Dr. Ferdinand Agwu, a former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has cautioned against the risk of shunning zoning in the country. This was made known by Agwu when he and other Igbo elite paid a courtesy visit to the PUNCH Place, headquarters of The PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Lagos. …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has begged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other presidential aspirants to raise money in order to meet the demands of the striking university lecturers. The students’ body made the appeal in a statement signed by the Chairman of Ogun …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has told the immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, not to meddle in the union’s affairs. This is as aggrieved university students storm the streets in some parts of the country over Federal Government’s failure to address ASUU demands. Nwajiuba, who …

Ekiti State Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi, says allegations of election rigging against him are aimed at smearing his reputation. Former All Progressives Congress Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and a former State Attorney General and Social Democratic Party chieftain, Owoseeni Ajayi, have both accused the governor of one form of electoral malpractice …

The Nigerian Army has described as false a viral report that its personnel were planning to embark on an industrial action. The report had claimed that some soldiers accused the military hierarchy of corruption and were shortchanging them. According to the report, the aggrieved soldiers planned to embark to strike …

Three persons have been burnt to death after an 18-seater bus went up in flames along the Ado-Ilawe Road in Ekiti State. According to sources, It was said the bus driver, who was oblivious of the windy and hilly nature of the road, was at top speed when the bus, …

Former Kano State Governor Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau has officially defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). This was confirmed on Tuesday by a brief message on the NNPP’s official Twitter account. The statement, which reads: “Finally: Sen Ibrahim Shekarau Join Us”, was …

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed one in fresh attack on Abia State community. The herdsmen attacked a shuttle bus along Okigwe – Uturu Road, a few metres away from Abia State University, Uturu. The deceased was the shuttle bus driver. This comes two days after seven students of the State University …

A newly wed farmer, Biodun Fakoro, has been hacked to death by unidentified gunmen in a farm in Kogi State The incident was said to have happened on Monday afternoon at a farm at Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area of the state. Late Biodun, who was said to …

A female tenant, Comfort Nwagadi and her husband, were allegedly hacked by their landlord, simply identified as Alabo, over disagreement in the Mile 3 axis of Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Speaking with journalists from her hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nwagadi said the landlord was after her life because …