Diphtheria spreads to Lagos, NCDC monitors Osun, Yobe
With a resurgence of diphtheria disease in some parts of Nigeria, experts have raised concerns about the vaccination coverage and the waning immunity in adolescents and adults in the country. The experts, who spoke with The PUNCH on Sunday, said there is a need for increased awareness among the populace to curtail the spread of the disease as the country...
Economy: Nigerians adopt mobile wallets to scale bank charges
The rapid rise in the growth of mobile money technology in Nigeria was a phenomenon that was not embraced by all, especially the older persons who derived their confidence in banking through a brick-and-mortar bank. Mobile money wallets were mainly used by agents and Point of Sale, PoS, operators for business purposes. However, the tradition of performing physical banking transactions is...
NDLEA Invites Niger LGA Chairman over Alleged Support for Drug Consumption
The Niger State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has summoned the Chairman of the Chanchaga Local Government Council, Mr. Aminu Ladan, for allegedly promoting the consumption of hard drugs by youths in the local government area. This is even as the Niger/Kogi Customs Area Command has intercepted 317 parcels of compressed cannabis sativa along the Abuja-Lokoja...
324 Died, 1,706 Injured in Road Crashes in Kogi, Says FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed that a total of 324 persons have died while 1,706 others sustained various degrees of injury in road crashes in Kogi State in 2022. The state Corps Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung, made the disclosure to journalists in Lokoja yesterday. Dawulung described the auto crashes in 2022 as “very unfortunate and saddening,” considering the...
Rising petrol price hits N300 per litre
The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, grew worse across the country on Thursday, as massive queues were witnessed in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Nasarawa, Minna, among other places. Oil marketers stated that the scarcity became worse due to the fact that dealers could hardly access the product from the only two depots that were dispensing...
Just in: Gunmen abduct primary school pupils in Nasarawa
Unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Friday, reportedly stormed LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, in Alwaza community, Doma LGA of Nasarawa State and abducted scores of school pupils in the area. The abductors, who whisked away unspecified number of primary school pupils, reportedly laid siege to the school, while the children were reporting to school. The whereabouts of the pupils and...
CBN: We’ve been begging banks to take new notes
•Limits withdrawal of new notes to ATMs •No plan to extend deadline for old notes THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN yesterday said that it has been begging banks to come and collect the new N200, N500 and N1,000 naira notes. The apex bank also disclosed it stopped withdrawal to curb abuse and adding that disbursement of the new naira notes has...
Gradual removal of petrol subsidy starts April —FG
*Those campaignings are saying they’ll get rid of it quickly …It’s safer for the current administration to start removing fuel subsidy from the second quarter — Finance Minister Ahmed ..Adds N3.25 trillion subsidy cost must be exited The Federal Government may begin a gradual removal of the petrol subsidy from April 2023, about three months ahead of the initial plan to effect...
SANs: Polls under threat by Returning Officers’ powers
Olanipekun raises concern over Section 65 of Electoral Act •Agbakoba seeks clarification on Section 134 of 1999 Constitution Two legal luminaries — Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Olisa Agbakoba — yesterday expressed reservations about certain provisions of the Electoral Act and 1999 Constitution capable of threatening the February and March polls. Olanipekun, Chairman of the Body of Benchers, said the power vested...
Emefiele Appeals against Summon in $53m Judgement Debt Suit
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which compelled him to appear before the court in a $53 million judgment debt suit. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the trial court had in a ruling last year, summoned the CBN governor over his alleged refusal to...
