Adeleke tackles begging
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Chairman of the Springtime Development Board, Dr. Deji Adeleke, has said his empowerment programme for the physically-challenged persons in Osun State is aimed at...
View Article‘Educate, keep youths off the streets’
Sesan Olufowobi A socio-development group, Epe Renaissance 2015, has called for concerted efforts to keep the youth off the streets by educating them. The President of the ER2015, Mr. Abiodun Muritala,...
View ArticleGroups educate Plateau women on maternal/child care
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Two non-governmental organisations, Manumar Foundation and SIlver Lining for the Needy Initiative, have held an enlightenment programme on maternal and child health in Kwombe,...
View ArticleAdebule, Amosun advise NASFAT women on moral value
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, and the wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, have urged women to instil moral values in their children in order to...
View ArticleOlubadan chieftaincy: Akintola hails Ajimobi over review
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Prominent lawyer, Niyi Akintola (SAN), on Sunday commended the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, for establishing a commission that reviewed the Ibadan Chieftaincy declaration...
View ArticleGaladimawa residents storm AEDC office over outage, ‘crazy bills’
Tunji Obasa, Abuja Residents of Galadimawa Village in the Gudu area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday stormed the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company office to protest erratic power...
View ArticlePDP, APC clash over restructuring
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Sunday disagreed on the clamour by Nigerians for the restructuring of the country. While the PDP expressed its...
View ArticleKatsina police begin manhunt for five cattle rustlers
Olaide Oyelude, Katsina The police in Katsina have launched a manhunt for five suspected cattle rustlers who stole 119 cows and 48 sheep in Sabon Birni forest in Kaduna State. The suspects, who were...
View ArticleFG, states agree on special courts for hate speech, others
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal and state governments have agreed to designate special courts for the purposes of prosecuting purveyors of hate speeches as well as suspected terrorists and...
View ArticleBribe taker list: NJC faults, rejects UNODC, NBS’ report
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Nigerian Judicial Council has rejected a recent report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes in conjunction with the National Bureau of Statistics grading...
View ArticlePresidency, Senate in fresh war over new appointees
Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu and Ade Adesomoju Another crisis over political appointees has begun between the Presidency and the Senate. The PUNCH gathered on Sunday that the Presidency and the...
View ArticleCultists attack mourners, kill one, injure seven in A’Ibom
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo SOME unidentified gunmen, suspected to be cult members, invaded Udianga Enem Community in the Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday and opened fire on a group...
View ArticleWike, Fayose, Ugwuanyi in Anambra for PDP congress
Tony Okafor, Awka Three Peoples Democratic Party governors arrived in Anambra State on Sunday night for the state congress slated for Monday (today). The congress is a build-up to the November 18...
View ArticlePresidency planning Dasuki treatment for me – Adoke
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The immediate past Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), says the Presidency is planning to arrest and detain him in perpetuity like the immediate past...
View ArticleStrike: ASUU zonal leaders meet to discuss FG’s offers today
Adelani Adepegba , Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Monday (today) to deliberate on the offers made by the Federal Government last Thursday in Abuja. It was gathered on...
View ArticleNiger parents accuse state of diverting children’s WASSCE fees
Enyioha Opara, Minna There are indications that parents of over 15,000 candidates who sat for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Niger State may be planning a showdown...
View Article‘Strange disease’ in Kogi is gastroenteritis, says commissioner
Bukola Adebayo and Gbenga Odogun The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Audu, has said that the strange disease that has killed 62 persons in the state has been identified to be...
View Article12 killed in Lagos boat accident
Sesan Olufowobi No fewer than 12 persons died on Sunday in a boat accident in the Ilashe area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the boat capsized shortly after leaving an unauthorised jetty. The...
View ArticleLASG shuts illegal plank market
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Government on Sunday ordered the immediate closure of an illegal plank market in Oko-Baba Extension in the Yaba Local Council Development Area of the state. The government...
View ArticleMilitary’s unitary constitution created problems for Nigeria – Yoruba leaders
Oladimeji Ramon A group of Yoruba elders on Sunday blamed the socio-economic woes of the country on the 1966 military intervention, particularly the introduction of the unitary constitution in place of...
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