Trouble averted at Osogbo praying ground
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Eid-Kabir prayer at the Oke Baale Muslim Praying Ground in Osogbo, Osun State, was almost disrupted following a crisis that erupted between a prominent Islamic leader in...
View ArticleSallah tragedy: Vehicle rams into worshippers, three dead, scores injured
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Two Muslim worshippers were on Friday killed while scores of others sustained various degrees of injury when a vehicle rammed into them during the Eid-el-Kabir prayer at the...
View ArticleStrike: Osinbajo not leading negotiation with ASUU, says aide
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not taken over Federal Government’s negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, contrary to media reports. The Senior Special...
View ArticleEx-Edo Speaker disowns lawyer over anti-Oshiomhole comment
Alexander Okere, Benin A former Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has distanced herself from a statement by her lawyer calling for the prosecution of an...
View ArticleEkiti Muslims demand gov ticket from Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Muslims in Ekiti State have asked Governor Ayodele Fayose to consider fielding a Muslim governorship candidate from his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the 2018...
View ArticleI can’t stop Ladoja to become Olubadan —Ajimobi
Olufem Atoyebi, Ibadan Oyo State Governor, AbiolaAjimobi, on Friday said he had no power to stop the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, from becoming the Olubadan. The governor said this after...
View ArticleBiafra: Police deploy more personnel in S’East, S’South …vow to stop Kanu...
Adelani Adepegba, Ifeanyi Onuba and Ihuoma Chiedozie The police have increased the numerical strength of their personnel in the South-East and South-South zones of the country as part of measures to...
View ArticleUS nurse arrested for not giving police patient’s blood
Police in the US state of Utah have launched an investigation after video footage showed an officer forcibly arresting a nurse for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient. At least two...
View ArticleHow Boko Haram killed 11 in Borno IDPs’ camp
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado-Ekiti Boko Haram jihadists killed 11 people on Friday in a raid on a camp for civilians displaced by the Islamist group’s insurgency, military and vigilante sources told Agence...
View ArticleFalana insists CJs free to release inmates
Tunde Ajaja Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, (SAN), has said he maintains his earlier position that the Chief Justice of Nigeria and chief judges are empowered by law to conduct prison visits and...
View ArticleKenyan court ruling good for Africa’s democracy –SANs
Ade Adesomoju, Gbenro Adeoye and Jesusegun Alagbe Some Senior Advocates of Nigeria have hailed the judgment of Kenya’s Supreme Court that annulled the result of last month’s presidential election in...
View ArticleFlood: NEMA deploys more humanitarian officers in Benue
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced that it had deployed more humanitarian officers to Benue State to support residents affected by the recent flood,...
View ArticleAbdusalami, Amosun, JNI seek prayers, support for Buhari
Samuel Awoyinfa and Godwin Isenyo A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam have called on Nigerians to...
View ArticleFUT Minna sacks seven dons, 121 others
Enyioha Opara, Minna The Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, has fired seven professors, its chief security officer and 120 casual workers. Findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the...
View ArticleKenya media hail ‘bombshell’ court ruling to annul vote
Kenya’s press on Saturday praised the Supreme Court decision to annul last month’s presidential poll as a hard-fought victory for the rule of law, and sign of a maturing democracy. Pointing to...
View ArticleNurse arrested for not giving police patient’s blood
Police in the US state of Utah have launched an investigation after video footage showed an officer forcibly arresting a nurse for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient. At least two...
View ArticleSuicide bombers kill 7 in attack on Iraq power plant
Suicide bombers killed seven people and wounded 12 in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security official said. Armed with grenades and wearing explosives belts, three...
View ArticleVIDEO: Ondo policeman brutalises man for not allowing him to shunt queue at ATM
For clinging to his rights to use the ATM machine on a first-come-first-served basis, an unidentified man was brutalised by a policeman and other accomplices in Akure Ondo State on Friday. A video...
View ArticleDespite recession, states, others spend over N136.5bn on Hajj
Gbenro Adeoye and Jesusegun Alagbe At least N136.5bn has been spent on Hajj in 2017 by state governments and individuals despite the current recession in the country, Saturday PUNCH investigation has...
View ArticleSeven schoolgirls killed in dorm fire in Kenya
Seven teenage girls died in a fire at a Nairobi school dormitory on Saturday, and 10 others were injured, according to Kenya’s education minister. “We have lost seven students in this unfortunate...
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