Hold FG responsible if herdsmen attack Ekiti – Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has indicted the Federal Government for not condemning the threat issued by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria...
View ArticleLawyers seek perpetual injunction to stop judges’ arraignment
Ramon Oladimeji A group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to perpetually restrain the Department of State Services from going ahead with its plan to arraign...
View ArticleConfess your sins, senior lawyer tells judges
A senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Awomolow, has called on the Bar and the Bench to humble themselves. Awomolow spoke on behalf of the body of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the 2016/2017 new...
View ArticleSenate to ban street begging
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday described street begging as a menace that is embarrassing the country. It therefore began a move to enact a law that will make street begging illegal. The...
View ArticleVenezuela opposition seeks unity in anti-Maduro push
Venezuela’s divided opposition sought unity Tuesday in its bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, after several top opponents rejected a proposal by Pope Francis for talks as playing into the leftist...
View ArticleTrain crushes man to death
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu An unidentified elderly man was on Tuesday crushed to death by a train in Enugu. Our correspondent gathered that several persons were also injured in the incident, which...
View ArticleReps oppose concession of Lagos-Kano rail line
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives on Tuesday opposed moves by the Federal Executive Council to concession the Lagos-Kano rail line and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri to General Electric. The...
View ArticlePDP, not APC killed Alamieyeseigha – Wife
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Mrs. Margaret Alamieyeseigha, widow of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of being responsible for the...
View ArticleEconomy: APC’s comments prove Buhari administration is clueless – PDP
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the open acceptance of responsibility for the economic downturn in the country by the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government...
View ArticleI’ll restore accountability to Nigeria – Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he was determined to restore Nigeria to the “good old days of accountability.” According to a statement by his Senior Special...
View ArticleI will accept INEC’s decision on Ondo PDP gov candidate – Sheriff
By Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, said in Abuja on Tuesday, that he would not take sides in the conflict over the choice of...
View ArticleLegislative aides threaten strike over allowances
The legislative aides in the National Assembly on Wednesday issued notice of a 14-day sitting protest over unpaid allowances and entitlements. The aides, who staged a warning protest at the main lobby...
View ArticleBuhari inaugurates committee to reconstruct North East
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative. The committee led by Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), is saddled with...
View ArticleFreed from Boko Haram, Borno IDPs embrace drug use
The Borno State Government says it may declare a state of emergency to curb the menace of drug abuse in communities liberated from Boko Haram control. The Commissioner for Justice, Alhaji Kaka Shehu,...
View ArticleAPC moves against Timi Frank
JOHN ALECHENU, Abuja The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has decided to move against the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Timi Frank. The PUNCH gathered in Abuja, on...
View ArticleHIV increasing among married northerners – lawmaker
Bauchi lawmaker, Mrs Maryam Begel, said on Wednesday that investigations conducted revealed that the HIV virus is spreading faster in matrimonial homes in most Northern states of the country than...
View ArticleOndo election: Police to deploy 24,000 men
Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than 24,000 officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force would be deployed in Ondo State to provide security during the November 26, 2016 governorship election. The Ondo...
View ArticleSheriff’s PDP at loggerheads with INEC over Ibrahim
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the leadership of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has threatened to sue the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission if...
View Article3,800 die trying to cross Mediterranean, says UN
At least 3,800 migrants and refugees have perished this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the highest ever toll ever on the perilous route, the UN said Wednesday. “We can...
View ArticleOndo election: Leave me out of your woes, Oke tells APC
Peter Dada, Akure The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, on Wednesday chided the leadership of the All Progressives Congress for its alleged...
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