The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; and the Secretary General, Emmanuel Ugboaja will be questioned by the Nigeria Police Force on September 30, 2024. They will be grilled over petitions written against the NLC, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. Human rights lawyer and counsel for the NLC, Femi Falana, SAN, in…
A plane with 48 people aboard skidded off the runway in Indonesia’s remote eastern region of Papua on Monday, police said, injuring several passengers. The Southeast Asian archipelago has a poor aviation safety record, and Papua is covered in mountainous terrain where flying is hampered by frequent poor weather. The ATR-42 aircraft belonging to Trigana…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy. In a document sighted by PUNCH correspondent on Wednesday, the…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday ruled out the return of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) famously known as petrol. During a broadcast to over 200 million Nigerians after three days of unbroken nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests economic hardship, the President said the removal of subsidy on petrol was a painful but necessary decision he took…
Andrew Wynne, the British national wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for threatening to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration has said he would not be honouring the Force’s invitation. The Police had earlier placed a N20 million bountyu on Wynne and a Nigerian, Lukcy Obiyan, for plotting to overthrow President Tinubu by allegedly financing the…
Former Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly Mr Asimiyu Alarape has alerted residents and motorists plying the Ibadan-Oyo road to be vigilant as a gang of kidnappers has kidnapped some passengers on the expressway. He said one of his neighbours who was released by the kidnappers narrated his ugly experience in the hands of the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to commission a fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses produced by Innoson Motors this afternoon. The commissioning ceremony will take place shortly at the State House in Abuja. The CNG buses, manufactured by the indigenous company Innoson Motors, are expected to enhance public transportation while contributing to environmental…
In a shocking and disturbing incident, a 16-year-old boy, Abubakar, was buried alive by his two siblings over a missing phone, in Zaria, Kaduna State. The brothers, aged 22 and 18, were arrested by the police after a good Samaritan discovered Abubakar’s head protruding from a hole in an abandoned property. According to eyewitnesses, the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that some youths protesting against economic hardship in Kano State have taken to the streets, waving Russian flags and calling on President Vladimir Putin, to intervene over the crisis in Nigeria. Recall that angry Nigerian youths started protesting on Thursday, 1st of August , demanding better governance and an end to issues…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a crash involving a truck and a Golf salon at Gwargwaje community of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Friday claimed 11 lives while four others were injured, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the golf, carrying 11 people,…
