Former Super Eagles midfielder, Waidi Akanni, has urged Lagos residents to support the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as he aims to take sports and other sectors to the next level in the state. Akanni, a former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, stated this after he was commended by the management of the Lagos State Health Services Commission for his selfless support during the 2023 Inter-Hospital Sports Competition. The letter of appreciation, signed by Dr. Sojinrin M.O, the LOC Chairman of the HSC Inter-Hospital Competition, thanked Akanni for his financial and moral support towards the success of the…
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Scotland’s NHS has paused prescribing puberty blockers to children referred by its specialist gender clinic. The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow also said new patients aged 16 or 17 would no longer receive other hormone treatments until they were 18. It follows a landmark review of gender services for under-18s in England. Dr Hilary Cass’s review said children had been let down by a lack of research and there was “remarkably weak” evidence on medical interventions. NHS England confirmed it would stop prescribing puberty blockers in March. NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers Children let down by ‘weak’ gender care -…
The Kwara State Government is set to renovate the indoor sports hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06bn to make it an ultra-modern sports facility. The sports hall was constructed under the administration of Brigadier-General Agbazika Innih (retd.) in 1977. Speaking with sports writers in Ilorin on Wednesday, the chairman of the state’s sports commission, Bola Magaji, said previous administrations in the state had neglected the indoor sports hall, adding that it led to its decadence. Magaji, who said that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was determined to bring the stadium back to its pride, added that the renovation…
Two alleged spies suspected of planning to sabotage German military aid for Ukraine have been arrested in the southern German state of Bavaria. The two men, described as dual German-Russian nationals, were detained in Bayreuth on suspicion of spying for Russia, prosecutors say. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said authorities had prevented “possible explosive attacks”. The men are accused of scouting US military facilities and other sites. The main suspect, Dieter S, has been remanded in pre-trial detention accused of a string of offences, including plotting an explosion, arson and maintaining contact with Russian intelligence. He is also alleged to have…
Juventus must pay Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo 9.7 million euros ($10.4 million) in back wages for the 2020-21 season, the Italian courts announced on Wednesday. The Court of Arbitration, to which Ronaldo appealed, “orders Juventus Turin to pay the sum of 9,774,166.66 euros”, plus interest and procedural costs, it stated in its decision. The sum equates to the difference between the salary actually received by Ronaldo and that which he should have received after tax and other deductions. Ronaldo, who spent three seasons in Italy with Juventus (2018-21) before joining Manchester United (2021-22) and then the Saudi club Al Nassr,…
Ukraine’s prime minister has told the BBC there will be a “Third World War” if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill. Denys Shmyhal expressed “careful optimism” that US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61bn (£49bn) earmarked for Kyiv. The House of Representatives is set to vote on the package this Saturday. The proposal includes funding for Israel as well as the Indo-Pacific. Russia says any fresh American aid for Ukraine will not make a difference on the battlefield, as situation on the front…
THE Oyo State Police Command, on Wednesday, arraigned the 29 Yoruba Nation agitators who invaded the state government secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan last Saturday. This was as the state government, also on Wednesday, demolished a building where the Yoruba Nation agitators, led by Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, were said to be operating from. The building is said to be located on Toye Oyesola Street in the Ibadan South West Local Government Area of the state. Governor Seyi Makinde’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Fatai Owoseni, a retired Commissioner of Police, confirmed the demolition of the building to The PUNCH on telephone. “You can get…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, promised harsh consequences for persons who pit themselves against Nigeria’s sovereignty and security. He also said his administration had made considerable gains against banditry and kidnapping through intensified campaigns buoyed by intelligence gathering. “Those who think they can threaten the sovereignty of Nigeria will have themselves to blame. They have a price to pay. And we are not going to relent,” Tinubu said when he received leaders of the Yoruba socio-political Organisation, Afenifere, at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday. The delegation was led by the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Oba Olu…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed security agents and all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise. A statement signed by JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Thursday, said the directive was issued at the final briefing of the CBT owners, which was held virtually on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. JAMB noted that the directive became necessary following the intrusive disposition of some parents during previous exercises. According to the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, any parent…
