The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has dismissed allegations that he had launched a fresh plot against the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A media platform (not The PUNCH) had earlier reported that N500 million windfall was mobilised through high-level CBN agents in Lagos State. The report added that the money…
Lagos State Police Command yesterday said it had yet to see any empirical evidence to show any form of attack on supporters of the Labour Party at Epe. A former commissioner under the immediate past administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos, Olawale Oluwo, had said he escaped unhurt when he was reportedly shot at…
Turkish President Recep Erdogan, on Sunday, said the number of people killed by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey’s SouthEast has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people injured “The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation from the Samandag district of…
The Executive Governor of Osun State , Senator Ademola Adeleke has decried the maltreatment of residents of the state by banks which refused to collect old currency notes even after paying customers with old notes.In a statement issued on Sunday, the State Governor lamented the pains and suffering of residents, narrating the many complaints of…
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has distributed cash, food items, grinding and sewing machines to some residents drawn from three Local Government Areas under his domain to cushion the effects of the current harsh economy. A statement by Oluwo’s press secretary, Alli Ibrahim, on Sunday, said the beneficiaries were drawn from Iwo, OlaOluwa…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN),Niger chapter on Sunday in Minna enjoined Christian faithful to vote for credible candidates at the governorship and legislative elections of March 18.It stated that such candidates should be those who would ensure development and peaceful co-existence among the people. “The elections will take place on March 18. I enjoin…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to occupy police offices across Osun state unless the Inspector General of Police stops the ongoing arrest of its leaders ahead of Saturday state elections. “Our leaders are being arrested in a bid to rig Saturday’s election. We will resist any ploy to manipulate the polls. Osun people…
The leadership of the Labour Party has been warned against any form of protest which is aimed at destabilizing the country and our nascent democracy. The Labour Party had threatened to truncate INEC activities with protest over inability to inspect election materials of the last Presidential election. But in a statement signed by Secretary, of…
President Muhammadu Buhari must be reminded that he risks having his entire government judged only by the resounding failure and debilitating effects of his now unconstitutional naira redesign policy, whatever the original intensions behind it. The President appears stuck between doing the right thing by back-tracking on his poorly-conceived, badly-implemented and unconstitutional naira redesign and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State has called for the reversal of a directive by the state government to the police to dismantle all security checkpoints within the state. Addressing newsmen at the weekend, the spokesman of the PDP Campaign Council in the state, Mr Ayuba Aluke, said the party made the demand…
