Abia APC candidate, Erondu Uchenna Erondu Jr., rejects reports of his senatorial ticket substitution for 2027, citing electoral act violations. Read More: https://punchng.com/abia-apc-lawmaker-rejects-report-of-senatorial-ticket-substitution/
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has confirmed that it paid N1.28 billion for solar streetlight projects outside its statutory mandate. TCN disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah. The clarification follows reports that the company disbursed N1.28 billion in May and June 2026 for solar streetlight projects. According to TCN, although the solar streetlight projects fall outside its core mandate, they are part of National Assembly constituency projects duly captured in the federal government’s approved 2026 Appropriation Act. TCN said it neither requested nor initiated the projects, adding that they were inserted into…
Music promoter Sam Larry makes first public appearance at Peller and Jarvis’ wedding in Lagos after surviving a fatal auto crash. Watch the video here. Read More: https://punchng.com/video-sam-larry-spotted-at-peller-jarvis-wedding-after-surviving-fatal-auto-crash/
The United Nations wants an immediate end to fighting in the Middle East, citing increasing violence and civilian casualties across the Middle East. The global body pointed to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, operations in southern Lebanon and the West Bank, as well as the United States and Iran’s military actions. The Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Israeli hostilities and demolitions in Lebanon have caused at least 4,329 deaths and 12,233 injuries since March 2. OCHA similarly reported 349 fatalities and 229 injuries since the announcement of the latest ceasefire, a fragile and heavily contested framework formula. Numerous kids…
President Tinubu inaugurates Ansar-Ud-Deen Society’s new national headquarters, commending its century-long impact on education, healthcare, and nation-bui Read More: https://punchng.com/tinubu-unveils-ansar-ud-deens-new-national-secretariat-lauds-societys-impact/
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Abia South Senatorial District, Erondu Uchenna Erondu Jr., has rejected the alleged substitution of his name as the party’s candidate for the 2027 general election, describing the purported action as unlawful and unconstitutional. In a press statement personally signed on Saturday, Erondu said he is not dead and remains the duly nominated APC candidate for Abia South. Erondu, who is currently a member of the Abia State House of Assembly representing Obingwa West Constituency, said the primary election conducted on May 16, 2026, across the 65 electoral wards in the six local government…
TikTok stars Peller and Jarvis shut down Lagos with their star-studded white wedding. See photos and guest list of celebrities, influencers, and socialites Read More: https://punchng.com/celebrities-influencers-at-peller-jarvis-star-studded-wedding/
The headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, located in Abuja has been gutted by fire. The fire was said to have started from the fourth floor of the building. Speaking to DAILY POST, a personnel of Zenith Bank domiciled in the Mortgage Bank building, Anthony Ameh, said the fire is so intense. According to him, operatives of the Federal Fire Service, who came to contain the fire have not been able to arrest the situation. “The fire is so intense. About four trucks of Fire Service are here but they are unable to quench it,” he said.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Abia South Senatorial District, Erondu Uchenna Erondu Jr., has rejected the alleged substitution of his name as the party’s candidate for the 2027 general election, describing the purported action as unlawful and unconstitutional. In a press statement personally signed on Saturday, Erondu said he is not dead and remains the duly nominated APC candidate for Abia South. Erondu, who is currently a member of the Abia State House of Assembly representing Obingwa West Constituency, said the primary election conducted on May 16, 2026, across the 65 electoral wards in the six local government…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, has tackled the National Assembly over its failure to interrogate President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and the purported Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi. Okonkwo said concluding investigation into the PFIPC scandal without interrogating Gbajabiamila and Adeyemi is a rape of justice. Posting on X, Okonkwo wrote: “The purported conclusion of investigation of the criminality of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) without interrogating Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the DG of the agency, or Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff of…
