A former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been awarded Zambia’s highest award, the Order of the Eagle by President Hakainde Hichilema. Two former Presidents, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone also got similar honour at the colourful ceremony on Thursday, in Lusaka, the country’s capital. Obasanjo’s Special Assistant … [Read more…]
12 years after sack, Ugwuanyi reinstates Labour leader, Osmond Ugwu A Coalition of Civil Society Workers and Human Rights Defenders, COCSWAHD, has hailed the reinstatement to civil service of their leader, Comrade Osmond Ugwu, who was sacked from the Enugu State Civil Service in 2010 for his mobolisation of workers to insist on the implementation … [Read more…]
ECOWAS Court declares Twitter ban unlawful, cautions Buhari govt The ECOWAS Court has declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration not to repeat it again. This development is coming on the heels of a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned … [Read more…]
Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha, bags 16-year jail term for sexual assault An Ikeja Special Offences Court has convicted embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. In a two-hour judgment, on Thursday, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, convicted Baba Ijesha of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, and handed him … [Read more…]
JUST IN: Kwankwaso picks Lagos pastor, Bishop Idahosa, as running mate Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has chosen Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate for the 2023 general elections. The party made the announcement on the official Twitter page on Thursday. “Our VP Pastor Bishop Isaac … [Read more…]
Loyalists of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have said the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, will not be dropped in spite of criticism over his appointment. Various groups campaigning for the APC’s presidential candidate, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, faulted those, who berated the APC and its standard-bearer over the … [Read more…]
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, said the regulated N165 pump price for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, was no longer realistic. Chairman, MOMAN, Mr Olumide Adeosun, stated this during a virtual consumer protection workshop for oil marketers by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, in Lagos, yesterday. … [Read more…]
Outrage as Tinubu says Labour Party’s ‘Obidients’ will labour till death Some aggrieved Nigerians have expressed their displeasure over the statements made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that Peter Obi’s Labour Party, LP, and others will labour till death. Tinubu, who is also the APC national leader, said Labour … [Read more…]
Chelsea have announced the signing of England winger Raheem Sterling on a five-year contract. Sterling, who penned an emotional farewell message earlier on Thursday, was unveiled in Chelsea jersey via the club’s Twitter page. The pacy English striker brings more fire power to Thomas Tuchel’s side that has endured patches of goal droughts from its … [Read more…]
Buhari has opened door for me to resolve ASUU strike: Tinubu Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says the open lamentation of President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has “opened doors” for him to urgently intervene. Mr Tinubu spoke while … [Read more…]
Ondo Church Massacre: Death toll rises as Akeredolu amends Amotekun law Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has signed into law the first amendment to the Ondo State Security Network Agency Law code named Amotekun as another victim of the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo dies, with 17 others battling for life in the hospital. Mr Akeredolu, who … [Read more…]
PRESIDENT of the Eze Ndi Igbo in Diaspora, Dr. Boniface Ibekwe, has said that the worsening security crisis in the country was disturbing and has assumed a dangerous dimension. Ibekwe also said that urgent measures were needed to deescalate the growing tension occasioned by insecurity and the downturn of the nation’s economy. Speaking in Akure, … [Read more…]