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The Peoples Democratic Party has slammed the Rivers State House of Assembly and the All Progressives Congress for attempting to stampede Governor Siminalayi Fubara to act outside the law. The PDP described the renewed threat by the lawmakers to impeach Fubara as an embarrassment and a public nuisance to the state. The state PDP Publicity

The Nigeria Suicide Advocacy Group has called for the decriminalisation of suicide to advance suicide prevention and control in Nigeria. This was made known by the Consultant Psychiatrist, Prof. Taiwo Sheikh, at the group’s maiden virtual meeting in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sheikh, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said

Legal luminary, Mr Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has charged the National Assembly to amend the Niger Delta Development Commission Establishment Act. He made the call while delivering a keynote address at the commission’s Directorate of Legal Service retreat, themed ‘Repositioning Legal Services for Optimal Impact in the Public Sector’ in Lagos recently. Adegboruwa stressed that the

A renowned pharmacist, Prof. Fola Tayo, has advised the Federal Government to revamp the education system. Speaking during a reception held in celebration of his 80th birthday thanksgiving, Tayo noted that education should produce innovative thinkers and not complacent graduates. Tayo who has taught in several universities was a lecturer at the Lagos University Teaching

Fun seekers celebrating the Easter flooded parks, beaches and other event centres in Lagos in a bid to have some pleasure even amid the tough times experienced in the country occasioned by economic hardship. President Bola Tinubu upon his assumption of office on May 29, 2023, scrapped fuel subsidy, which the Federal Government noted had

Despite the persistent epileptic power supply nationwide, revenue generation by electricity distribution companies in Nigeria surged to N1.1trn within the 12 months of 2023, a new report has revealed. The figure represents an increase of N234.4bn or 28.2 per cent from the N831bn generated by the power firms over a similar period in 2022. This

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has pledged its commitment to enhancing air quality in Lagos. The agency restated it while giving an update on the Air Quality Index captured in Lagos on Monday. The AQI tracks ozone (smog) and particle pollution (tiny particles from smoke, power plants and factories, vehicle exhaust, and other sources),

Chairman, Governing Council, Lagos City Polytechnic, Mr Babatunde Odufuwa, has said the major reason for introducing polytechnics into the country has been abandoned by successive governments. Speaking at the 15th Convocation of the Polytechnic, Odufuwa noted that this was the cause of the socio-economic crisis, particularly unemployment, being experienced in Nigeria. According to him, the

The Akwa  Ibom State Governor, Umo  Eno, also urged the leadership of the Peoples Democratic party across the 368 wards in the state to be magnanimous in victory and open their doors to receive those returning to the party. The governor, according to a statement on Monday by the Government House press unit, gave the

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Youth Province 9 Headquarters (Palace of Praise) in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State has launched a ‘Jesus Market’ where foodstuffs and other items are sold to church members at subsidised rates. The pastor-in-charge of the church, Pastor Anthony Obinna-Ibe, said the market, designed as part of efforts to cushion the

Two yet-to-be-identified persons have sustained varying degrees of injuries in a car crash on the Agbara-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 12.56 pm on Monday. It was also learnt that the accident involved a Howo truck with registration number KZR73ZT and a Mazda car with registration number

Since the introduction of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria’s new regulation, practitioners have expressed divergent views about it, writes EDIDIONG IKPOTO For almost two years, the Advertisers Association of Nigeria has been at loggerheads with its regulator, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, over some sweeping reforms the latter has introduced into the advertising

Four banks have disclosed that they will delay the filing of their audited results for 2023. The United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank, Stanbic IBTC and Wema Bank had announced that they would not meet the deadline for the filing of their audited results for the last financial year. According to the Nigerian Exchange rules,

A visually impaired mother, Agnes Forte, who reportedly gave birth to twins, is currently stranded in the hospital over unpaid delivery bills. PUNCH Metro reported that Forte welcomed her newborn babies on Wednesday. The delivery came after she raised the alarm on November 28, 2023, over the disappearance of her one-year-old baby, Excel, at her

A professor of Human Nutrition and Hospitality at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Paulina Adeniji, has called on the government at all levels to implement policies that will promote the availability of nutritious foods and support initiatives such as farmer’s markets and community garden to make good available for people. Delivering her inaugural lecture titled,

PALLIATIVES have become the socio-political norm of the federal and state governments in Nigeria since the abrupt incursion of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Given the attendant socioeconomic shocks, as well as the sudden twin debilitating policies of the Bola Tinubu administration –on the naira, and petrol subsidy –, governments have sustained piecemeal interventions instead

In compliance with the recent directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission, Stanbic ICT Bank has adopted the new fixed-line numbering regulations. The bank stated in an email on Sunday that the current eight-digit fixed-line format (01 422 2222) would be replaced with a revised 10-digit format (02 01 4222 222). The adjustment involves appending