‘Pilot Disorientation, Others,’ Why Wigwe’s Helicopter Crashed – US Releases Report

Ganiyu Amodu

The Director-General of the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau, Alex Badeh, has said that the United States National Transportation Safety Board shared the report of the helicopter crash that claimed the life of the former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, alongside his wife, son, and three others, with the NSIB. NSIB is an agency of the Federal Government. Badeh made this known in an exclusive chat with PUNCH barely a week after the report of the NTSB that provided details of findings on why the…

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Mass Failure: JAMB Engages VCs, Experts To Probe UTME Results

Ganiyu Amodu

Following widespread complaints about poor performance in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has investigated alleged technical glitches. The board collaborates with vice chancellors and IT experts to determine the root cause and ensure that affected candidates receive appropriate remedies if any errors are confirmed. JAMB’s public communication advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a press statement yesterday. It was earlier reported that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for this year’s UTME scored below 200…

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I Wouldn’t Have Married My Wife If I’ve Been Led By Sight – Pastor Enenche

Abibat Babalola

The founder of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche, has said he married his wife, Becky Enenche, even though she didn’t look stylish when they first met. In a video that went viral on Tuesday, Enenche said he was led by faith, not by her physical appearance. Enenche explained that Becky, who was a medical student at the time, didn’t care much about how she looked. Her hair was always in braids and she wore clothes that were not fitted, like A-line skirts and jump-up sleeves. “If sight was…

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Super Eagles Forward Undergoes Emergency Surgery

Abibat Babalola

Nigeria forward Taiwo Awoniyi has undergone emergency surgery after colliding with a post during Nottingham Forest’s Premier League home clash with Leicester City last weekend, Prompt News reports. According to Sky Sports, Awoniyi was taken down to the hospital for abdominal surgery after the accident. The incident occured in the closing stages of the Tricky Trees 2-2 draw at the City Ground on Sunday. The striker required around three minutes of treatment, but could not be substituted after Forest used their last available window to replace Elliot Anderson with Jota…

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Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Journalists In Gaza

Abibat Babalola

The Israeli military said it struck a Gaza hospital housing Hamas militants in a raid Tuesday that, according to the Palestinian group, killed a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack last month. The strike, which Hamas said happened at dawn, ended a brief pause in fighting to allow the release of a US-Israeli hostage. The military said in a Telegram post that “significant Hamas terrorists” had been “operating from within a command and control centre” at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza’s main city. READ ALSO: ‘Name And Shame,’…

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‘Name And Shame,’ 50 Nigerian Varsity, Poly Lecturers Once Found Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct

Abibat Babalola

No fewer than 50 lecturers in public universities and polytechnics across Nigeria have been implicated in cases of sexual misconduct between April 2021 and April 2025, investigations by The PUNCH have revealed. These cases, which include both suspensions and dismissals, underscore the pervasive issue of sexual harassment in Nigeria’s higher education system. The affected academics range from junior staff to senior lecturers and professors. A 2018 World Bank survey found that 70 percent of female graduates in Nigeria reported experiencing sexual harassment in school—often from lecturers and peers. READ ALSO:…

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SS2 Female Student Fakes Own Kidnap, Demands ₦2m Ransom

Abibat Babalola

A 16-year-old secondary school student in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has been found to have staged her own kidnapping and demanded a ransom of ₦2 million from her family. The girl, an SS2 student at a private school on Watchman Street in Abakaliki, allegedly collaborated with a family friend to carry out the deception. According to the Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, Joshua Ukandu, she contacted a relative claiming she had been abducted and asked for the ransom. The student, who hails from Izzi Local Government Area, initially told police…

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NNPC Resumes Oil Drilling Up North, GCEO Gives Details

ADEOLA YUSUF

      The Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulari, has disclosed that the state-owned energy firm would resume oil drilling in the northern part of the country. Ojulari stated this in an interview with BBC News Hausa on Monday, as this comes over two years after the past administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari launched the crude oil drilling project on the border of Bauchi and Gombe states. Ojulari said the suspended project would be resumed under his leadership. Recall that northerners had…

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‘99% Of 1.5mbopd,’ Nigeria Inches Closer To OPEC Oil Production Quota

ADEOLA YUSUF

      Nigeria’s crude oil production output soared to 99 per cent of its 1.5 million bpd production quota set by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) made this known in its new data released on Monday, titled, “Crude Oil and Condensate Production April 2025.” In March, Nigeria’s crude oil production declined to 93% of OPEC quota from the 98% it recorded in the previous month. However, the new data by the NUPRC indicated that, “the…

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Minister Lauds Firm’s Innovative Approach to Gas Pipeline Management

ADEOLA YUSUF

    Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has lauded Engineering Automation Technology Limited (EATECH) for its groundbreaking investments in research and development, leading to innovative solutions for gas pipeline infrastructure management in Nigeria. A statement by Ekpo’s spokesperson, Louis Ibah quoted him as stating this during a recent visit to WrapMaster Global LLC, EATECH’s sister company based in Houston, Texas, USA, Ekpo commended the company’s bold strides in tackling complex challenges in the gas industry. The statement said during his tour of the product display…

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