Saraki, Ekweremadu’s forgery trial, a distraction –Senate
Ade Adesomoju and Leke Baiyewu The Senate on Friday described the forgery case against the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as a distraction to...
View ArticleBiographer reveals Buhari’s problem with APC leaders
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The newly-published biography of President Muhammadu Buhari has given an insight into the crisis of confidence currently rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying the...
View ArticleAtiku, others hail FG over withdrawal of charges
John Alechenu and Success Nwogu Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Timi Frank have commended the Federal...
View ArticleAirports concession: Turkish company, politicians, others lobby FG
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja International and local companies, as well as politicians in Nigeria, have started lobbying the Federal Government in a bid to take over the management of the country’s airports...
View ArticleAPC feud: Fayose condemns attack on Tinubu
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the alleged conspiracy against the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by some...
View Article13 die in Niger boat accidents
Enyioha Opara, Minna No fewer than thirteen people, comprising 13 females and two males, have died in two separate boat accidents in Niger State. Saturday PUNCH learnt , on Friday, that the accident...
View ArticleZambia v Nigeria: What ex-internationals are saying
Idris Adesina Nigeria’s rivalry with Zambia will be rekindled again on Sunday as they battle for a place at the Russia 2018 World Cup. The two countries will meet twice, the first of which will be in...
View ArticleA stranger paid for my surgery – Ofoegbu
Twenty-four-year-old Super Falcons and Rivers Angels defender Gloria Ofoegbu tells Idris Adesina about a career-threatening injury that kept her out of football for almost two years Rivers Angels are...
View ArticleJordan 2016: Flamingoes walk tightrope against Korea
It will be a difficult assignment for national U-17 women’s team, the Flamingoes, as they seek to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Jordan 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup on Saturday (today). The...
View ArticleWhy some people say I use juju –AY
’Nonye Ben-Nwankwo and Ademola Olonilua Not just a few wonder aloud how popular comedian, Ayo Makun, aka AY, has been able to hit the pinnacle even faster than the comedians who had been there before...
View ArticleOndo crisis: Nobody’s money can buy my conscience, Oyegun tells Tinubu
Niyi Odebode and John Alechenu The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Friday responded to allegations levelled against him by the party’s National Leader,...
View ArticleBeating Zambia in Ndola will be exciting – Rohr
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has said it would be exciting to lead the Super Eagles to a first-ever win in Zambia on Sunday, Africanfootball.com reports. Nigeria enjoy a superior head-to-head record...
View ArticleOndo gov poll: APC to investigate Tinubu’s anti-party moves
Dayo Oketola, Mudiaga Affe, Chukwudi Akasike, Success Nwogu, Gbenro Adeoye and Peter Dada It appears the All Progressives Congress may have initiated moves to investigate allegations of anti-party...
View ArticleSchool feeding: FG fails to meet September take-off target
Olalekan Adetayo, Kamarudeen Ogundele, Success Nwogu, Olaide Oyelude and Armstrong Bakam The Federal Government failed to commence its free National Home Grown School Feeding programme at the beginning...
View ArticleBedroom war: Lives of polygamous men battling with wives over sex timetables
Kunle Falayi My friends call me a ‘strong man’,” 48-year-old furniture maker, Wasiu Bayeju, said with a grin. Sitting with a soiled singlet in front of his workshop in Agege area of Lagos, the man...
View ArticleDSS operatives invade judges’ houses in Abuja, arrest one
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Operatives of the Department of State Service between late Friday night and the early hours of Saturday simultaneously invaded the houses of two Justices of the Supreme Court –...
View ArticleDSS operatives besiege judge’s residence in Rivers, clash with Wike
There was confusion in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital in the early hours of Saturday as operatives of the Department of State Services and the police besieged the house of a Federal High Court...
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DSS raid: Rivers under siege, says Wike
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said there is a plot to declare a state of emergency in the state. Wike said this in the early hours of Saturday after a dispute with operatives of the...
View ArticleCrisis-plagued Trump apologises for lewd talk about women
Donald Trump, facing the deepest crisis of his presidential campaign, apologised early Saturday for crude and aggressively sexual remarks about women that he made in 2005, as criticism swelled from...
View ArticleAbductors demand ransoms for kidnapped Lagos pupils, teachers
Olaleye Aluko The gunmen, who abducted four pupils, teacher and Vice-Principal of Lagos Junior Model College, Igbonla, Epe, have contacted their families to demand ransoms. The family members, however,...
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