Новости за 25.02.2024

At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured during a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in northern Burkina Faso, a senior church official said. “We bring to your attention a terrorist attack which the Catholic community of Essakane village was the victim of today, February 25, while they were

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday created an economic advisory committee comprising the federal government, sub-nationals and the private sector. This was the outcome of a meeting between the President and key stakeholders at the State House, Abuja, on Sunday evening. Speaking at the meeting, Tinubu said the goal is to provide “additional efforts” in stabilising

Jurgen Klopp admitted that injury-hit Liverpool’s 1-0 win against Chelsea in the League Cup final was “absolutely insane” as his side triumphed at Wembley despite finishing the match with a host of raw youngsters. Virgil van Dijk’s header with two minutes left in extra-time sealed Liverpool’s first trophy since Klopp’s bombshell announcement that he will

The Coach of Gombe United Football Club, Mohammed Babaganaru, says his team is not psychologically sound owing to its financial challenges. Babaganaru stated this in a post-match conference held at Pantami township stadium on Sunday shortly after Gombe United Football Club defeated visiting Lagos Sporting Football Club 2-0. Our correspondent reports that the team is

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the Utako Divisional Headquarters have arrested one Attah Godwin an indigene of Kogi State, in connection to a robbery attack on one Ogo Chukwemeka, im Kuchingoro area of Abuja. A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed that the

The private residence of the Minister of State of the FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, located at Asokoro, was on Sunday gutted by fire, the PUNCH reports. The Acting Director of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Adebayo stated that the first floor of the building was completely razed by

Liverpool won the League Cup in dramatic fashion as Virgil van Dijk’s header late in extra-time sealed a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s injury-hit side finished a gruelling clash with a host of raw youngsters on the pitch, but it was their experienced captain who clinched the club’s 10th League

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has lamented that despite the huge investment of the Federal Government in the power sector, the sector has remained underutilised. Adelabu, who spoke after inspecting the Benin Electricity Generation Company power plant in Ihovbo under the Niger Delta Power Holding Company on Saturday assured that his ministry would push

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the former head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), to apologise for recent “inflammatory” comments about the Nigerian Civil War experience. Ohanaeze also said his remarks have “reopened deep wounds” among the Igbo people. In a strongly-worded statement released on Sunday, Ohanaeze Secretary-General Okechukwu Isiguzoro said

The founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has urged Nigerians, especially youths, not to listen to or join some past leaders and politicians who had failed to be patriotic and nationalistic. Maharaj Ji, in a statement on Sunday personally signed and made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, also alleged

The Federal Government has condemned attacks on journalists in Gaza by the Israeli security forces in the ongoing conflict in Palestine. The FG stressed that the action represents flagrant violations of press freedom and human rights. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the remarks in his speech at the Extraordinary Session

Nigeriens on Sunday welcomed the lifting of some of the sanctions that were imposed on the country by West Africa’s regional bloc following last year’s coup. The Economic Community of West African States suspended trade and imposed tough sanctions last July, after Niger’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, was ousted in a military coup. But the bloc’s

The counsel for the Nigeria Labour Congress, Femi Falana (SAN), has said the proposed nationwide protest by the union does not amount to contempt. According to him, after withdrawing the contempt proceedings against the NLC and TUC for their protest on August 2, 2023, the Federal Government’s subsequent threat of contempt against the NLC for

Scores of bandits have been reportedly killed as a result of a heavy fight between two rival groups around Hayin Alhaji to Munhaye forest of the Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara State. A local, Mohammed Sanda told The PUNCH on Sunday that the two bandit groups engaged in a supremacy fight last Saturday where

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has revealed the commission’s plans to investigate more than 3,000 financial crime cases. He explained that the 3,000 cases approved for investigation were part of the over 5,000 petitions received by the agency from different groups and Nigerians. Olukoyede said this at the

The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has urged Nigerians to be active participants in the ongoing constitutional review. Kalu, who chairs the House Committee on Constitutional Review, stated this on Sunday ahead of the inauguration of the committee on Monday, February 26. The 37-man committee has received about 44 bills seeking alterations to

A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has begged the Yoruba people not to participate in the protests breaking out from some parts of the country over the current economic hardship. The Yoruba people are indigenes of the six southwestern states of the country which include Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo. Although, residents of the

The Rivers State Police Command has said its men arrested two suspected robbers who specialise in stealing motorcycles and robbing bank customers of their money. The suspects, identified as Ikenna Obiko, 30, and Isichukwu Eneji, 24 years old respectively were nabbed while riding motorcycles by operatives carrying out routine checks along the Olu Obasanjo axis

The family of Rebekah Sekidika, a first-class graduate of Benson Idahosa University in Edo State, who died during a procedure at a private hospital in Port Harcourt, said they have received police approval to bury her corpse. The father of the 24-year-old girl and a staff member of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, Sampson Sekidika, while

The Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre and their allied community-based women’s organisations have expressed dismay at the announcement by Shell to sell off their on-shore assets to investors. They noted that Shell did not conduct the necessary consultations with communities that have endured decades of environmental destruction from their operations. In a press statement

The Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, the umbrella body of the Yoruba self-determination struggle, Professor Banji Akintoye, on Saturday, declared his intention to return to Nigeria. This is following the arrival of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, to the country last Wednesday. The PUNCH reports that Akintoye has been in

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps,  Brigadier  General  Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against sharing camp activities on social media. Ahmed said moments captured during the three weeks of exercise must only be for their consumption. The DG, according to a statement on Sunday, handed down the warning while addressing the 2024 Batch A

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu to learn from the approach to economic reform taken by Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, for Nigeria’s economic reforms. The reforms led by President Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government have resulted in economic hardship, making it difficult for many

The Commissioner for Youth, Delta State, Mr Weyinmi Agbateyiniro, has debunked alleged of possession of guns and an attempt to murder a policeman in Delta State A social critic, Mr Oliver Fejiro, alleged on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, that the Youth Commissioner was found with a sack containing guns, which were handed over to Ekpan

The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has made 15 incidents of seizure of different contraband items with a cumulative duty paid value of N13,352,100.00. The operations yielding the seizures were carried out between January and February. The seized items include 16,675 litres of petrol packed in 643×25L Jerry cans and three