Tottenham have reached a verbal agreement to sign Manor Solomon. The 23-year-old is set to undergo a medical this week before signing his contract with Spurs. The winger was at Fulham last season, where he scored five times in 24 appearances, and Cottagers' manager Marco Silva had been keen to keep him. He joined Fulham on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk after exercising a Fifa rule allowing Ukraine-based players to suspend […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas, has lauded the leadership style of the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which led the party to victory at the 2023 General Election and ensured the emergence of the leadership of the 10th Assembly inline with APC'S Zoning arrangement. Mr Abbas gave the commendation in Keffi, Nasarawa State when he visited the National Chairman of the APC, Senator […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has decried the incessant vandalism of manhole covers and flood containment infrastructure across the city. To this end, the FCT Administration called on residents and security agencies to support government in protecting these public facilities. Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Mr Olusade Adesola made the call over the weekend in Abuja during an inspection visit to some Streets with cases of manhole cover theft in Abuja. […]
The management of the National Youth service corps , NYSC, has called on serving corps members to exercise patience on the delay of June allowance. This is contained in statement signed in Abuja by the Director, press and public Relations Mr Eddy Megwa . According to the statement, the delay was due to the untimely disbursement of administration of funds by various banks that are yet to credit the account […]
Thirteen pilgrims from Nigeria have so far died in the course of the 2023 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said. Usman Galadima, the leader of the NAHCON medical team, disclosed this in Makkah on Sunday during a post-Arafat meeting. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that six pilgrims died before the commencement of the Misha’ir period. The Misha’ir is the main hajj exercise. It is the movement from […]
The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday. The war crimes researcher becomes the 13th person to have died in the attack. The writers' association PEN Ukraine said doctors "did everything they could to save her life, but unfortunately the wound was fatal". Human rights activists have called the attack a […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria in Ogun State, on Sunday, expressed sadness over the killing of a pastor, Kayode Oluwakemi, by kidnappers who abducted seven worshippers all of whom had been rescued in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the churchgoers were conducting a vigil at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Desires of Nations Parish, when the kidnappers invaded the premises of the church at Abule-Ori, in the Obafemi Owode […]
Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, on Sunday, declared a 24-hour curfew on Karim town and its environs in the Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state. The curfew followed renewed communal clashes between the Wurkuns and the Karimjos in the LGA, allegedly resulting in the killing of at least 50 people while many houses were burnt on Saturday. The spokesman for the Taraba State Police Command, Usman Abdullahi, […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress is set to engage President Bola Tinubu on the agitation for extension of civil servants’ retirement age to 65 years. The National President, NLC, Joe Ajaero, told The PUNCH on Sunday that labour was not relenting on the agitation, which started under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The PUNCH reports that the NLC had during the 2023 May Day celebrations appealed to Buhari to extend the retirement […]
The Speaker of the House of Representives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas has dissociated himself from some unsuitable comments made by one of his aides who granted an interview to a national daily. In a statement in Abuja signed by the Speaker's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Kirshi, the Speaker explains that the said Aide, Mr. Godfrey Gaiya, did not have the official permission to grant such an interview. […]
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