THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last night received the enrolled order of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Bayelsa State governorship election. The judgment nullified the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate David Lyon. The electoral agency will meet today to determine the candidate who scored the majority of the lawful votes […]

Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the state House of Assembly to invoke Section 190 Sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and transmit power to the Deputy Governor, Haruna Manu. This followed the absence of Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku from the state for the past 55 days. The […]

AS the row over restriction of okada and keke on some routes in Lagos continues, Eze Ndigbo and Chairman Council of Eze Ndigbo in Lagos, Christian Uchechukwu Nwachukwu has said the move by the government would save life and property. Eze Nwachukwu spoke yesterday at the Igbo Community Centre in Okota, Isolo, Lagos. He stressed […]

• Bill on security outfit scales second readings in Ekiti, Oyo Assemblies • Ogun Assembly receives law on security network The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday insisted that Amotekun could not be a regional security outfit, stressing that each state is entitled to have its own security platform as backed by the law. Adamu […]

• Confirms 472 cases, 14 health workers affected • NACA explains prevalence of HIV/AIDS among youths The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 472 cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed, while 70 deaths have been recorded in 92 council areas of 26 states between January and February 9, 2020. It also […]

Reactions have continued to trail yesterda’s judgement of the Supreme Court that sacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor-elect in the November 16,2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State. The Peoples Democratic Party had filed an appeal at the apex court challenging the joint candidature of Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eriemienyo, on the ground […]

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 […]