A-yet-to-be ascertain number of children have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede that occurred during a children’s funfair in Ibadan, Oyo State capital today. However, it was gathered that over 30 children lost their lives with many injured during the incident, reports The PUNCH. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, D...
•Oil tanks Many tankers are currently at various depots in Lagos waiting to load Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, for onward delivery to states across the country as the scarcity of PMS worsens. It was gathered yesterday that though some of the trucks had started loading, the supply of the product by the Nigerian […]
A large crowd of aggrieved subscribers have besieged MTN offices across the country to express their frustration and disappointment over the telecom company’s blocking of phone numbers. Some of the subscribers, in the early hours of today, Monday, July 29, 2024, arrived at the MTN offices with long queues formed at the entrances, reports The [...
•Tinubu Ahead of the April 20 governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, aspirants have intensified visits to Abuja for a presidential endorsement that may not come before the primary, reports The PUNCH. As political parties in Ondo State prepare for the governorship primaries in the next few days, politicians are gearing up for fr...
Police in Plateau State, yesterday, cordoned off the road leading to the state House of Assembly within the Jos metropolis. This came as supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and their rivals from the All Progressives Congress kept vigil in front of the Assembly complex yesterday, reports The PUNCH. The Spokesman for the police [&h...
Bank Customers have continued to besiege various bank branches in Lagos, to meet Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline for linking Bank Verification Number (BVN) and National Identification Number (NIN) to their accounts. In separate interviews with our correspondents, the bank customers also asked the CBN to extend the deadline for them to l...
•NIN SIM Telecommunication subscribers as well as students applying for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations yesterday besieged the Alausa, Ikeja enrolment centre of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). They were at the commission’s office in their thousands ...
Many supporters of the various political parties in the Bayelsa State governorship election awaiting the announcement of the final results have besieged the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Yenagoua, the Bayelsa State capital. The party supporters, mainly youths on hearing that the collation of results had begun were ...

