Новости за 16.12.2024

The Edo State Assets Verification Committee has announced its intention to recommend the revocation of a road contract awarded to Nosba Nigeria Limited due to alleged abandonment of the project. The contract, valued at N8bn, was for the construction of a 5.52-kilometre road along Upper Ekenwa Road. The state government had already paid N2bn as

The Senate will meet on Tuesday to vote on the referendum bill on constitutional amendments with majority of senators expected to stand firmly by the divisive double-majority rule.

1. Tottenham ratings vs Southampton: Bergvall and Spence stake claim  Evening Standard
2. Southampton 0-5 Tottenham: Premier League – as it happened  The Guardian
3. 'Absolutely brilliant' - How Maddison led Spurs to 5-0 thrashing  BBC
4. Kulusevski scores Tottenham’s THIRD goal in 14 minutes as Southampton unravel at St. Mary’s  TNT Sports
5. Southampton vs Tottenham LIVE! Premier League team news, updates, match commentary, score, report and free match highlights after... Читать дальше...

The rulling All Progressives Congress and the opposition parties have welcomed  on the proposal by the Independent National Electoral Commission to phase out the use of Permanent Voter Cards for election and to also introduce Diaspora voting. While ruling APC wholeheartedly welcomed the proposed innovations, the opposition parties, however, harped on sincerity of purpose on

India is the world's most populous country, and it's seeing a debate about having more children.

The Justice for Afe Babalola Legacy group has urged the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, to consider the facts in the ongoing defamation case involving activist lawyer Dele Farotimi and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN). The case stems from Farotimi’s book, Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System, in which

Fleet’s Aerin Frankel is one of the best goaltenders in the world. The 25-year-old, 5-foot-5, small but mighty Boston netminder has a .937 save percentage and 2.02 to start the PWHL’s second season — good for best in the league for goalies that have played in three games. What makes Frankel so good? It’s pretty […]

The family of 19-year-old Ebube Orjike, who has been missing since Thursday, December 12, 2024, is appealing to the public for assistance in locating her. PUNCH Metro learnt from the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday that the teenager reportedly left her home on Mubarak Street last Thursday and headed to her workplace on Onwe

The Nigerian Guild of Editors has announced the formation of a five-member committee to advocate for the repeal or amendment to anti-media laws in Nigeria. These laws, which the NGE describes as “obnoxious,” have been criticised for undermining press freedom, democracy, and transparency. In a statement jointly signed by its President, Eze Anaba, and General

The 2024 CAF Awards, celebrating African football, will take place at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco. Set for Monday, the event will honour Africa’s footballing greats of the past year, with two distinguished presenters, Kate Scott and Jalal Bouzrara, at the helm. This was announced in a press release on the CAF website,

Quick commerce business Zepto saw its operating revenue increase by 120% year on year in the 2024 fiscal year, touching Rs 4,454 crore, which helped the business to marginally reduce its net loss.

Ofowino Toritsemuwa has emerged as the new Nigeria Women’s National Chess Champion at the just concluded 2024 National Chess Championship at the Orchid Hotel, Lekki. Playing her first National tournament in 2012, Toritsemuwa has been in the dugout of the Nigerian chess industry as she battles her way up the ladder of women in chess.

1. Bali Nine: Australians jailed in Indonesia 'relieved' to be home  BBC
2. ‘Human body can only take so much’: home in Australia, remaining Bali Nine face their new normal  The Guardian
3. 'Bali Nine' drug smuggler ring members released after nearly 20 years in prison  Sky News
4. Why did Indonesia release the Bali Five now? Its new leader wants to send a strong message to the world  The Conversation
5. Indonesia releases remaining five Australians from ‘Bali Nine’ drug... Читать дальше...

The five remaining members of the drug ring have spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons.

A disastrous fire again wreaked havoc in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Sunday morning, destroying three shops while the prompt arrival of the state fire services saved 13 others. Investigations by PUNCH Metro revealed that the blaze, which began around midnight behind a branch of the First City Monument Bank, Dugbe in Ibadan, is

Grading the Jets' 32-25 road win over the Jaguars on Sunday.

The Nigeria Customs Service says it has intercepted over 695,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) being smuggled to neighbouring countries. The NCS Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi, said the feat achieved in collaboration with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, is to fight economic saboteurs who ventured into smuggling and diversion of petroleum products.

Super Bowl champions Tedy Bruschi and Julian Edelman weigh in on Bill Belichick's shocking decision to leave the NFL ranks for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Four families competed for the character-filled three-bedroom house on a large block, owned by the sellers for about 30 years.

Greece reportedly aims to cap banks’ money transfer fees, while eliminating consumer bill pay fees. As Bloomberg News reported, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told lawmakers on Sunday (Dec. 15) that efforts by banks to lower administrative costs for customers “were not enough.” Mitsotakis announced a cap of €0.50 ($0.52) on banks’ fees for transfers of […]

Turmeric for Pets involves introducing this beneficial spice into their diets safely and effectively. Raw turmeric alone, however, is not enough. Its key compound, curcumin, is poorly absorbed by the body in its natural form.

Two people have been taken to hospital and a dog has died after an explosion on board a 'pleasure boat' at a marina in Wrexham, North Wales, on Saturday

The Energy Commission of Nigeria has expressed outrage over the arrest of its workers by police at the construction site of the multi-billion-naira Renewed Hope Bio-Methanol Pilot Plant in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State. The commission, an agency under the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, alleged that the arrests, which occurred on