Crisis Brews in APC over Board Appointments
A crisis is brewing in the All Progressives Congress over appointments into boards of federal agencies and parastatals. The PUNCH gathered in Abuja on Sunday that the dispute over the…
We do not recognize Biafra Passport – US, UK Govts
The governments of the United States and the United Kingdom have said they do not recognise the passports being issued by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State…
Dasukigate: How 21 Persons, Firms Got N54.6b – FG
Twenty one individuals and companies received N54.65bn from the $2.1bn arms deal scandal currently rocking the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while speaking with…
House-help, agent docked over alleged theft of items worth N20m
A 20-year-old househelp , Faith Edeh, who was alleged to have stolen her employer’s jewellery and other items worth N20 million, was Friday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in…
Protests in Ubulu Uku over Strange Death of Monarch, Okowa Mourns
The sleepy and usually quiet twon of Ubulu Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State erupted in peaceful protests for much of Friday over the strange and…
Court Jails Fraudster One Year for $4,100 Internet Scam
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has convicted Adeosun Olarewaju, after he was pronounced guilty of a two-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent document and forgery…
Judge Orders FG to Produce Dasuki in Court Feb 16, Expresses Worry over Wherabouts of Ex-NSA
The Federal Government has been ordered to produce former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rdt) in court on February 16 to answer criminal charges preferred against him. Justice…
Kanu pleads not guilty to treason charges, remanded in prison custody
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the treason charges levelled against him by the Federal…
More Worries as NNPC Shuts Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries, aftermath of Militants’ Attack on Oil Installations
The recent attacks by suspected militants of oil facilities in the Niger Delta has taken a huge toll on the nation’s fuel supply chain as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
Buhari Budgets N3.9b to Renovate Villa, to Spend three Times More than Jonathan in Running Aso Rock
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) on Wednesday in Abuja, revealed that N3.9billion was allocated for the renovation of Aso Villa, (the office and residence of the Nigerian President) in…