A Returnee from Ghana identified as Victor Benjamin has been found dead in a hotel room located along the East-West Road axis of Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The 23-year-old man deceased was said to have lodged in room No: 414 of Wetland hotel Hotel on Saturday before he was found on Sunday. Benjamin was said to have returned from Ghana and lodged in the hotel on July 7 only to be found dead when he was expected to have checked out. Speaking to journalists, a source said: “The young man had gone to the hotel to relax and when his friends came looking for him, a receptionist told them that he has checked out of the hotel. “He was rushed to the hospital in Ughelli there and when they got there, the doctors confirmed him dead on arrival.

Following a report by PUNCH Metro, an admission seeker, Sodiq Oladebo, has been refunded the N20,000 extorted from him by men of the Osun State Police Command. I commend the Nigeria Police, especially the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and the Osun State Command’s PRO for their efforts,” Suleman told our correspondent in a chat on Twitter. PUNCH Metro had reported on Monday that Oladebo, while travelling from Osun State to Benin, Edo State, on Saturday, was allegedly extorted by some policemen along the Ilesha Expressway. He said the incident happened after a Sienna vehicle in which he was travelling alongside others was stopped by the policemen. He said the policemen demanded N100,000 from him but he later paid N20,000 after he said he couldn’t afford the initial amount.

In 2022, the worth of gas flared could generate 22,500 gigawatts hour of electricity (GWh). The ‘2022 Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report’ of the World Bank showed that Nigeria ranked seventh on the list of top 10 countries involved in gas flaring in 2021. While initially targeting to end gas flaring in 2020, Nigeria launched the gas flare commercialisation programme in December 2016 after approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). About 45 out of 178 gas flaring sites in the country were identified for award to successful bidders. He disclosed it remained unclear from the regulations how gas flaring would move zero.

Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, on Monday forwarded a list of 21 Commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening. John Kizito Bonzena, Speaker of the state assembly announced the executive governor’s communication at the floor of the house during plenary in Jalingo. The list as obtained by Tribune Online has; Prof. Nicholas Oliver Namessan, Mr. George Peter, Mr. Gideon Samuel Nonso, Dr. Augustina Godwin, Engr. Naomi Tanko Agbu, Mrs. Aishat Adul-Azzez K. Barde, Dr. Sarah Enoch Adi, Hon. Joseph Titus Nagombe, Dr. Bodia Gbansheya Buma, Mrs. Zainabu Usman Jalingo, Yakubu Maikasuwa, SAN, Mr. Habu James Philip, Comrade Julius Peter M.Ed, Hon.

Yes, it is true, at first thought, most people would not consider going to a university in Benin Republic to further their education. But over the past few years, there has been a serious crackdown on these issues, and you should reconsider Benin Republic for your tertiary education. It remains that universities in Benin Republic are international schools despite their management and proximity to Nigeria. I think my favourite part about the educational system in Benin Republic is that most administrations are managed by young, upwardly mobile professionals (Yuppies as we like to call ourselves). With these few points, I hope I have been able to convince you and not confuse you to attend university in Benin Republic.

Yet, against the backdrop of the previous government’s cack-handed policy on the economy, these were always going to be difficult decisions. Both the price of petrol and the external price of the naira have been left to the markets to determine. Giving the multiplicity of transactions in any such market, governments struggle, as is evident in our recent experience, to anticipate these equilibriums. PREMIUM TIMES aligns with the Tinubu government’s reform direction, even as it is troubled by the privations that the larger number of our people have had to bear of late on this account. The irony is that this latter category of reforms is where the market fails, and the government comes into its own.

Former Governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose has slammed critics asking him to give account of how he appropriated funds during his tenure as governor of the State. Fielding questions on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Sunday, furious Fayose told his critics to “go to court” adding that he made his money outside politics. When asked if he would publish details of how he administered state funds as Ekiti governor, he answered; “That’s a very meaningless question. “How can I be explaining how I spent (Ekiti money)? If anybody’s money is missing, let them go to court.”The PDP chieftain and his company, Spotless Investment Limited are being prosecuted over an alleged N6.9 billion fraud.

