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Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has signed the Enugu State 2026 Appropriation Bill into Law, restating his administration’s resolve to redouble the transformations recorded across every sector so far. Appending his signature to the document at the Executive Chamber, Government House, Enugu, on Wednesday, Mbah thanked Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly for their diligent and expedited consideration of the budget. He promised to commence implementation immediately. Out of the N1.62 trillion budget, the sum of N1,296,092,465,000,b representing 80 per cent of the budget was allocated to Capital Expenditure, while N321,305,000,000, representing 20 per cent of…
No fewer than 16,156 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives have been licensed to practise in the United Kingdom between 2017 and September 30, 2025, The PUNCH reports. This figure is based on the latest data from the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council register, obtained exclusively by our correspondent on Wednesday. The figure highlights a significant trend in the brain drain of the healthcare workforce trained in Nigeria, a trend now known as japa, seeing skilled professionals leaving for countries that offer better remuneration, career advancement, and working conditions. The migration of healthcare workers poses a serious challenge to Nigeria’s healthcare system,…
An Abuja-based security guard identified as Sunday has narrated how he staged a self-kidnapping scheme to extort N4m from his family because he needed money to travel to his village for Christmas. Sunday disclosed this in an interrogation video shared on Facebook on Wednesday by the Federal Capital Territory Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh. According to Adeh, Sunday allegedly used his friend’s phone to reach out to his family, informing them that he had been kidnapped and that his abductors were demanding N4m as ransom. The PPRO noted that the suspect carried out the act without informing the friend…
When I presented my last week’s column, entitled ‘What is the environmental impact of Christmas’, I purposely left off one aspect of the matter because that is the mother of all environmental impacts, which requires a column of its own. That problem is noise pollution. The Christmas season, by its very nature, is noise pollution personified. Indeed, the origin of the celebration involved the announcement of the birth of the Saviour, which needed the agency of sound in order for as many people as possible to hear the good news as it was broadcast real time. In practical terms, broadcasting…
The Nigerian Immigration Service has flagged off the fourth edition of its nationwide sensitisation corruption campaign. Speaking in Apapa on Monday during the campaign themed, ‘Innovating for transparency and efficiency, strengthening service delivery and combating corruption through reforms’, the Comptroller-General of the Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, stated that technology innovations have reduced human interference, minimised delays, and curtailed opportunities for corruption. Nandap, who was represented at the event by the Controller of Immigration at Lagos Port, Clementina Ogbudu, also stated that through strict enforcement of ethical codes and disciplinary measures, the NIS has sent a strong message that corruption has…
Despite still being locked in the dreamland of winning their first Africa Cup of Nations game, Tanzania coach Miguel Gamondi expressed a bit of satisfaction about his team’s performance during the 2-1 defeat against Nigeria on Tuesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Gamondi, who took over about a month before the 2025 AFCON, managed the country’s 10th game at the tournament, but they are still searching for their first win. After Semilogo Ajayi had given Nigeria a first-half lead, Charles M’Mombwa struck the equaliser for Tanzania in the 50th minute, but their hopes of overturning the result faded almost immediately as…
Some Polymarket users reported that their accounts had been breached and drained, which the prediction market blamed on a third-party provider.Prediction markets platform Polymarket has pinned a series of reported user account breaches on a third-party login tool.In a post to the company’s Discord on Tuesday, Polymarket said that it had flagged and resolved a security issue that impacted “a small number of users,” after some had reported suspicious activity on their accounts.“The issue was caused by a vulnerability introduced by a third-party authentication provider,” Polymarket said. “Polymarket takes security extremely seriously, and the issue has been remediated.”It added that…
Bachelor Nation alum Hannah Ann Sluss received a pricey hospital bill after giving birth to her first baby. “I gave birth a month ago to our little baby boy, and we received our hospital bill,” Sluss, 29, said in a Tuesday, December 23, video shared via TikTok. “I wanted to run through exactly how much it cost us.” Sluss stayed at the hospital for less than three days. “I checked in on a Wednesday night, had him early Thursday morning and then left Friday by that afternoon,” she stated. “It was very quick. Starting off with the delivery room, it…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to embrace hope, renewal and shared national values as Christians across the country celebrate Christmas. The party said the Christmas season offers a reminder of virtues that can transform Nigeria. In a Christmas message issued on Wednesday, the party’s National Chairperson, Kabiru Turaki, extended “warmest felicitations” to Christian members of the PDP and the wider Christian community, urging Nigerians to draw inspiration from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. “This season reminds us of the enduring values that Jesus embodied—love, sacrifice, humility, and generous provision for others,” Mr Turaki said. He…
An alleged plot by some members of Okorie family to evict two female orphans from their father’s house has failed in Eluoma Uzuakoli community of Bende LGA of Abia State. This followed the prompt intervention of the member representing Bende South constituency in Abia State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Ndubuisi, who visited the family on Tuesday to prevent the outbreak of crises in the family. The two sisters, Kelechi Okorie and Chinwendu Okorie had on Monday, cried out to Governor Alex Otti and human rights activist to save them from being evicted from their late parents’ house. According to the…
