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Rivers Crisis: 8 govs visit Amaechi, urge him to meet Jonathan
Port Harcourt - A delegation of eight governors has advised, Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers, to personally visit President Goodluck Jonathan and brief him of the poor security situation of state. They...
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Punch Editor, Miss Ogunseye Shortlisted For CNN Awards
The Editor, Sunday PUNCH, Miss Toyosi Ogunseye, has been named among the 27 finalists in the prestigious CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2013 Awards. Ogunseye, a previous winner of the award in the...
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BREAKING NEWS: Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo ‘attacked in prison’
Terror suspect Michael Adebolajo, one of the men accused of murdering Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, is believed to have been attacked in prison. Reports claim the 28-year-old, of Romford in Essex, was...
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Wage law: NLC mobilises workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress has commenced mobilisation of workers across the country for a possible showdown over the move to remove the National Minimum Wage Law from the exclusive list to the...
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Amaechi’s expulsion: PDP overheating polity, instigating anarchy – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of being unrelenting in its determination to overheat the polity and set the country on fire, if that will satisfy one man’s personal ambition...
View ArticleJune 12 re-echoes as Mark, Oshiomhole, Ihedioha, others mourn Legogie
By Simon Ebegbulem SENATE President, Senator David Mark, Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, led other dignitaries to the burial of the former...
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Vigilante boss, others arrested for kidnapping In Delta
The Nigerian police command in Delta State has paraded three members of a vigilante group for allegedly kidnapping a three year old boy, Destiny Osanebi. The suspects, Ogun Goddey (45), Ijeoma Uzor...
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Rivers crisis: Wike, others visit injured lawmaker
The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Saturday led prominent leaders in Rivers State to visit the injured member of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Michael Chinda, in a London...
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Enugu 2015: Chime, Ekweremadu in power tussle
Ahead of the 2015 governorship election, geopolitical tensions are developing following a recent pronouncement by Governor Sullivan Chime that his successor would come from Nsukka Cultural zone....
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We’re ready to receive Amaechi – Presidency
The Presidency on Friday said it was in the best interest of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State to heed the advice of the All Progressives Congress governors asking him to meet President Goodluck...
View ArticleThey’re after my life, Rev Father cries out
The dispute between the Roman Catholic Church and the Awka community of Umudioka over the performance of dust-to-dust burial rites has taken a dangerous dimension with the Cathedral Administrator, Rev....
View ArticleNDLEA seizes N2bn drugs in six months
At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos alone, the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it had seized 253.390kg of hard drugs between January and June 2013. The street value of the...
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Electrician recovers Gov. Akpabio’s missing dollars; gets N1m reward
The missing dollars were actually removed by a driver, and concealed in an air conditioner. Bundles of mint-fresh dollars, valued at over $250,000 (about N40 million), which reportedly disappeared late...
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Turaki-Led Presidential C’ttee On Boko Haram A Huge Scam, Says Huriwa
A non-governmental organization, Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately disband the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and...
View ArticleNasararear ready for Jonathan’s visit
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State said on Tuesday that all was set to receive President Goodluck Jonathan in the state on July 29. The governor stated this when he led other top government...
View ArticleChild marriage: exercise caution on constitution amendment, lawyers warn senate
Lagos – Some prominent lawyers, among others, on Monday, advised the Nigerian Senate to exercise caution in the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The lawyers spoke in separate interviews with...
View ArticleASUU Strike: ‘No Work No Pay’ Threat Not Enough To End Strike
As the ongoing national strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters the third week, the union has said that the threat of no-work-no-pay by the government would not make it suspend...
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Oshiomhole: Nigeria treading dangerous grounds
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Going by recent developments in the nation’s political terrains, Nigeria is treading on dangerous grounds that could threaten its existence, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State...
View ArticlePDP suspends Fayose
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has announced the suspension of former Governor Ayo Fayose from the party indefinitely. Ogundipe also suspended the Secretary of the Party,...
View ArticleAnglican head warns desperate husband seekers
Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communnion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has urged young unmarried women not to be desperate in seeking life partners. He particularly warned them against...
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