“We regret to inform you that your application has been denied, as per immigration regulation, for now, we are not accepting any NIGERIAN passport holders for holiday purposes. The travel content creator then said: “It seems Seychelles just placed a ban on Nigerian passport holders. '”It seems Seychelles just placed a ban on Nigerian passport holders. When I visited, I was told that their immigration officers are generally quite antagonistic towards Nigerian passport holders. According to BusinessInsider, the government of Seychelles is yet to issue an official report on the alleged visa ban on Nigerian passport holders.

Dangote Granite Mines, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, has awarded scholarships to about 60 students in five host communities. Awowole-Browne stated that the scholarship was part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility to foster educational development in its host communities. He said the move was to ensure its host communities were not left behind in areas of education and infrastructural development. “I charge the communities’ leaders to continue to support the management of Dangote Granite Mines by maintaining peace,” he said. One of the beneficiaries, Miss Grace Aregbe of Tai Solarin University of Education, thanked the company for the kind gesture.

The upcoming assembly of cardinals, scheduled for September 30 and known as a consistory, will be the ninth for Pope Francis, 86, who became pope a decade ago and is seeking to put a lasting stamp on the institution. All cardinals under the age of 80, including 18 out of the group named on Sunday, are known as “cardinal electors”, who will participate in the vote to nominate the successor to Pope Francis. Since becoming pope, Francis has sought to elevate clergy from developing nations far from Rome to the highest ranks of the Church, as part of his general philosophy of diversity and inclusion. During the consistory, the future cardinals kneel one by one at the feet of the pope, who places on their heads the quadrangular scarlet cap, or biretta. Following the ceremony, the Vatican holds a traditional “courtesy visit”, in which the new cardinals greet the general public.

Amidst subsisting cold war among members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), a meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold tomorrow in Abuja. According to sources, a gathering of another statutory organ of the party, the National Caucus will precede the NEC meeting. The NEC meeting will be the first to be convened since President Bola Tinubu assumed office and to be attended by him in the last eight years. “At the last meeting of NWC where he presented the audit report, most members of the organ refused to sign it. To stave off crisis occasioned by a divided NWC, the APC national chairman, according to the sources, has fixed a meeting for today with chairmen and secretaries of state chapters ahead of the NEC meeting for tomorrow (Tuesday).

The arithmetic model uses operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to carefully select strategic positioning with uniqueness and differentiation as fundamental platforms. He identified three key principles that underlie strategic positioning. You can also serve broad needs of few customers or serve the broad needs of many customers. Professor Porter’s third strategy of positioning is, “creating fit among company activities.”An organisation may also choose to adopt the differentiated superior products model. There must also be precision in determining strategic customers and focus groups, both qualitatively and quantitatively.

A group of youths in Ubeji community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, under the aegis of Ubeji Youth and Employment Development Organisation, has gone tough against ladies involved in indecent dressing. Sunday PUNCH gathered that members of the youth group had started clamping down on suspected offenders by subjecting them to strokes of the cane or in the alternative imposed fines on them. It was gathered that the enforcement of the exercise tagged ‘War Against Indecent Dressing’ among young ladies in the community, which commenced since Monday, July 3, 2023, had caused panic among females in the locality. Some of the victims, it was learnt, were compelled to pay fines as high as N10,000 or receive 40 strokes of the cane. While attributing the major cause of assaults and sexual harassment in the area to indecent dressing among young ladies, Bomele warned, “The wearing of miniskirts, bummer shorts or tight (bikers shorts) would no longer be tolerated in the community”.

The writer of Psalm 121 understands the nature of God’s help and decides to go for God’s help. What we need all of the time is divine help because without divine help, our hopelessness cannot turn around (John 5:7-9). Therefore God’s help can prevent us from experiencing evil and save us from consequences of evil – God’s help is available in all situations of life – it is available at every season of life, hence God’s help is dependable, at all times and seasons of life. Another way to enjoy divine help is to follow the divine plan of God for his life as laid down in the scripture. When we do this, divine help is certain for us; and when divine help is certain, victory, success and breakthrough are all certain for us.

Such attacks are common in many parts of Nigeria's northern region where local herdsmen have clashed in the past with farmers over limited access to land and water. More than 100 people have been killed this year in the violence in Benue alone. Arrests are rare after the killings.