Jude Egbas: Aso Villa Demo Day capable of sparking an innovation boom
There’s something immediately gratifying about listening to and watching young people show off their innovative ideas, in an era of plunging oil prices and last ditch attempts at diversification. Each...
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Fani Kayode remanded in prison [PHOTOS]
Fani Kayode was arraigned alongside Nenadi Esther Usman, Danjuma Yusuf and Jointrust Dimensions Nigeria Limited on Tuesday. They appeared before Justice M. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court Lagos,...
View Article‘There’s a clear attempt to kill me’| Ekweremadu writes the UN
Deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu, has taken his case to the United Nations (UN), European Union and the United States; addressing a letter to the aforementioned to the effect that there’s a...
View ArticleKwara APC slams Buhari, backs Saraki
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter, has thrown its weight behind beleaguered senate president Bukola Saraki; who has been dragged before two courts in the land and who has spent...
View ArticleWhy Buhari ordered for the arrest of his close friend Umar
Mr Mohammed Umar, a close ally of president Muhammadu Buhari and a key member of the panel investigating the mismanagement of public funds meant for the war against Boko Haram, has made his way into...
View ArticleBello emerged Kogi governor for a purpose–Kumuyi
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry Worldwide, Pastor Williams F. Kumuyi, has said the emergence of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as Kogi governor was orchestrated by God for a...
View ArticleJUST IN: Court dismisses Fani Kayode’s fundamental rights suit against FG
An Abuja high court has just thrown away the fundamental rights suit filed by Femi Fani-Kayode over his continued detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former aviation...
View ArticleSoyinka: What exactly do Obasanjo and Buhari mean when they say sovereignty...
Nobel Prize laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has stated that Nigerians need to strip the federal government of its enormous power. In an interview granted Punch, Soyinka said that the over...
View ArticleNigerian musician disappears after releasing song lashing politicians for...
A popular musician in the North East has gone missing just days after releasing a scathing song accusing local lawmakers of corruption, police and family said Wednesday. Ado Dahiru Daukaka went...
View ArticleCourt sacks Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP chairman
The game of musical chairs in Nigeria’s major opposition party, the PDP, shows little sign of easing off with the FCT high court this afternoon axing Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP chairman and annulling the...
View ArticleNOISE MAKERS: Lagos shuts down 70 churches, 20 mosques for noise pollution
The Lagos State Government has shut down 70 churches, 20 mosques and about 11 hotels, club houses and beer parlours in a move aimed at reducing the level of noise in the state. Mr Bola Shabi, the...
View ArticleThe story of how hoodlums smashed BRT buses in Lagos today
The Lagos State Government has clarified the misconception surrounding the unfortunate incident where a street hawker was knocked down by an oncoming truck at Maryland Bus Stop on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleProtest by local government workers: Our story–Kwara state
Dr Muideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kwara State on Media and Communication, has explained why there was a seeming standoff between local government workers in the state...
View ArticleFormer minister Ojo Madueke is dead
Former minister of foreign affairs, Ojo Madueke, has passed on. He was 71 years of age. Madueke was famously called the “bicycle riding minister” during the Olusegun Obasanjo era, which he served as...
View ArticleFG to Saraki, Ekweremadu: You may want to consider resigning your positions
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has advised the senate president, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, to leave National Assembly out of their court...
View ArticleIPOB elders want you to know they have nothing to do with Avengers and Nnamdi...
By Tony Okafor, for Punch The Supreme Council of Elders of Indigenous People Of Biafra on Wednesday disowned the Niger Delta Avengers and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of...
View ArticleJUST IN: Suit challenging the authenticity of Buhari’s WASC certificate has...
Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaiwe, the Abuja based lawyer, has withdrawn his suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari for doctoring his West African Senior Certificate (WASC). The suit was premised on the...
View ArticleFG declares Tuesday and Wednesday public holidays
The Federal Government has declared July 5 and 6, 2016 as public holiday to mark Eid-el Fitri Celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), who made the declaration on...
View ArticleMetuh says in support of Buhari’s anti-corruption war, he’s returning the...
A former spokesperson of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has expressed his readiness to return the N400m for which he’s being prosecuted. Metuh has been on trial at the federal high court in Abuja for...
View ArticleIn Abia, INEC hands Uche Ogah governorship certificate of return
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued the Certificate of Return to Mr Uche Ogah as the Governor of Abia State. Newswirengr reports that INEC’s Director of Publicity, Oluwole...
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