National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said the party was formed so that Nigerians from all walks of life and social station will gather under one tent to develop the nation on the basis of equity and shared prosperity. Tinubu, who stated this on Saturday shortly after he was awarded an …
For 36 year-old Mrs Mercy Nnamdi, life can never be the same for her again, she was maimed with hot iron in Ago, Okota area of Lagos, over her husband’s allegation that she was sleeping with his father, life could never have been more cruel. I was fast asleep when I was woken up by…
The Federal Government has spent at least N260bn on ex-Niger Delta militants between 2009 and 2013 through both the amnesty programme and oil pipeline protection deals, SUNDAY PUNCH investigations have shown. About N248bn has been spent through the amnesty programme to pay monthly stipends to ex-militants and on their training, both in the country and abroad.…
The incident happened Saturday at Okpara Square, Umuahia, Abia state, the venue of the rally which was designed to officially declare Governor T.A Orji’s Senatorial ambition ahead of the 2015 general election. The deceased who was identified as Mr. John Ndubuka, a planning officer with the Abia State Government House Umuahia as well as a…
Residents of a northeast Nigerian town said Saturday hundreds of them have fled their homes for fear of attacks by Boko Haram militants who killed 43 people this week in a nearby village.About 400 men fled Bama on Friday to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, 35 kilometres (22 miles) away following warnings from residents of…
Worried by the volume of oil theft in the Niger Delta region, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has advocated the award of contracts for the protection of pipelines to contractors within the host communities as a way of curbing the scourge. His suggestion came in the wake of revelations that Nigeria has been losing $6…
The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has lamented the rising cases of drug abuse by young girls in the state and advised parents to inculcate sound morals in their children and wards. The command who insisted that routine guidance and monitoring of their children and wards will serve as sure…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has declared that the Federal Government was waging war against its citizens with the reduction in the monthly allocations to states and local governments. Speaking, yesterday, in Ejigbo, Osun State, at the commencement of a retreat organised for members of the state House of Assembly on the 2014 Budget,…
Nigeria’s central bank said it has adequate reserves to keep defending the naira as the slumping currency prompted a selloff of the country’s stocks, with the all-share gauge posting the world’s worst performance today. “There is a great need to defend the currency because we don’t want volatility,” Central Bank of Nigeria Deputy Governor Sarah Alade…
The Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, on Saturday said the unity of Nigeria remains sacrosanct as he pledges that the traditional institution will continue to work toward keeping the country united. The Emir spoke when President Goodluck Jonathan paid him homage in his palace in Kano. The President was in Kano on an official visit…