Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says his effort for an amicable resolution of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, has been frustrated by rent-seekers in the party. The governor, however, insisted that nobody can convince him to change his stance that the PDP should yield its national chairman position …
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Reactions As Ex-General Against #EndSARS Makes Peter Obi’s List
Major General John Enenche (retd.), who described the Lekki shooting incident as being “photoshopped” and “cropped” has made the list of the 1,234 members of the presidential campaign council of the Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi. Criticisms have trailed the appointment of Enenche in Obi’s campaign team, over his …
Read More »ASUU Executive Council Holds All-night Meeting Over Strike
The meeting of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will hold overnight in Abuja, The PUNCH has reliably learnt. The meeting which is a meeting of the leadership of the union was convened to allow the leadership of the union take the final decision on …
Read More »Niger Police Arrest 326 Suspects In 14 Months
The Niger State Police Command has stated that it had arrested 326 suspects for various offences. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, during his retirement pull-out parade at the Police Training School in Minna, on Thursday. Kuryas stated that 284 of the arrested suspects had been …
Read More »Owerri Agog In joy As Appeal Court Frees Kanu
There was jubilation in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Thursday evening, immediately news filtered in that an Appeal Court in Abuja had discharged and acquitted the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Across parts of Owerri such as Imo State University Junction area, Ikenegbu, Amakohia, …
Read More »Why Lagos-Anambra Flight Aircraft Was Changed – Air Peace
NIGERIAN airline, Air Peace, on Thursday, faulted media reports that its aircraft scheduled to operate the Lagos-Anambra flight on Wednesday (yesterday) experienced a faulty engine when it was about to take off. There had been reports that the flight’s engine allegedly stopped working three times at the take-off point on …
Read More »Obaseki Renames Observer Echo Newspaper, APC Kicks
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has chided the Godwin Obaseki-led government for renaming The Nigerian Observer Newspaper, The Echo, noting that the move was a destruction of one of the state’s legacies. In a press statement on Thursday, the Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Ofure Osehobo, …
Read More »Osun’ll Deliver One Million Votes For Tinubu – Oyetola
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections, Bola Tinubu, would get over 1 million votes from Osun. Oyetola spoke in his campaign office in Osogbo where he received APC youths that participated in a march …
Read More »BREAKING: Appeal Court Frees Nnamdi Kanu
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 …
Read More »BREAKING: Ex-BBNaija Star, Rico Swavey Is Dead
Ex BB Naija, Ric Swavey that sustained injuries aftermath a road accident in the Lekki/ Ajah area has succumbed to the injuries. He sadly passed on in the early hours of Wednesday, hours after another BB Naija, Tobi Bakre started the Campaign to raise fund for his treatment. Details later
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