I owe only one month’s salary, says Al-Makura
UMAR MUHAMMED The Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura, has said his administration owes the state’s civil servants only one month’s salary. Al-Makura, who said this while declaring open a five-day...
View ArticleTunisia dethrone D’Tigers in Afrobasket final
’TANA AIYEJINA Nigeria’s men basketball national team D’Tigers were dethroned as African Champions on Saturday, after a 77-65 defeat to co-hosts Tunisia in the final of the 2017 Afrobasket...
View ArticleOndo govt adopts mentally challenged woman’s newborn
PETER DADA The Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has said it will take care of a newborn baby of a mentally challenged woman found on the street at Ilu Tuntun. While confirming the adoption...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputy, others dump PDP for APC
Ovie Okpare Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, the deputy of the sacked National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, and other members of the party have defected to the All Progressives...
View ArticleMoon, Trump vow stronger pressure against North Korea
US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart have pledged “stronger pressure” on Pyongyang, Seoul said Sunday, after North Korea defied tough new sanctions with a missile test and said...
View ArticleThugs attack Igbo traders in Sokoto
Adeniyi Olugbemi Palpable fear gripped residents of Sokoto State as some youths, on Saturday, attacked Igbo traders in the state. The incident, which visibly shook Igbo merchants on Bello Way and Emir...
View ArticleFrench journalist freed by Turkey to arrive in Paris Sunday
A young French journalist held on terror charges in Turkey for more than seven weeks was headed to Paris on Sunday after being freed, according to Reporters Without Borders. “Loup Bureau is on board...
View ArticleAUDIO: Trafficked Nigerian woman begs to be repatriated
A Nigerian woman in Oman, a country on the Arabian peninsula, has passionately cried out to Nigerian authorities for help. In an audio shared on social media, whose authenticity could not be verified...
View ArticleIgbo won’t support secession, we remain united says Okorocha
Gibson Achonu Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said no Igbo person will support any secession or division in the country. The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, according...
View ArticleHerdsmen still disturbing me, says Falae
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, has praised the efforts of Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, to stop the nefarious activities of herdsmen in the state. The...
View ArticleBishop Kukah reconciles Uduaghan, Utomi
Ovie Okpare The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has reconciled with Prof. Patrick Utomi after months of verbal attacks over the financial state of Delta. SUNDAY PUNCH...
View ArticleDelta: Police arrest two for killing five in Hausa district
Ovie Okpare No fewer than five persons have been killed in Asaba, the Delta State capital, when unknown gunmen, on Friday, attacked a Hausa settlement near the popular Abraka Market. SUNDAY PUNCH...
View ArticleSecurity scare forces BA flight to evacuate in Paris
A London-bound British Airways flight was evacuated at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport on Sunday due to a security scare, but was later cleared for take-off, the airport’s operator said. A spokesman...
View ArticleFrench reporter returns home after Turkish terror charges
The young French journalist Loup Bureau arrived back in Paris on Sunday, “tired but relieved”, after being detained for more than seven weeks in a Turkish jail on terror charges. The 27-year-old’s...
View ArticleArmy to launch Operation Crocodile in S’South, S’West
Olaleye Aluko As Operation Python Dance in the South-East region continues to generate controversy, the Nigerian Army said on Saturday that it would launch an operation, Crocodile Smile II, which would...
View ArticleBomb explosion kills four in Afghanistan market
Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in an explosion at a mobile phone market in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest attack to hit the war-weary country. The...
View ArticleKuwait gives North Korean envoy one month to leave
US ally Kuwait has given North Korea’s ambassador a month to leave the Gulf state and will downgrade its diplomatic representation with Pyongyang, a senior Kuwaiti diplomat told AFP Sunday. North...
View ArticleBomb kills six in northwest Pakistan
A roadside bomb killed a local government official and five policemen on Sunday in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The blast took place in the town of...
View ArticleIPOB: Senate to meet security chiefs
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said the Senate would meet with security chiefs to chart a path for resolution of contentious issues engendering tension in the South-East. He said that...
View ArticleIPOB members will be prosecuted for murder, arson — Abia CP
The new Police Commissioner in Abia state, Mr Anthony Ogbizi, has said that suspected members of Indigenous People of Biafra, recently arrested, will be prosecuted for murder, arson and other related...
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