He also said Buhari had left Daura for London to get some needed rest which, constant visits from well-wishers, had denied him. “If social media is to be

The Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, on Wednesday hailed President Bola Tinubu for removing fuel subsidy and unification of the naira exchange rates. Speaking with journalists at an interactive session in Benin City, Aziegbemi described the decisions as the best way to go, adding that

The military high command has given officers who are senior to the newly appointed services till July 3, 2023, to voluntarily retire from service. The PUNCH had reported that about 100 top officers, including generals, brigadiers-general, air vice marshals, and admirals in the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Nigerian Navy may proceed on compulsory retirement

No fewer than 11 persons on Thursday died while eight others sustained varying injuries in a ghastly accident that happened on the Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway involving a Toyota Hiace 18 seater bus and a truck belonging to Dangote cement. It was gathered that the accident occurred around 11 am at the

Madonna has been discharged from the hospital and is now at home and feeling better after an intensive care stay. Madonna was admitted to intensive care for a serious bacterial infection last Sunday as revealed by her management team, Daily Mail reports. News of her ill health was shared by her manager, Guy Oseary, who

Former Kaduna Central Senator,  Shehu Sani, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to share subsidy funds savings with governors but to channel it into ensuring every state of the Federation is linked to railways and a dual carriageway that connects every state of the Federation. Shehu Sani stated this on Thursday while fielding questions

A non-profit organisation, Defenders of Constitutional Democracy has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency, appoint a substantive Auditor General for the Federation. The group made the demand in a petition titled “Urgent need to appoint a substantive Auditor General for the Federation in line with extant civil service rules, dated

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu met with his predecessors, Akinwunmi Ambode and Babatunde Fashola at a reception organised in honour of President Bola Tinubu in Lagos It is the first time in four years the three men will be gracing the same event. Gbenga Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Sanwo-Olu shared the news in a video

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Olusola Oke has called on the people of the state to continue praying for the ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Okey said rumours of Akeredolu’s death were satanic and should be ignored. Akeredolu, who has proceeded on medical leave, had handed over to his Deputy, Lucky

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered an immediate investigation into the collapse of a two-storey building at Rumuoke Street, off Okilton junction in Ada George road, Port Harcourt. The PUNCH had earlier reported that a two-storey building under construction collapsed early on Thursday morning, injuring four persons. Fubara in a statement by his media

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of attacking its members who testified as witnesses before the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The accusation was contained in a statement released on Thursday and signed by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the PDP in the State, Augustine Nwazunku.

Barely weeks after Yoruba Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi died, another veteran Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko has died. According to her daughter who broke the news via her Instagram account, the actress who battled an undisclosed ailment died on Wednesday. Though details of the cause of her death are yet to

Nigeria has moved up a place in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for June, The PUNCH reports. The Super Eagles, who were ranked 40th in the world in the ranking released in May, gained six points and moved to 39th. The Eagles’ rise in the rankings was largely due to their impressive performance in the

The Governor of Gombe State Muhammadu Yahaya, has directed the extension of Eid-el-Kabir holidays to Friday. According to a press statement signed and released on Thursday by Jibrin Yusuf, on behalf of Gombe’s acting Head of Civil Service, Ahmed Abdullahi, the gesture was to ensure workers enjoy the festivities alongside their counterparts nationwide. Yusuf’s statement

Three persons were injured when a two-storey building caved in along Okilton Drive in Ada George of Port Harcourt on Thursday morning. It was learnt that some of the workers at the site were trapped in the building which was under construction. An eyewitness who gave his name as Tonye said they heard a loud