‘Why Kaduna is vulnerable to attacks despite military presence’ • Terrorists raid military base, kill 17 soldiers in Kaduna• Reps, Amaechi, service chiefs meet, pledge to turn tide on insecurity Members of the National Assembly, yesterday, resumed plenary, placing last week’s terrorist attack on a Kaduna-bound train on the front burner. While the leadership of … [Read more…]
SSS, police summon clerics to regulate their preaching The police commissioner in Borno, Abdu Umar, has urged Islamic clerics to use the period of Ramadan fast to preach unity and peaceful coexistence in the state. Mr Umar gave the charge during the stakeholders’ meeting to regulate preaching on Tuesday in Maiduguri. The meeting was convened … [Read more…]
Enugu 2023: The Governorship Seat calls for Dr. Kingsley Udeh [Viewpoint] …the odd favours him to win By Kenneth Okey Anozie In every season of political contest, there are men and women whose kernel the gods have cracked as the political system throws them up to become the cynosure of all eyes, while the political … [Read more…]
PDP Govs flay Garba Shehu over comment on communiqué The governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic on Monday berated Garba Shehu, the spokesman for the President, Muhammadu Buhari, over his comment on their communiqué. The governors had on March 23, in Abia State, chronicled the dire living conditions of Nigerians in the Buhari … [Read more…]
Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has fired back at the General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, for stating that the Igbo were a cursed people and could not rule Nigeria yet. Okorocha said that the Igbo were not Nigeria’s problem, rather they were an asset to the country since … [Read more…]
House of Representatives, Tuesday, resolved to investigate the sharp increase in the price of diesel also known as AGO. It therefore mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Petroleum Resources (Upstream), and Gas Resources to handle the assignment with a view to ensuring that a reasonable price is fixed to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians. … [Read more…]
Makinde backs PDP consensus arrangement after Saraki, Tambuwal’s visit Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has obviously thrown his weight behind the PDP’s plan to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 election by consensus arrangement. The governor said on Tuesday that the presidential candidate of the party would be someone that had “everybody’s buy-in.” He … [Read more…]
PANDEF, Ohaneze, Middle Belt Forum, fumes as PDP throws Presidential ticket open The zoning committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, contrary to the expectation of its southern members, has recommended an open race for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. The party’s 37-person zoning committee, which took the decision at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, … [Read more…]
Updated: Why PDP threw open 2023 presidential ticket As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants; The PUNCH has learned. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source … [Read more…]
Just In: PDP reportedly throws open 2023 presidential ticket As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants; The PUNCH has learned. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a … [Read more…]
One of the investors in the crashed Ponzi scheme, Chinmark Group, identified simply as Nuella has died days after she reportedly attempted suicide. The PUNCH had on March 21 2022 reported that about 4,500 aggrieved investors lashed the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Chinmark Group, Marksman Ijiomah, over unpaid funds invested in the company despite many deadlines … [Read more…]
Leader of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, and Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, said yesterday that any government that cannot provide security for its citizens had no moral justification to exist. He spoke on a day the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, asked the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of … [Read more…]