Five million Boko Haram victims need food in N/East – Red Cross
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that more than five million victims of the Boko Haram terrorism in the North-East are in dire need of food. The ICRC, which...
View ArticleOsinbajo appoints new acting chairmen for NPC, CCB, ICPC
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has appointed acting chairmen for the National Pension Commission, the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other...
View ArticleGlo Laffta Fest to hold in FESTAC
Popular comedy show, Glo Laffta Fest, is set to hold in the FESTAC area of Lagos. The show, which has been held in various parts of the country in the past, will see top Nigerian comedians like...
View ArticleFirm tasks breastfeeding mothers on proper hygiene
Jesusegun Alagbe Reckitt Benckiser, makers of Dettol, has urged nursing mothers to embrace good hygiene practice during breastfeeding. A statement quoted the company as saying this recently at a...
View ArticleOsun Osogbo Festival ends with fanfare
Kunle Falayi with agency report The annual Osun Osogbo Festival ended on Friday with masqueraders, monarchs and traditionalists paying homage to the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, at the...
View ArticleAnambra tricycle operators protest revenue agents’ alleged extortion
Tony Okafor, Awka COMMERCIAL tricycle operators in Anambra State plying the Owerri/Main Market route in Onitsha on Friday took to the streets of Awka, the state capital, protesting alleged extortion...
View ArticleNavy provides accommodation for 30 ratings in Calabar
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Friday provided accommodation to 30 naval ratings at the command’s headquarters in Calabar, Cross River State. Flag Officer...
View ArticleTotal trains 51 N’Delta youths against cultism, other vices
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Total E & P Nigeria Limited on Thursday declared open a two-week camping programme for 51 youths to address the growing trend of social vices in the Niger Delta region. The...
View ArticlePolice disperse protesting IPOB members in Port Harcourt
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt POLICE operatives on Friday dispersed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra who had converged on First Artillery axis of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It...
View ArticleDon identifies poor leadership as bane of N’Delta devt
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa A Professor of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Prof. Ibaba Ibaba, has identified the absence of committed and patriotic followership and leadership as one of...
View ArticleWe’ve shown we can solve Nigeria’s problems, says Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said the present administration, since its inception on May 29, 2015, had proved to Nigerians that it could solve the...
View ArticleLassa fever: Another doctor infected in Lagos as Kwara confirms case
Bukola Adebayo and Success Nwogu Another doctor has tested positive for Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba. The Chief Medical Director, Prof. Chris Bode, who confirmed the...
View Article2009 agreement: NLC tackles Obasanjo, says his claims not based on facts
Fidelis Soriwei and Adelani Adepegba The Nigeria Labour Congress said that the claim by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the government was stampeded into the 2009 agreement with the Academic...
View ArticleDefection: Atiku, Kwankwaso, others await Buhari’s decision on 2019 poll...
Niyi Odebode, Femi Atoyebi, Olusola Fabiyi and Eniola Akinkuotu There are strong indications that some top members of the All Progressives Congress are awaiting the decision of President Muhammadu...
View ArticleTwo killed, five injured as hoodlums attack APC secretariat
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Two persons were on Friday confirmed dead and five others injured following an attack on the secretariat of the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. The...
View ArticleIbadan to get 32 new monarchs –Chieftaincy commission
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Judicial Commission of Inquiry for the review of the existing 1957 Declaration of Olubadan of Ibadanland and other related chieftaincies in Ibadanland, set up by Governor...
View ArticleIPOB may reverse no-election order in Anambra
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, may reverse the no-election order he issued in Anambra State, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Kanu, who met with the...
View ArticleAdeboye visits ailing Buhari in London
Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu The General Overseer Worldwide, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Abuja House, London....
View Article#ResumeOrResign: Nigerians in UK hold all-night protest against Buhari
Jesusegun Alagbe and Tunde Ajaja Some Nigerians in the United Kingdom on Friday concluded arrangement to hold an all-night protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s long absence from Nigeria at the...
View ArticleLawyers, opposition slam Osinbajo for slow response
Olalekan Adetayo, Gbenro Adeoye, Jesusegun Alagbe and Tunde Ajaja Lawyers and opposition parties have slammed Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for failing to address national issues — such as calls for...
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