Helicopter plunges into ocean, 11 escape death
Samson Folarin and Olawunmi Ojo Tragedy was averted in Lagos on Wednesday after a helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Limited plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. PUNCH Metro learnt that...
View ArticleNnamani leaves PDP, says party undemocratic
A former Senate President and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ken Nnamani, on Saturday announced his resignation from the party, saying that the PDP deceived itself to think it could rule...
View ArticleLassa Fever: Ogun puts 110 under watch
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said the number of the primary contacts with the first index case of Lassa fever in the state, a 28- year- old lady, has increased from...
View ArticleSouth-South zone pulls out of Assemblies of God Church
The South-South zone of the Assemblies of God Nigeria, has pulled out of the church alleging marginalisation, gross injustice in ministers’ remuneration; unhealthy rivalry among ministers, inefficiency...
View ArticleKidnapping: Police beef up security around doctors in Rivers
THE Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Musa Kimo, said on Saturday that the Command had beefed up security around medical doctors to check their abduction by kidnappers. Kimo also denied the claim...
View ArticleElectricity tariff: Civil groups to join Labour’s Monday protest
Civil Society Groups and activists have mobilised for the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress over the recent 45 per cent increment of electricity tariff by...
View ArticleElectricity workers oppose plans to picket DISCOs, GENCOs
Electricity workers under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees have faulted the plan to picket electricity distribution companies and generation companies, by leaders of the Nigeria...
View ArticleNo one can bring back Chibok girls, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the over 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State may never be found. Obasanjo said this...
View ArticleMy trips are not frivolous, Buhari replies Fayose
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that contrary to the claims by critics of his incessant foreign trips, none of the trips he had made so far can be said to be frivolous. He said there were always...
View ArticleKogi: Ex-deputy speaker may emerge dep gov
There are strong indications that a former Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Mr. Simeon Ajuba, may be chosen by Governor Yahaya Bello as the state deputy governor. Though there are...
View ArticleBuhari confronts civil service mafia
The Federal Government would soon sanction some top government officials for what a source within the presidency described as an “attempt to sabotage efforts aimed at making the 2016 Budget a...
View ArticleLagos marathon: Stranded bride treks to wedding
As the maiden edition of the international Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held on Saturday, thousands of residents in the state were forced to transport themselves on foot due to vehicular...
View ArticleIbadan marital murder I can’t believe my brother is dead, says victim’s relative
Adelani Oyediran, brother of a France-based businessman, Lowo, allegedly killed by his wife on Tuesday, said the deceased’s wife learnt about his love-child six months ago. The deceased’s wife, Yewande...
View ArticleNo going back on project vehicles — Senators, Reps
The Senate and the House of Representatives on Saturday said they would go ahead with the purchase of exotics for its members. Members of both chambers of the National Assembly, who spoke to our...
View ArticleDickson’s aide regains freedom
A Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson on Aviation, Captain Henry Ungbuku, has regained his freedom six days after he was abducted by unknown gunmen. Ungbuku was kidnapped by gunmen, who whisked...
View ArticleTroops comb Arepo for vandals
The Defence Headquarters on Saturday said that troops deployed under the Special Task Force, Operation Awase, were combing the bush for a group of vandals who engaged the men of the task force in a...
View ArticleCBN forex policy irreversible — Saraki
The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Saturday, ruled out the possibility of reversing the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which excludes some imported goods and services from the list...
View ArticleTwo killed as another Lagos boat capsizes
Barely a week after seven people lost their lives in a boat accident in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, another boat has capsized in the Badagry area with two feared dead. It was gathered that the...
View ArticleAssets trial: Lawan faction regroups to force Saraki out
There were indications on Saturday that senators opposed to Senate President Bukola Saraki under the aegis of the Senate Unity Forum, had regrouped to force Saraki out of the seat. The new move to...
View ArticleChina to invest $60bn in Nigeria
The People’s Republic of China has said it will invest $60bn in Nigeria. Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Qin Jian, who said this in a statement commemorating the 45th...
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