Punch Newspaper Headlines Today Monday 10th October 2022
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Punch Newspaper Headlines Today
Read also
BREAKING: Fire guts Kogi Assembly building
An early morning fire has engulfed the Kogi State House of Assembly complex located at Crusher Area, Lokoja. The fire ripped through the roof of the Chamber, causing extensive damage to the floor of the house. The Speaker of the house, Mathew Kolawole, and the state security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara, were among the early
Read More
#EndSARS: Reveal bodies, MC Oluomo queries Lekki ‘massacre’
The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has said that the killing of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate in 2020 could not be connected to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Oluomo said it was rather a political game by Tinubu’s
Read More
23 Nigerian universities now offering Pharmacy programmes – PCN
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has said that there are now 23 universities offering the Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy programmes in the country. The Pharmacy Council said the B.Pharm or the PharmD programmes are the minimum registration qualifications to practice pharmacy in Nigeria. The council, however, said it also recognises senior pharmacy
Read More
Matawalle recommits to restore peace in Zamfara
Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, on Monday restated his administration’s commitment to restore peace and peaceful coexistence among people of Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued by Matawalle’s Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, on Monday in Gusau, the state capital. The governor felicitated with the Muslim Ummah
Read More
Kwankwaso pledges to prioritise education, youth empowerment
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso, has pledged to put education first and empower young people. Kwankwaso made the declaration during inauguration of the Kano state NNPP’s presidential and governorship campaign office on Sunday in Kano. While addressing cheering supporters, Kwankwaso said by
Read More
Foreign education gulped $609.5m in eight months — CBN
Nigerians spent $609.5m on foreign education between January and August 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. The figure is contained in the data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria, calculated based on the information provided on the amount spent on educational services under the sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for foreign exchange. In January 2022,
Read More
2023: The Tinubu campaign strategy
A few months ago, the governor of Kaduna state, in his typically blunt manner, said that Lagosians should get a free pass to heaven because they live in hell on earth. His exact words, “I don’t know how people in Lagos survive. Every day, four hours in traffic for five days. I don’t know if
Read More
Multiple explosions rock Ukraine
A series of loud explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Monday morning, a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine for a deadly blast on the bridge linking Crimea to Russia. The explosions hit Kyiv around 8:15 am local time (0515 GMT), and an AFP journalist in the city saw numerous ambulances appearing to head toward the
Read More
Controversy surrounds alleged release of 101 B’Haram terrorists
No fewer than 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists have been allegedly released from the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos State. According to an online platform, Foundation for Investigative Journalism, wardens at the facility let them out as part of a swap deal for the release of travellers who were abducted in Kaduna on March 28.
Read More
NDLEA seizes N1bn tramadol at Lagos airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted 2,465,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg and 250mg weighing 2,356kg smuggled through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the seizure, which took place on Friday, was worth N1,040,000,000 in street value. This is coming barely
Read More
Read also
You can also check
