President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the departure of highlife maestro, Dr Victor Olaiya, saying his place in history is guaranteed. President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, noted that the late musician was more than just an entertainer, but also a teacher of life’s lessons. […]
Segun is joined by Architect Peter Agaga, an Integrated Development Consultant & Social Engineer as they take a look at Nigeria & Leadership.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has re-arraigned activist and convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, on a fresh two-count charge of treasonable felony. At the court on Thursday, Aminu Alilu, the prosecution counsel, asked that the previous seven-count charge, which was filed in September 2019, be substituted with the amended charge. Sowore and Olawale Bakare, […]
The Presidency has accused opposition politicians of paying miscreants to boo the presidential motorcade in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Wednesday. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the allegation in an interview with the Hausa Service of the BBC, monitored by The PUNCH in Abuja, on Thursday. […]
A Federal High court sitting in Calabar, on Thursday morning, granted bail to the detained journalist, Agba Jalingo. Justice Sule Shuaibu, granted him N10m bail after he had spent 174 days in detention in both the police cell and Calabar prison. It would be recalled that Mr Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on […]
MORE Houses of Assembly in the Southwest on Wednesday got the drafts of the Bill on Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun. The drafts were transmitted by the executive arms in Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti states for legistive works and passage. The Osun State government, on Tuesday, sent the e-version of the bill to […]
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to ensure that the ongoing rehabilitation of Lagos-Badagry Expressway meets international standard. Sanwo-Olu spoke when he hosted members of the Senate Committee on Works, who visited him at the State House, Alausa Ikeja. They were led by Chairman of the committee, Senator Adamu Aliero. […]
Pandemonium and anxiety enveloped Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, as strange fire erupted in the house of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday night. The house located at Ita-Eko area of Abeokuta was gutted by fire about 9:30pm believed to have been triggered by a power surge. Residents of the area and sympathizers who trooped […]
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Kwara State have pledged their loyalty to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. They said the governor’s leadership style, humility and attachment to the poor are a breath of fresh air. The PDP leaders, who included some suspended council chairmen, women and youth leaders, spoke late on Tuesday when they visited […]
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Slyva, said on Wednesay that about one billion Barrels of Crude oil have been discovered in the Northeast. Sylva spoke at a news conference to end the 2020 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), in Abuja. “The figure we are getting, the jury is not totally out yet, […]