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•Security agencies The military and the police have commenced a massive nationwide deployment of soldiers and police personnel ahead of the August 1 #EndBadGovernance protest planned by some youths and civil society groups. Findings by our correspondents yesterday also indicate that the security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civ...

Environment

RED ALERT: 5 days of massive flooding coming •22 states at risk

July 17, 2024 0

•Flooding The federal government has predicted that 94 towns are at risk of a five-day flooding beginning yesterday, Tuesday, July 16, and ending on July 20, 2024. The Minister of State of Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salako, disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. Salako said the identified locations and their environs wou...

Business & Economy

Zenith Bank delivers massive returns for shareholders with N125.59 billion dividend declaration

May 9, 2024 0

•Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Jim Ovia, CFR and Dame (Dr) Adaora Umeoji, OON Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc, at the 33rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, yesterday, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, approved the proposed final dividend payment of NGN3.50 per share, bringing the total dividend for the 2023 financia...

International

2 dead, over 200 injured in massive fire in Kenya

February 2, 2024 0

•Heavily damaged houses and shops At least two people were killed and more than 200 injured in a massive fire when a truck laden with gas exploded in the Kenyan capital, a government spokesman said today. The explosion ignited a “huge ball of fire that spread widely”, Isaac Maigua Mwaura said on social media platform […]

Politics

By-elections: IGP orders massive deployment, movement restrictions across 26 states •FULL LIST

February 1, 2024 0

•IGP Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Election Day in all states where elections will be conducted. The Inspector General of Police stated that the restriction [...