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Soldiers and policemen have been mobilised to the Lagos office of the SaharaReporters, the online publishing platform of Omoyele Sowore, the convener of Revolution Now protest, who is currently being detained by the Department of State Services (DSS). The armed security operatives, according to an inside source, arrived the SaharaReporters premises as early as 6:00 […]
Continue ReadingA 26-year-old accountant identified as Evgenia Shulyatyeva, was confirmed dead minutes after a phone she was charging fell into the bath she was in. She was found dead by her 53-year-old mother, Vera who rushed to her apartment when she failed to respond to her messages. Though it is not clear if Ms Shulyatyeva was using the […]
Continue ReadingRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, United States, has paid $80 million to 160 victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm since 2001, the lawyer who heads the Minnesota-based firm told reporters Tuesday. A victim of clergy abuse urged other survivors to come forward on Tuesday as lawyers revealed that the […]
Continue ReadingSergeant Adamu Samuel ElombahNews is in possession of a petition written against a police personnel, Sergeant Adamu Samuel, alleging that he lives above his means as he reportedly bought a car worth five million Naira, built a mansion and wears shoes worth over a thousand Dollars per pair. The petition was written by a whistleblower, […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Monday, unleashed a torrent of abuse and threats on PUNCH’s State House Correspondent, Mr John Ameh. Ameh and other journalists were at the Press Gallery of the Presidential Villa, Abuja when Adesina, a former President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, walked […]
Continue ReadingAt least 9 persons sustained varying degrees of injury when an allegedly drunk policeman, identified as Taiwo Orisadare, stabbed them at a nightclub in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday. The policeman, attached to the Area Commander’s office, Akure, allegedly stabbed the victims, who were said to be young men, at a popular club […]
Continue ReadingLizzy Anjorin, in what looks like mocking Toyin Abraham, attached to an Instagram post, a dance video she shared in reaction to Solicitors letter she was served over an alleged defamation by her colleague, Toyin. Toyin Abraham had earlier demanded that Lizzy Anjorin apologizes on Instagram and also abides by a Cease and Desist on […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Toyin Abraham has caused her solicitors to send a legal warning letter to fellow Yoruba actress, Liz Anjorin that she should cease from defaming her. The actress made this known via her Instagram page on Monday, September 16, 2019, where she shared a copy of the ‘cease and desist’ notice letter. In the […]
Continue ReadingThe Ekiti State Police Command has warned students to desist from unlawful assembly which can exacerbate the security situation in the state, particularly any planned protest on the killings of two students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, yesterday by its Public Relations Officer, […]
Continue ReadingZulfat Suara, a US-based Nigerian woman who made headlines months ago after declaring her interest to contest for political office in Nashville, has also made history by becoming the first Muslim to be elected to a Metro seat in Nashville. Suara contested for one of the five At-Large council seats and she joins Bob Mendes, Sharon […]
Continue ReadingNational Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has cried out that one of the students who sustained serious injuries in a protest that led to the death of two students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti last week, Azeez Elijah, can no longer lift his legs and hands, thereby calling on Nigerians to pray for his […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Yoruba World Congress, emeritus Prof Banji Akintoye, is a former Head of the Department of History, University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. He tells The Punch’s FEMI MAKINDE in this interview that his organisation will work with all groups to defend Yorubaland. You were elected the leader of […]
Continue ReadingSenior Pastor of the Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Gospel Church, Pastor Adewale Giwa has described the judgement by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Atiku vs Buhari as judgement against the majority of Nigerians. In a statement he signed and released on Saturday, the cleric said the Holy Spirit kept disturbing him […]
Continue ReadingHelp has finally come for a young Nigerian drug addict after a video of him sharing his story went viral a few days ago. 28 year old Olaniyi pictured above was accosted by a concerned Nigerian man in New Jersey who saw him, interrogated him and shared a video of him online. In the video, Olaniyi who exhibited […]
Continue ReadingThe Arch-Bishop, Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Anglican Communion, Niger Delta Province, Most Rev. Tunde Adeleye has said that the present administration in Nigeria has no capacity to clean the mess in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Calabar, Bishop Adeleye, who is also the Chairman of the Christian Council of Nigeria, […]
Continue ReadingFind attached below the certified true copy of the 295 pages of the judgement delivered on Wednesday, 11 September, 2019, by Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in the matter between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) & another and President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) & 2 others. The […]
Continue ReadingOgun State Governorship election petition tribunal headed by Justice Yusuf Halilu, on Saturday September 14, dismissed the petition filed by Hon Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) against the election of Gov Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The tribunal held that Akinlade and the APM failed to prove beyond reasonable […]
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was jeered and whistled at on Saturday during his speech at Zimbabwe ex-leader Robert Mugabe’s funeral before he apologised for recent xenophobic attacks. At least 12 people have been killed this month in a surge in violence and mob attacks against foreign-owned businesses in and around Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has started investigating the bank accounts of all judges in the country, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; his deputy, Ovie Omo-Agege; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; his deputy, Idris Wase, as well as the principal officers and members […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) Friday raised the alarm over the attempt by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to delay release of the record of its judgment to enable the party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to promptly file an appeal to upturn the judgment at the Supreme Court. In a statement signed by […]
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