Ahead of the National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for today (Thursday), governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have warned the party members against illegality. Today’s NEC meeting is set to address whether the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, should retain his position or be replaced. Damagum, who was the PDP National Chairman (North), became the acting National Chairman following the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, in March last year by a court in Benue State. The court gave the judgment following a suit filed by Terhide Utaan, a PDP member in the Igyorov…
The Lagos State Police Command has attended a public apology to #EndSARS activist, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch, over viral reports of her purported arrest by the Police on the account of assaulting a Police officer in Lagos. Earlier on Thursday, a section of the media was awash with the report of DJ Switch’s arrest and arraignment in court for assaulting a Police officer. But, DJ Switch immediately debunked the news report via her X handle (formerly Twitter), saying she woke up to a barrage of phone calls and messages on Thursday morning to the news of…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed dissatisfaction over lack of transparency in the Presidential Conditional Grant Programme. It would be recalled that, the federal government launched the scheme last year as part of moves to combat economic hardship owing to the fuel subsidy removal in the country. But a press statement, signed by NANS Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sen. Mimidoo Joy Gundu said the Nigerian Students are deeply concerned about the lack of transparency and information spread surrounding this grant programme. “Our curiosity spans from when was this grant program advertised to the public, through which medium…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has threatened to use the military to move the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, out of hiding place. The commission and the former governor have been playing hide and seek game in the last few weeks. The commission invaded the Abuja residence of Bello on Wednesday to arrest him but couldn’t do owing to some external forces. According to reports, the former governor may have been hiding in the Kogi State Government House under the immunity of Governor Ahmed Ododo, his successor, who is covered with Section 308 of the 1999…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to follow the path of decency and submit himself for probe. Bello is being wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corrupt practices while in office as governor of Kogi State. LEADERSHIP reports that in the last 24 hours, there have been dramas and hide and seek game between both parties over the move to arrest the former governor for arraignment this Thursday. According to the AGF, in a statement he…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano against the N4 billion security votes-related fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court, Thursday, said the ex-governor cannot stop the EFCC from implementing the Act that founded it as an anti-graft agency, adding that security votes emanates from Nigeria’s federation account. EFCC’s lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, had told the court about a month ago, to refuse the motion of the ex-governor. The commission said the Economic Governance Section…
The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu has granted the order that Wunmi, the wife of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, be served notice of the pending DNA test application by substituted means. This was contained in a statement signed by a member of the legal team to the Aloba family, Monisola Odumosu, and obtained by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday. In the application filed by the legal team to Joseph Aloba, father to the late singer, the family sought an order to serve Wunmi by posting all the originating processes and other processes in the suit on the last-known address…
The Federal Government through its Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited have stated that the various claims by different individuals and groups on the alleged return of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, were wrong. The government also challenged those who make this argument to provide evidence to justify their allegations, stressing that since President Bola Tinubu had declared the end of subsidy on petrol, the situation remains so. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stressed that fuel subsidy was a sensitive issue, but noted that the government had…
The Lagos State Police Command has tendered a public apology for a mix-up following the alleged arrest of a popular Nigerian disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, aka DJ Switch. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the apology via his X handle Thursday, stating that the arrested DJ was “DJ Commissioner Wysei, not DJ Switch.” Hundeyin wrote, “There is a mixup from our end. The arrested person is DJ Commissioner Wysei, not DJ Switch. “Apologies for all the inconvenience to a few media outfits like Linda Ikeji, BBC and TVC that I gave confirmation this morning. “Apologies…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The body said all arrangements have been concluded for the conduct of the 2024 UTME, which will be held in over 700 CBT centres across the nation. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test Centre owners, which was held virtually on Wednesday, 17th April 2024 a transcript of which was obtained by our correspondent on Thursday in Abuja. The board said the directive became…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has appointed Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, to superintend the Ondo governorship primary election slated for Saturday, The PUNCH gathered. Ododo will head the seven-man Primary Election Committee set up to conduct the shadow poll while Omo-Agege will serve as the Secretary. Other members are a former Oyo Deputy Governor, Iyiola Oladokun; Senator Lekan Mustapha, Adefunmilayo Tejuoso; Margaret Duru and Dr. Sani Danjuma. The committee has been saddled with the responsibility to conduct a direct primary in all 18 local government areas of the State to pick the…