THE Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to allow female engineers fix the country’s moribund refineries. The newly-elected APWEN Lagos Chapter Chairman, Mrs Atinuke Owolabi, disclosed this on Saturday. Her appeal comes amid federal government’s pledge to revamp Port Harcourt, Warri and …

THE Taraba Police Command has confirmed that there was an attack on its station in Lau Local Government Council of the state in the early hours of Saturday. Confirming the incident, the state command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abdullahi Usman, said the attack occurred at around 2am. He said the …

THE main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria is working towards bringing an end to the crisis that engulfed the party since the conduct of its presidential primary in May, 2022. Party sources told Daily Trust Saturday that even though there were disagreements, among the options being considered was wielding …

•Speaks on Akpabio’s ‘prayer’, her 1986 model car, the NASS fall that twisted her ankle …also on cost of running government, ministerial nominees’ screening SENATOR Ireti Heeba Kingibe represents the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Senate on the platform of Labour Party (LP). In this interview, Kingibe, who identifies …

ECOWAS delegation meets ousted Bazoum FORMER Nigeria’s Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, led the Economic Community of West African States delegation on Saturday and met with Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum who has been held in his residence since he was ousted by the military on July 26. This is according …

SOCIO-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Bola Tinubu to “publicly instruct the former governors who are now serving as ministers in your administration to stop collecting life pensions, exotic cars and other allowances from their states while they serve as ministers.” SERAP urged him to “instruct the former …

THE suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has refused to hire a legal representative despite being confined in the custody of the Department of State Services for exactly 67 days since June 14, 2023, sources disclosed to Sunday PUNCH Bawa, who is currently being held …

GENERAL Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, has promised to hand over to a civilian government within the next three years. He stated this in a televised broadcast on Saturday night. Tchiani spoke after meeting with a delegation of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) led by …

WHEN Mr Festus Unah, a 50-year-old generator repairer, who also engages in subsistence farming, went with his wife to their farmland along Amorji Road, Obetim-Uno, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State on August 4, 2023, their mission was to rid the cassava farm of the weeds that had begun …

OPERATIVES of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Enugu.      The suspects are: Godwin Ogbonna, Bright Chidozie, Chukwuebuka Ugwu, Ifesi Isaac, Collins Nnachi, Micheal Nnamdi, Ikechukwu Derrick Anya, Nneji Onyebuchi, …