Author: TheScrutinyNG

A father of nine children, identified simply as Mr Charles, has reportedly committed suicide in the Jeddo community of Delta State. It has been gathered that the gory incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. The man allegedly took his own life after drinking an insecticide. Sources who are privy to the incident told PUNCH Metro that the said Mr Charles, who lived in the Jeddo community of Okpe Local Government Area, drank the insecticide at his residence and proceeded to his in-law’s place at nearby Ugbokodo, where he eventually gave up the ghost. It was gathered that before…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it is not losing sleep over the anticipated alliance between Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, both of whom are of the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) respectively, ahead of the 2027 general election. The National Publicity Director of the APC, Bala Ibrahim, declared that the touted Obi-Kwankwaso alliance would fail again as it did ahead of the 2023 presidential election. According to him, while speaking to PUNCH, the lack of trust will always be an issue between Obi and Kwankwaso, and neither of them will be…

The Federal Government has flagged off the distribution of 21,924 bags of rice to various indigent groups in Katsina State. Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari, the Northwest representative of the Presidential Committee on Food Security, flagged off the event at the Government House’ People’s Square in Katsina on Sunday. Masari who is also the Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu said the 21,924 bags of rice are meant to reach less privileged persons in each of the 361 wards in the state. He noted that the periodic distribution of the rice palliatives across the country is part of the Federal gVovernment’s…

The hierarchy of the Nigeria Police Force has said it was not ready to engage in media with Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. The police, however, faulted the allegations by the governor and said they were only conforming to a court order barring the force from participating in the LGA elections. The police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement also debunked the “prevailing falsehood of partisanship circulating in the media”. Adejobi also reaffirmed the police’s “neutrality and non-interference in political affairs” within the state and the country. He noted that the “misinformation triggered by the unwarranted outburst of Fubara…

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said frivolous appeals, alleged intimidation of judges by lawyers and judgments delivered on the grounds of technicalities remain some of the major challenges impeding the war against corruption in Nigeria. Tinubu argued that these factors will continue to hamper the speedy adjudication of corruption cases until they are curtailed. He said this when he declared open the 6th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission/National Judicial Institute Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja. Represented at the event by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the President, however, acknowledged that prosecution…

Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appealed to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Nyesom Wike, to allow Governor Siminalayi Fubara Fubara to work and deliver dividend of democracy to the people. George also called on President Bola Tinubu to ask former Governor Wike to allow Fubara do his constitutional job as governor. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, in a piece made available to journalists on Monday, said, “Now that the people of Rivers State have boldly asserted their civic and constitutional rights by coming out to vote in the local government…

American scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering microRNA and its role in gene regulation. The Nobel jury described their discovery as groundbreaking and essential for multicellular organisms, including humans. Working independently but collaboratively, the pair studied C. elegans, a one-millimetre roundworm, to investigate cell mutations. Their research led to the identification of microRNA, a new class of small RNA molecules crucial for gene regulation that enables cells to select relevant instructions. Their findings were detailed in two articles published in 1993. Thomas Perlmann, the secretary general of the Nobel Assembly, highlighted…

Nigeria’s remaining team in the CAF inter-club completions, Enyimba International of Aba, have drawn two Egyptian opponents and one Mozambican club in Group D of the CAF Confederations Cup. The group phase draw held on Monday threw another Egyptian giants Zamalek and Al Masry into Enyimba’s pool with Black Bulls Maputo of Mozambique completing the lineup in the Group D. Enyimba secured their place in the group stage of the competition after after beating Etoile Filante of Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties following a 0-0 scoreline in normal time over two legs. Elsewhere, the winners of the 2023 edition of…

The Senior Staff Association Of Statutory Corporations And Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have begun an indefinite strike over failure of the management to address certain issues regarding the welfare of its members. In the communique SSASCGOC/NAFDAC/COMMUNIQUE/VOL.1 issued on October 4, 2024, the aggrieved workers said the move was necessary after several meetings with the management over critical issues that have to do with promotions, salaries, and the general welfare of the staff, failed to yield positive results. The communique listed several issues…

Ayelabola Ololade, a final Computer Science student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has broken the 41-year old Guinness World Record for the longest distance catwalk by a model.  The previous record was held by two Ireland models in September 1983. The event,which took place at the UNILAG indoor sports centre from October 1-5 saw a roaring cheer from family, friends and well-wishers supporting her till she achieved the milestone.   Sharing her feelings on achieving the milestone, Ololade said: “Mixed feelings actually it feels great to be breaking the record but you know beyond feeling seeing everybody around being…