Punch Newspaper Headlines Today Thursday 14th September 2023
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Reps fault NLC over lawmakers’ N100m palliative
The House of Representatives has denied claims by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress that the Federal Government gave N100m to members of the National Assembly as palliatives. The National Assistant Secretary of the NLC, Christopher Onyeka, had made the allegation in a statement issued in Abuja. Reacting to the allegation, House Committee Chairman
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‘Buhari goes to farm four days a week’ – Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, media aide to the former President Muhammadu Buhari, revealed that his principal has been spending his time away from office attending to his farm in Daura, Katsina State. Shehu made this known in a statement released on Thursday titled ‘One Hundred Days after Buhari’. Shehu said Buhari chose to stay in Daura to
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Suspects abscond with N40.6m goods
The Ogun State Police Command is trailing one Joseph Nwakpe and others for alleged theft and diversion of Knorr seasoning goods worth N40.6m. PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source that Nwakpe and others had been contracted by a transport manager at Lap Global Resource identified as Pedro Okanlawon to deliver 2,085 cases of Knorr
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Tribunal throws out Labour Party petition against PDP’s Kaduna-South senator
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party Senatorial candidate, Michael Auta, seeking to invalidate the victory of the Kaduna-South Senator, Sunday Marshall Katung. The three-man justices, in a unanimous judgment, stated that the candidate of the LP failed to provide substantial evidence to prove the
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Tribunal: It’s a miracle to get another chance – Banky W
A House of Representatives hopeful and artiste, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, on Wednesday, expressed his gratitude for the Election Petitions Tribunal ruling that ordered a rerun in the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State. In the February 2023 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the Labour Party’s candidate, Mr. Thaddeus Atta,
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Total blackout as Nigeria’s power grid collapses
There is a widespread blackout across the country following the total collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid early Thursday morning. It was gathered that the grid collapsed totally around 12:40 a.m. on September 14, 2023, leading to the massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide. Multiple sources in the power sector, as well as electricity
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Firm unveils Ibadan solar power plant
In line with its commitment to fostering sustainable practices and electricity supply for Nigerians, British American Tobacco Nigeria, on Wednesday, unveiled its cutting-edge solar power plant at its Ibadan manufacturing facility. The Area Operations Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, BATN, Charles Kyalo, emphasised the significance of this feat, stating that the inauguration of the 1MWp DC
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FG predicts heavy rainfall, flood in 48 towns
Heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding may hit about 48 towns in 13 states beginning from September 13 to September 17, 2023, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday. It predicted that the rise in the water levels of River Benue and River Niger could affect communities along the rivers up to Bayelsa State and
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Rivers polytechnic lecturer laments seized 20 months salaries
A lecturer at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Solomon Tamunotonye, has raised the alarm over the continued seizure of his salaries running to 20 months by the institution’s management. The management of the Polytechnic had, in a statement by its Registrar, Chris Woke, slammed a three months suspension on Tamunotonye over alleged “harassment
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Suspected cable thief electrocuted in Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified man has been electrocuted near the Faculty of Education building, close to the Department of Economics of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. The suspected cable thief was said to have finished cutting a cable from a high-tension pole before he was electrocuted as power was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity
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