Новости за 03.04.2024

The Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, has commenced  a 14-day warning strike over non-payment of seven months salaries to their new members. Members of the association, who staged a mini protest on the premises of the facility on Tuesday, vowed to ground the activities at the

The University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, has admitted that it owes the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company up to N495m, for which reason the teaching hospital was disconnected from public power supply.  This was as doctors, nurses, and other staff of the hospital refused to work beyond 4.00 pm unless power is reconnected. UCH Public

Members of communities playing host to multinational organisations have been urged to leverage the presence of these companies for the advancement of their lives and that of their localities. This was the thrust of the lecture at the bi-annual community training for communities neighbouring Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC, according to a statement on Tuesday.

The Kogi State Police Command has arraigned three suspects in connection with terrorising and robbing student communities of Adakolo, Felele, Bassa Village, and Crusher in the outskirts of Lokoja, the state capital. The suspects were arrested in connection with the recent attacks on the student-populated communities, dispossessing of valuables such as smartphones, computers, among others.

In spite of the extant law banning the operations of commercial motorcycles within the Jos and the Bukuru metropolis, operators have continued to defiantly contravene the law. Arewa PUNCH reports that the law, which was passed by the Plateau State House of Assembly in 2012 and assented to by former Governor Jonah Jang, also prohibits

The National Automotive Design and Development Council said it will collaborate with Oando Clean Energy on vehicle electrification. Nigeria’s automobile regulator disclosed this information in a statement on its LinkedIn account. The NADDC noted that the partnership would be a significant step towards decarbonising Nigeria’s public transport system and embracing sustainable transportation solutions, particularly through

The Nigeria Railway Corporation lost N119.85m in 2023  compared to revenue figures recorded in 2022. This is according to analyses of data obtained from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. The revenue generated from transporting passengers decreased from N4,546,342,056 in 2022 to N4,426,495,760 in 2023. This decline in revenue represents 2.64 per cent within the period.

The Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan Implementation Committee will address the challenge of reliance on imported vehicles in the country. The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, Joseph Osanipin, made this disclosure in a statement seen on Tuesday. Last week, the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, inaugurated the

Unlike what operated in the 1960s and 1970s, theatre practitioners observe that the art has nose-dived in Osun, a state that has produced many icons in the industry, Bola Bamigbola writes Perhaps, apart from Chief Hubert Ogunde and a few others, what is today known as Osun State unarguably had the highest number of post-colonial

The Lagos State Waste Management Authority Monitoring and Enforcement Team dislodged scavengers who recently erected illegal structures under the Falomo Bridge along the Nigerian Law School on Victoria Island. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a post on X on Tuesday, said the structures were erected by scavengers who were

The Lagos State Government said it arrested and prosecuted no fewer than 219 persons for crossing expressways in different parts of the state in March. The spokesperson for Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, Lukman Ajayi, revealed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Ajayi said the offenders were arrested at

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said that some passengers harass officers of the agency out of ignorance while defending drivers of commercial buses, commonly known as danfo. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. He also

• Dealers get one million litres each at N1,225/litre, price drops in Oyo, Lagos, Ogun The pump price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, has dropped from about N1,700/litre which it sold for a few weeks ago, to around N1,350/litre in some locations across the country following the sale of the commodity by the

Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Dennis, may have been inspired by popular singer Madonna, who once said, “No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change and become a better version of yourself.” Since swapping Istanbul Basaksehir for Watford following an unsuccessful loan spell in

ALERT Microfinance Bank has announced the launch of its free Point of Sales terminals to boost the operations of business owners. A statement from the financial institution indicated that the initiative was part of ALERT’s commitment to providing comprehensive assistance to entrepreneurs, enabling them to streamline their operations and focus on growing their businesses. The

OUT of its morass, Senegal’s democracy is offering Africa something to cheer. On Tuesday, the West African country bucked the trend of coups, sit-tight leadership, and internecine conflict with the inauguration of a new president, Bassirou Faye. By scoring 54.3 per cent in the first round in the March 24 ballot that was declared by

After 20 months of being on the police watchlist, a suspected cultist, Bode Olakayode, also known as Bode Itaapa, has been arrested by operatives of the Osun State Police Command. A reliable security source, who preferred anonymity, while speaking with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, said Bode Itaapa was apprehended near Orogoji, a village in the

The Plateau State Police Command says it has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of a security guard in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Online reported that some angry youths on Tuesday morning set the house of a farmer, identified as Papa Ifeanyi, ablaze in the

The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has vowed to ensure justice in the alleged murder of a widow, Ifeoma Ajuluchukwu. The deceased, aged 69, was allegedly murdered by her stepson, identified as Chiugo Ajuluchukwu, after she was brutalised in her compound in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of

The Bauchi State Government has disclosed that preparations are in top gear to renew its focus on the implementation of the Clean Environment policy. The Commissioner for the Ministry of Housing and Environment Danlami Ahmed Kawule stated this while supervising the special sanitation exercise that took place at the Muda-Lawal market within the Bauchi metropolis.

A Lagos State commissioner, who does not want his name in print, has cleared the delivery bills of a visually impaired nursing mother of twins, Agnes Forte, following a PUNCH report that she was stranded in the hospital. PUNCH Metro reported that Forte welcomed her newborn babies on Wednesday. She, however, claimed to have been

THE recent escape of one of the two executives of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, from custody, is an indictment of Nigeria’s security system and must be addressed firmly. The circumstances of the escape make it even more embarrassing. The fugitive Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who has British and Kenyan nationalities, and the Africa Regional

Health is wealth so says a popular adage. Out of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, at least two of them are health-related. Goal 3 says, “Good health and well-being” while Goal 6 speaks to “clean water and sanitation.” Truth be told, Nigeria’s health services are largely in disarray. Doctors, Nurses and other health

Nigerian table tennis icon, Quadri Aruna, is not backing down on his heated stand-off with World Table Tennis over what he terms unjustifiable sanctions by the body. Earlier on Tuesday, the Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg player took a swipe at WTT, accusing the body of racism for slamming him with two rankings and monetary penalties in two

Ex-International, Segun Odegbami, has lost his son, Oluwagbeminiyi, after a brief illness, The Eagle Online reports Tuesday. Oluwagbeminiyi was said to have died in the early hours of Good Friday, March 29, 2024. Odegbami, who was an integral part of the Green Eagles team that won the 1980 African Cup of Nations, penned an emotional