Oluwo denies labelling Adeboye, Oyedepo fake pastors
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has denied saying that the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and the Presiding Bishop of...
View ArticleNo adequate funds for Zambia clash – NFF
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, on Tuesday raised the alarm over a lack of adequate funds for the Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifier against Zambia...
View ArticleGuard invites robbers to steal boss’ N6m car
Olaleye Aluko The police in Lagos State have arrested a security guard, Bala Usman, for allegedly inviting robbers to break into his boss’ apartment and steal a Honda Sports Utility Vehicle, valued at...
View ArticleAsset declaration: CCT convicts Orubebe, ex-minister loses Abuja property
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday convicted a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, for failure to declare his property at Plot 2057, Asokoro District,...
View ArticleFG plans N6.8tn budget for 2017
John Ameh and Leke Baiyewu The Federal Government plans to spend an estimated N6.812tn as its budget for 2017. The figure is about 13.3 per cent or N806bn above the N6.06tn budgeted for 2016. These...
View Article‘Shema shared N680m to security operatives for 2015 polls’
Olaide Oyelude, Katsina FORMER Aide-De-Campto former Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, Superintendent Sheu Kokoh, on Tuesday claimed that N680,285,000.00 was shared among officers as well as...
View ArticleNurse drugs, rapes 19-year-old patient
27-year-old male nurse, Olugbenga Isaac, who allegedly drugged and raped a 19-year-old female patient, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ court in Lagos. Isaac, a resident of Ajah area...
View ArticleTinubu, Oyegun feud resurfaces after Edo poll
John Alechenu, Olalekan Adetayo and Ovie Okpare The quarrel between the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,...
View ArticleWoman electrocuted month to wedding, family blames fiancé
Samson Folarin A 35-year-old woman, Loretta Ewere, has been electrocuted at her fiance’s home on Ajoke Kazeem Street in the Idimu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that Ewere’s fiancé, Segun...
View ArticleAlleged N25bn fraud: Court orders arrest of Gombe ex-gov, Goje
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, for refusing to show up...
View ArticleFG puts up N7bn presidential jets for sale
Olalekan Adetayo, Oyetunji Abioye, Nnodim Okechukwu and Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Presidency on Tuesday confirmed that newspaper advertisements for the sale of two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7X...
View ArticleReps probe CBN over forex crisis
•Lawmakers demand sacking of Emefiele John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives were angry on Wednesday as they ordered an investigation into the scarcity of foreign exchange in the...
View ArticleLASTMA official, driver beaten to a pulp
Samson Folarin There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Costain area of Lagos State as an official of the Lagos State Management Authority and a bus driver were reportedly beaten to a pulp. PUNCH...
View ArticleNNPC to produce diesel from crops
Okechukwu Nnodim and ‘Femi Asu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday announced that it had commenced the integration of biofuels production from selected energy crops through its...
View ArticleWe rejected panel’s report on Ondo primary –APC NWC
John Alechenu, Abuja The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress appears far from over as party leaders have continued to give conflicting versions over the controversial Ondo State...
View Article300 houses flooded as agency releases Oyan Dam water
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi and Samson Folarin No fewer than 300 houses have been flooded and 860 households displaced following the opening of Oyan Dam water, one of the tributaries of the Ogun River. The...
View ArticleReps reject national conference, referendum
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a fresh bid for the convocation of a national conference and a referendum where a new constitution for the country would be approved...
View ArticlePastor’s aide defiles three-year-old
A 28-year-old aide of a new generation pastor, Bethel Samuel, has been arrested by security operatives from the Rumuolumini Police Station for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl. The suspect, who...
View ArticleRowdy session as Senate rejects special grants for Lagos
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The debate on a bill seeking special grants from the Federal Government to Lagos State degenerated to a shouting match during the plenary of the Senate on Wednesday. The bill, if...
View ArticleN255m armoured cars: Court refuses to stop Stella Oduah’s arrest
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application by a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, asking for an order to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes...
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