Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State Adedamola Kuti has said that traffic arrangements are underway to begin another phase of major repairs on the Third Mainland Bridge. Kuti, who spoke in Lagos on Sunday, said results of investigative tests on the bridge were ready and that contractor would move to site at the completion […]

The Air Force said on Sunday that its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralised scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) in air strikes at Yuwe “C” in Borno State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a statement on Sunday, said the operation was conducted on […]

In search of a lasting solution to the security challenges facing the Southwest states, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state will on Monday host the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed A. Adamu, service chiefs and five other governors of the Southwest states in Ibadan. The meeting tagged Southwest Geopolitical Zone Security Summit is convened by the […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo separately  approved negotiation with Messrs Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) after the Arbitration Tribunal awarded $6.597billion to the company. The Vice President gave the approval on April 18, 2017, following the recommendations of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), which […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it would use the National Identity Number issued by the National Identity Management Commission for the conduct of 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this when the Director of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Mr Dasuki Arabi, visited him at the […]

Four men  believed to be security officials  have allegedly whisked  the National Chairman of Action Alliance, Kenneth Udeze, away. Udeze was reportedly forced into a Toyota Forerunner SUV on Friday morning and driven away to an unknown location, his wife, Genevieve informed Saturday PUNCH over the telephone. The distraught woman  said  the men  showed her husband an […]

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service to ensure strict implementation of the new Border Management Strategy which was unveiled in Lagos on Friday. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, gave the directive while declaring open the Comptroller-General Management Retreat, 2019 and inauguration of the Border Management Strategy document. He said that […]

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested Oyediran Joseph, said to be one of the “most wanted” suspected Internet fraudsters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. EFCC said the 36-year-old suspect was arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State, recently. The Zonal Head of the commission, […]

The Police Service Commission  is locked in a battle with  the Nigeria Police Force over who has the authority   to  recruit   10,000 constables approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. It was learnt  that the development had forced the PSC to suspend the exercise indefinitely. Spokesman for the  commission, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement on Friday  confirmed […]

The National Youth Service Corps has disclosed that it has nabbed 50 unqualified graduates who attempted to register in the Batch B Stream II exercise with fake certificates at the orientation camps across the country. The NYSC confirmed on Friday that the fake graduates, from various tertiary institutions, had been handed over to the police […]