Why I featured Davido, Ice Prince –Holmes
Budding singer, Umughare Prosper, aka Holmes, may not have been in the music industry for a long time but he has started ‘rolling’ with the big boys in the industry. He featured Davido, Ice Prince and...
View ArticleSouth-East leaders disown IPOB, other secessionist groups, Fayemi knocks...
Leaders of the South-East, comprising governors, politicians, religious and traditional leaders rose from a meeting in Enugu on Saturday and disowned the Indigenous People of Biafra and all pro-Biafra...
View ArticleNigeria may earn N462bn from EMT levy in 2021 — World Bank
The World Bank has said Nigeria is likely to make N462bn the electronic money transfer levy as a source of stable revenue in 2021. The multilateral institution said this in its ‘Resilience through...
View Article15 Niger kidnap victims escape from Zamfara forest as drunken guard sleeps off
NOT less than 15 persons recently abducted by bandits in Tegina town of Niger State on Sunday escaped from their captors’ den in Zamfara State. The 15 were among the adults abducted together with 156...
View ArticleOgun auto crashes claim two, six injured
Two persons have lost their lives in two different accidents around Abeokuta and Sango-Ota, while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries. The first accident, which claimed one life with six...
View ArticleTrigger-happy cop kills five Enugu youths, injures four
Enugu State Police Command on Sunday said it had arrested a trigger-happy police inspector who allegedly killed five people, while leaving four others critically injured. It was gathered that the...
View ArticleMedia bills: Buhari, N’Assembly attempting to criminalise journalism, says IPC
THE International Press Centre has kicked against attempts by the government to criminalise journalism in the country, urging media professionals to fight before it is too late. The Executive Director...
View ArticleGombe, Sokoto top ease of doing business, Anambra 7th, Ondo 8th, Lagos 20th
Three states in the North – Gombe, Sokoto and Jigawa – have taken the trophy, emerging tops on Nigeria’s subnational ease of doing business survey. The survey conducted by the Presidential Enabling...
View ArticleAmnesty International’s statement on killings
A recent statement by the global rights group, Amnesty International, that 159 Nigerians were killed by bandits, herdsmen, armed robbers and other non-state actors in just three days between June 5 and...
View ArticleBe ready to confront any invasion, Delta monarchs tell communities
TRADITIONAL rulers in Delta State have appealed to residents to be more vigilant and security conscious following the purported threat by Fulani jihadists to attack Asaba and Agbor over the southern...
View ArticleEx-minister faults Matawalle’s amnesty to bandits, empowers farmers
An ex-information minister during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ikra Bilbis, has faulted the amnesty arrangements for bandits by the administration of Governor Bello...
View ArticleAfenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF knock Buhari over opposition to restructuring
THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Pan Niger Delta Forum and the Middle Belt Forum have kicked against the latest position of the President, Major General...
View ArticleReps Twitter ban panel misses 10-day deadline, Lai’s invitation
The House of Representatives has yet to take a decision on the ban placed on Twitter by the Federal Government as the 10-day deadline given to members lapsed on Friday. Recall that the Speaker, Femi...
View ArticleOsun clears 1,023 hectares for cocoa, cassava, tomato cultivation
The Osun State Government has disclosed plans to give out 23 hectares of land in Ifon to interested farmers for planting of tomatoes. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr...
View ArticleFG expended $5bn fighting poverty in five years — Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government expended over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country. The...
View ArticleJAMB blames NIN requirement as revenue drops to N5.8bn
The Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Emeka Woke, and a former commissioner for agriculture in the state, Emma Chinda, are on a collision course over inauguration of projects by their...
View ArticleJAMB blames NIN requirement as revenue drops to N5.8bn
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has attributed the drop in the revenue it generated from the sale of forms for the 2021 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examinations and the Direct Entry...
View ArticleWike’s aide, Amaechi’s loyalist clash over Rivers projects, publicity
Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt The Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Emeka Woke, and a former commissioner for agriculture in the state, Emma Chinda, are on a collision course over...
View ArticleGambari, Ngige meet Buhari over Kaduna, NLC face-off, S’East insecurity
The Federal Government has said it is working to prevent a repeat of last month’s industrial face-off between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Kaduna State Government. The Minister of Labour and...
View ArticleStates cry for cops, bandits change strategies, attack schools enmasse
North-West states are currently battling with the problem of inadequate security agents to man schools as fears of bandits’ attacks rise, The PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that rising insecurity...
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