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The Federal Government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. This decision was announced by the Federal Ministry of Education following an undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian online platform that exposed a degree mill in Cotonou. The investigative report revealed that a journalist obtained a […]
As expected, telecommunications operators have started messaging subscribers found to have SIM irregularities, especially those who have been properly linked with their National Identification Numbers (NINs). This is even as crowds are returning to various National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices and outlets across the country. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had ordered telecommunications operators […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, inaugurated four key infrastructure projects conceived and facilitated by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. The Governor commissioned a three-storey 80-bed Femi Gbajabiamila General Hospital sited at Iyun in Aralile Community in Surulere. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives remodelled a decrepit Primary Health Centre […]
The Nigeria Railway Corporation has concluded plans to launch night operations before the second quarter of 2024. The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. He started, “What is limiting us is the night operations, and that is not the way trains should […]
The Lagos State Police Command has said it is looking into the case of a suspected kidnap of a yet-to-be-identified female adult on Monday, January 1, on the Victoria Island area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known while speaking to PUNCH Metro on Tuesday. An X (formerly Twitter) user, […]
Despite the Federal Government’s 50 per cent fare rebate, passengers have lamented that the anticipated relief has yet to materialise, with transport costs remaining high. President Bola Tinubu announced that the discount effective from December 21 to January 4, 2024, was to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians. To implement the directive, the government partnered with […]
The Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday, reiterated that the demolition of the Police Officers’ Wives Association Shopping Complex in the Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos, was duly approved. PUNCH Metro reported on Monday that shop owners counted their losses following the demolition of the complex in the early […]
