Новости за 05.04.2024

Imports of raw materials into the country rose by 25 per cent to N3tn in 2023. This is according to the Foreign Trade Statistics data published by the National Bureau of Statistics. The major raw materials imported during the period included cane sugar, other lubricating oils meant to be mixed further, preparations of milk containing

Serie A champions Napoli risk being fined or docked points if found guilty of false accounting in the deal to sign Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen from Lille in 2020, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis was questioned on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the transfer for the 25-year-old. When the

Three-time African Games champion and world record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, will begin her Wanda Diamond League season in Xiamen on April 20, The PUNCH reports. Amusan has been listed among 12 Olympic gold medallists and 27 world champions who will light up the spectacular Egret Stadium in Xiamen. The 26-year-old will

Eight football clubs will participate in the maiden Coal City International Cup in Enugu, Enugu State. Addressing a press conference in Enugu on Wednesday, the spokesman of the management team of the competition, Ifeanyi Ogbu, said teams from the Nigeria Professional Football League that would participate in the competition include Enugu Rangers, Enyimba, Kano Pillars

After a long wait, the Super Falcons and Banyana Banyana will face off on Friday (today) as both countries battle for a spot in the women’s football event at the 2024 Olympic Games ticket in Paris, The PUNCH reports. Nigeria and South Africa, unarguably the two best women’s football squads in Africa, clash in a

Ex-Super Falcons stars Stella Mbachu and Maureen Mmadu say the decision to play late arrival Asisat Oshoala in Friday’s (today) Women’s Olympic Qualifying CAF first leg against South Africa lies solely with the team’s head coach, Randy Waldrum. CAF Women’s Player of The Year Oshoala has come under scathing criticisms online following her late arrival

The African Development Bank has signed a $75m loan agreement with Nigeria’s Indorama Eleme Fertiliser and Chemicals Limited. The bank announced this in a statement issued on its website on Thursday. According to AfDB, the loan will enable Indorama to increase its fertiliser production and develop a port terminal for exports. It stated that the

Enyimba coach Finidi George has charged winger Joseph Atule to keep up his blistering form in the run into the end of the season following his eye-catching display in their 5-0 drubbing of rivals Kano Pillars in Aba on Wednesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Atule bagged a brace in the Nigeria Premier Football League match-day

Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed the state’s Medical Residency Bill, 2024, into law following its third reading. The bill seeks establishment, structure, administration and funding of health professionals through specialised residency training programmes towards addressing shortage of specialists in the state’s health sector. The passage of the bill followed a motion by the

Arik Air has clarified that the incident that resulted in stranded passengers at Port Harcourt Airport on April 2 was due to adverse weather conditions. The airline made this disclosure in a statement signed by its Public Relations Manager, Adebanji Ola, on Thursday. Recent viral videos have surfaced showing passengers of Arik Air expressing frustration

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Hotels, Dupe Olusola, has revealed that the hospitality business is planning to launch its 5,000-capacity event centre in the second half of the year. Olusola said this in a statement accompanying the release of Transcorp Hotel  2023 results, which was filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited recently. In

Nigerian midfielder, Afeez Aremu, hopes to end a disappointing debut season with Kaiserslautern on a positive note by winning the DFB Pokal Cup with the German club, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. It is the first time Kaiserslautern have reached the final since 2003, when they lost to Bayern Munich. They will face Bayer Leverkusen, who

The senator representing Delta North senatorial district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Ned Nwoko, has cautioned people of Delta North to remain security conscious, as it is everyone’s business Nwoko gave the advice during a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Asaba, the Delta State capital, during the official unveiling of his

A social activist and president of the Niger Delta Youth Council, Comrade Bene Youkore Mamamu, on Wednesday dispatched an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, seeking the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. In the open letter, personally signed by Mamamu, copies of which were

Major stakeholders in the hospitality business in Delta State have raised the alarm that the persisting epileptic power supply has been killing the industry in the state, particularly in Uvwie, Warri, Sapele, Ughelli and Udu areas. They blamed the ugly incident mainly on what they tagged “power racketeering” among some unnamed officials of the Transmission

Parish priest of St. Francis Catholic Church, Ekewan road, Benin, the Very Rev. Fr. Andrew Obinyan, has distributed money, clothes and food items to widows and indigent parishioners as part of his customary empowerment programme. Addressing the mammoth congregation at St. Francis Church ground shortly after the distribution of the welfare packages to mark the

A socio-political group, Delta Development Initiative, has urged the governor of Delta State, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, to, without further delay, set up a project monitoring team “to ensure judicious utilization of monthly federal allocations accruing to the oil rich state.” DDI insisted that Governor Oborevwori must act fast and appoint highly trustworthy project monitoring team

Former Super Falcons head coach, Khadiri Ikana, says the team must take Friday’s (today) Women’s Olympic Qualifying CAF first leg against Banyana Banyana of South Africa with the level of seriousness required for a cup final. Sharing his thoughts with The PUNCH on the crucial tie, which begins at 5pm at the Moshood Abiola National

The Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Bethrand Onuoha, has presented cheques worth N39,042,593.07 to the families of 25 deceased policemen in the state. The command’s spokesman, William Aya, in a statement on Thursday, said the cheques were handed out to the families on Wednesday. According to the statement, the CP, while giving out the

The Defence Headquarters on Thursday released the names of terrorist kingpins killed during different operations in the northern part of the country. The DHQ noted that the terrorist commanders were killed in operations between January and March 2024. The names of the terror kingpins are Abu Bilal Minuki (aka Abubakar Mainok) – Head of Is-Al

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Thursday, failed to show up to open his defence before the seven-man panel probing allegations of perjury and leaking the government’s secrets against him. The retired Justice S. A. Omonuwa-led panel, which had its inaugural sitting on Wednesday in Benin, had adjourned till Thursday for Shaibu

The scheduled arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives for alleged tax evasion was stalled on Thursday over a complaint that one of the executives had not been served with the charge sheet. Counsel for the  Federal Inland Revenue Service, which is prosecuting the case, Moses Ideh, told the court that the

The Kano State Government has filed criminal charges against the immediate past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, over alleged $413,000, N1.38bn bribery. The state said it had assembled 15 witnesses to testify against Ganduje. Joined as co-defendants in the charge sheet dated April 3, 2024, sighted by our correspondent on Thursday, were Ganduje’s wife Hafsat, and his

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, on Thursday, suspended the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhyi Magaji, following allegations of misconduct and breach of public officer’s conduct. Magaji, who is facing charges ranging from alleged conflict of interest, breach of the code of conduct for public officers, abuse of office, false

South Africa coach Desiree Ellis is keen to get a positive result when her side face Nigeria in what she has tagged as a ‘tough battle’ in the final round of qualifiers for the women’s football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons, will host the reigning continental champions in