Idowu Isamotu IIbrahim Musa Giginyu Almost a week after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) nabbed the embattled Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, for allegedly diverting…
OSINBAJO IN KATSINA, WOOS DELEGATES, SEE PICS
*PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo In Katsina, Woos Delegates* In continuation of his consultation with delegates across the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Katsina on Saturday. The vice president and his…
WE ARE STRONGLY BEHIND YOU, KATSINA EMIR ASSURES OSINBAJO
*We Are Strongly Behind You, Emir of Kastina Tells VP Osinbajo* The Emir of Katsina, HRM Alhaji Abdulmuminu Kabir Usman, has given a strong backing to the aspiration of Vice…
PASTOR KUMUYI CANCELS ABA CRUSADE OVER IPOB THREAT
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has cancelled his planned crusade in Aba, Abia State, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that Kumuyi…
ACCOMMODATION SEEKER DISAPPEARS WITH THREE CHILDREN IN RIVERS
Dennis Naku There was pandemonium in Igbo-Etche, in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State after an unidentified woman allegedly searching for accommodation fled with three siblings. It was…
POLITICIANS BUY DOLLARS FOR PRIMARIES, SCARCITY HIT MANUFACTURERS
ODINAKA ANUDU and TUNDE AJAJA As the naira continues its free fall against the dollar, manufacturers in the country have lamented the worsening scarcity of the United States currency, saying…
APC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO EMERGE BY CONSENSUS AS BUHARI MEETS TINUBU, OSINBAJO, AMAECHI, OTHERS
ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN, ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE, STEPHEN ANGBULU, ADEYINKA ADEDIPE and OLAIDE OYELUD The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) All the presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress,…
KANO POLICE INTERCEPTS VEHICLE LOADED BOMB MAKING DEVICES AND GUNS
Police in Kano have intercepted a car loaded with bomb-making devices and two AK47 rifles in Kano. A statement by spokesman for the command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said the crackdown followed…
NO PLANS TO REPLACE NAIRA, CBN CLEARS THE AIR
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disowned reports that it was planning to replace the Naira notes in circulation with digital currency, the eNaira. The Director, Corporate Communications Department…
ABDUCTED ANAMBRA LAWMAKER FOUND BEHEADED BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN
Anambra Kidnapped lawmaker okoye Beheaded by IPOB UGM
FOLORUNSO ALAKIJA’S MULTIBILLION NAIRA 22-FLOOR TOWER READY
Apostle Folorunso Alakija is unarguably one of the female entrepreneurs in the world taking charge of their financial futures and changing the rules of the game. Although their net worth…
56 PEOPLE EATING NIGERIA LIKE TERMITES, ABACHA’S CSO, AL MUSTAPHA REVEALS
Mohammed I. Yaba Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), former Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, has alleged that some persons are “eating Nigeria like termites”. Al-Mustapha said this…
CATHOLIC CHURCH SUSPENDS PRIEST FOR JOINING BENUE APC GUBER RACE
Hope Abah Emmanuel The Catholic Diocese of Gboko in Benue State has announced the suspension of Reverend Father, Hycainth Alia, for expressing interest in the governorship contest of the state.…
2023 PRESIDENCY: FIELDING NORTHERN CANDIDATES WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES, CLARK, ADEBANJO, OBIOZOR WARN APC, PDP
Godfrey George Ayu and Adamu Leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum have again warned the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party that fielding northerners as…
SEE PICS FROM ARTHUR NZERIBE’S BURIAL IN IMO
The funeral of Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe (Ogbuagu, Oshiji Damanze Oyimba) at Sacred heart Catholic Church Oguta, Imo State. He died on May 08 due to an undisclosed ailment
EX-SPEAKER, PATRICIA ETTEH REGAINS FREEDOM
Etteh The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday released Patricia Etteh, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives on administrative bail after three days of interrogation, THE WITNESS learnt. She…
PASTOR INJURED, HOUSES BURNT AS PROTESTS OVER BLASPHEMY ROCKS BAUCHI
A pastor has allegedly been injured and many houses burnt by irate youths who went on the rampage over alleged blasphemy in the Katangan area of Warji Local Government Area…
GUNMEN ABDUCT KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN, AIDE, KILL ADC
Gunmen suspected to be bandits shot dead Alhassan Habeeb, an orderly to the Executive Chairman of Keffi Local Government Council. It was gathered that the deceased was killed by the…
80BILLION AGF FRAUD: MORE HEADS TO ROLL AS EFCC BATTLE TO RECOVER LOOT FROM SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES, UK, OTHERS
Suspended Accountant-General invested stolen funds in UAE, UK, Scandinavian countries, as EFCC battles to recover loot ■ How Senate Committee’s 7-year negligence aided sleaze Few days after operatives of the…
1.3BILLION NAIRA INTERNET FRAUD: COURT JAILS TWO FRAUDSTERS IN BENIN
Court Jails Two Internet Fraudsters for N1.3 billion Fraud in Benin ….Forfeits vehicle, landed property to FG Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin-City on…