Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on several motorcycles have killed 13 Zabarmari farmers in Mafa local C=council of Borno state. Security forces and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), in the Northeast, are still searching for several other missing rice farmers. According to a military source, in Maiduguri, the farmers were killed on Sunday, while working…
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has congratulated two council members who were part of the newly appointed 30 Special Advisers to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. According to a press statement signed by association on Thursday, stated that: “The council members are; Mr Olawale Rasheed who is also the Chairman of…
Tinubu, Atiku, and several other 2023 presidential candidates sought to end the funds-guzzling subsidy regime, if elected. Atiku Abubakar speaks at the PDP Retreat for Elected Officials held in Bauchi State on Saturday, June 3, 2023 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has joined the wave of criticism trailing President Bola Tinubu’s…
Kingsley Moghalu, the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress in the 2019 general elections, has cautioned supporters of Labour Party flag-bearer, Peter Obi, for criticising Professor Wole Soyinka over his remarks on the 2023 elections. Soyinka, in a recent interview, had likened Obi’s supporters popularly called ‘OBIdients’ to fascism — a comment that has since…
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…
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…
Global Tech Company, Google has celebrated International Women’s Day with a Doodle showing how women are supporting women across all life endeavours. Women’s Day seeks to celebrate the contribution of women to society across all sectors across cultural, political and socioeconomic divides while highlighting gender equality, equal pay, discrimination against women, and hoping for a…
…APC, LP share reps The Peoples Democratic Party has won all the three senatorial positions in the February 25 National Assembly election in Rivers State. Also, the ruling party won nine of the eleven results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 13 House of Representatives seats in the state. INEC…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied any plan by the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke to quit the party, dismissing the rumour being spread on social media as fallacious and cheap lies. The PDP in a statement signed by its Caretaker Chairman, Dr Akindele, on Friday, said the rumour…
Kano state government, through the Consumer Protection Council, on Sunday, shut popular supermarket, Wellcare, over refusal to accept old Naira notes. According to the Acting chairman of the council, Baffa Babba Danagundi, the supermarket was shut shortly after Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje gave the order. He said the order of the closure follows the refusal…
