By Etido Okon And Isaac Jarigbe One of the world’s best fictional writers, Chimamanda Adichie has been conferred with a chieftaincy title of ‘Odeluwa’ (she who writes for the world) by her community in Anambra State. Chimamanda Adichie hails from Abba in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The writing genius, Chimamanda is
By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Mal. Audu Muhammed, 51, and his two wives Aisha and Khadijat, who are residents of Dubantu community in Hadeja LGA may have to wait for the announcement of the election result to see if their preferred candidates have been voted into power in the coming election. This is not because they
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government on Monday said it has increased the number of disciplines in the Nigerian University System to 17. This was made known in a breakdown of the disciplines exclusively obtained by The Punch in Abuja on Monday. The Punch had earlier reported that the government, through the National Universities Commission
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Punch Newspape The National Examinations Council has expressed its readiness to root out incidents of examination malpractice in all its examinations by deploying officials of the Department of State Services and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to examination centers. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, the Registrar
By Bankole Able, ICIR The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the arrest and detention of popular musician D’Banj, real name Oladipo Daniel Oyebanjo, in connection with investigations into alleged fraud in the N-Power program. The N-Power is a scheme established by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 8, 2016, to
By Gbenga Oloniniran, Punch Newspaper …to limit POS withdrawals to N20,000 daily The Central Bank Of Nigeria has imposed fresh cash withdrawal limits on individuals and organizations, which takes effect from January 9, 2023. According to a new memo to banks issued on Tuesday and signed by the Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna B. Mustafa,
…Suggests how to stop vote buying By Emmanuel Elebeke, Vanguard Newspaper Human Rights activist and former Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Mike Igini has said that over 70 percent of National Assembly members and their State Assembly counterparts will not return to their seats after the 2023 general elections because they scored own goal when
By Archibong Jeremiah The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered all Commissioners of Police in charge of State Police Commands to promptly activate the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). The directive contained in a press release signed by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer said it is to enable