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Nigerian leaders have failed the nation — Danjuma
Former Minister of Defence, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), said on Saturday in Zaria, Kaduna State, that Nigerian leaders had failed the nation. Danjuma, who said this at his conferment with a...
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2015 campaign: APC wants INEC to sanction Jonathan’s wife
The All Progressives Congress, the umbrella of major opposition political parties, on Friday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to investigate media reports that stated that the wife...
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Stop ethnicising 2015 presidency, Anyaoku tells politicians
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has warned politicians and high profile citizens against sectionalising the 2015 presidency. He said such agitation premised on ethnicity...
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‘Why Aregbesola deserves second term’
Traditional chiefs of Osogbo in Osun State have said Governor Rauf Aregbesola deserves a second term because of the infrastructural projects embarked upon by his administration. Speaking at the palace...
View ArticleSoldiers arrest three with pistols in Offa
The Assistant Director Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Augustine Bello, on Sunday, said soldiers arrested three persons in Offa, Kwara State, with...
View ArticleJournalist sues NRC for N50m over assault
A photojournalist, Mr. Babatunde Ogundeji, has sued the Nigerian Railway Corporation at the Federal High Court Ikeja for the assault he suffered at the terminus office in Ikeja, Lagos on August 13,...
View ArticleTension in Enugu over herdsmen attack
A bloodbath may be imminent in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State after Fulani herdsmen allegedly robbed and raped women in the area some days ago. The PUNCH also learnt that two residents...
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LASTMA arrests ex-employee for impersonation
A dismissed official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has been arrested by the provost unit of the agency for operating illegally and parading himself as an official of LASTMA. A statement...
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Let there be light!
You know that feeling. It is late evening and you’re on your way home, and the most significant prayer on your lips is: “Dear God, let there be light at home.” Because life is just so different –...
View ArticleACN asks FG to come clean on state of the economy
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has challenged the federal government to be honest with Nigerians on the state of the nation’s economy, saying all indications are that things are not as rosy as...
View ArticleAregbesola denies slapping deputy
OSOGBO — Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has denied ever slapping his deputy, Mrs. Grace Tomori, stressing that the rumor was aimed at causing disaffection capable of destabilising the state....
View ArticleOyo to pay N1.2bn compensation on roads
The Oyo State Government is to begin the payment of compensation to those affected by the ongoing road dualisation in Ibadan, the state capital and other major towns in the state. The state...
View ArticleEx-militants want EFCC to probe alleged fraud in amnesty office
WARRI — No fewer than 100 former militants in the second phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme have called on Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the Amnesty Office...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspected robber in church, kill 3 others
ABEOKUTA — There was a mild drama, yesterday, when the Police in Ogun State arrested a suspected robber with bullet wounds in a church in Ota, Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state. The robber...
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£3,000 visa bond: FG summons British High Commissioner
A diplomatic row seems to be brewing between Nigeria and the United Kingdom following a proposed policy by the British Government requiring Nigerian travellers to the UK to deposit £3,000 as bond...
View ArticleDon’t impose your daughter on market women –PDP
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been asked to rescind his decision to impose his daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo, as the new leader of market women in the state. Peoples Democratic...
View ArticleSouthwest PDP meets over mini-convention
Southwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders will meet in Lagos today to discuss the proposed mini-national convention to be held next month in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Party...
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Terrorists now pose as security personnel —NSA
National Security Adviser, Alhaji Sambo Dasuki, on Monday in Abuja warned Nigerians to be extra careful when hiring security personnel, saying such measures would circumvent the mistake of recruiting...
View ArticleKeyamo opposes probe into power to prosecute Fani-Kayode
Lagos lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has opposed an inquiry by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court, Lagos, into his power to prosecute former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,...
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Fani-Kayode backs Aliyu for 2015 Presidency
THE search for a standard-bearer for the yet-to-be registered All Progressives Congress may have started as one of its stalwarts and former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the...
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