Eha-Amufu Herdsmen attack: Governor Ugwuanyi summons emergency security meeting Following the attack on an Enugu community, Mgbuji autonomous community, Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, the Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has invited stakeholders of the community to an important security meeting. In a Public Service Announcement signed by the … [Read more…]
South East leaders, including zonal and state executives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), select political leaders and elders from across the fstates of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, yesterday, backed the presidential aspiration of Anyim Pius Anyim. They praised the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) for his courage and … [Read more…]
Chinyeaka Ohaa’s Christmas Visit to Enugu East Zone’s Royal Fathers and the Attempt to Distort Fact By Prince Ejeh Josh When the 20th century Nazi politician and chief propagandist of the German’s Third Reich, Paul Joseph Goebbels, was dishonestly creating an aura of falsehood around the defeated and war devastated nazist dictator, Adolf Hitler, through … [Read more…]
The family of the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. has faulted the legal advice by the Director of Public Prosection (DPP), Lagos State, which stated that the suspects in the murder saga had no case to answer. Father of the deceased student of Dowen College, Mr. Sylvester Oromoni, in reaction to the DPP’s advice, … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress national convention may not hold in February as planned as the Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed to The PUNCH that the APC has not informed the commission of any convention. Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act says, “A registered political party shall give the commission at least … [Read more…]
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG has reacted to the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s ban on the consumption of ‘Fulani cows’ (beef) in South-East, calling for a total boycott of all businesses operated by the Igbo all over the North. CNG through its Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said that IPOB’s order issued … [Read more…]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has unveiled the federal government’s strategic initiative for a robust revenue generation that would meet the federal government’s N10. 74 trillion target, with which to fund the 2022 budget. She said at the federal government’s 2022 Budget Public Presentation, in Abuja, on … [Read more…]
A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlight village ground, it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because … [Read more…]
Nnamdi Kanu: He should defend himself in court, I can’t release him – Buhari file photo: The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, should defend himself in court for peddling false information about his regime while … [Read more…]
New Tax, Sugar Tax, to be paid on non-alcoholic Drinks-Finance Minister Ms Ahmed said the new ‘Sugar Tax’ was introduced to raise revenues for health related expenditures in line with the 2022 budget priorities. An excise duty of N10 per litre will now be charged on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages, finance minister Zainab … [Read more…]
Just In: Finally, FG declares bandits as terrorists The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists, The PUNCH has learnt. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists. States in the North-West geopolitical zone including Zamfara, … [Read more…]
I won’t approve state police; governors not treating LG chairmen well: Buhari “Are the third tier of government getting what they are supposed to get constitutionally? Are they getting it?” the president asked. President Muhammadu Buhari says state police is not feasible in Nigeria giving the hostile relationship between state governors and local governments. “State … [Read more…]