Politics

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has picked a former representative of the state on the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa as his deputy. Ayedatiwa is from oil-rich ilaje council area of the state. He is expected to run with Akeredolu in the October 10 …

PUNCH’S INACCURATE REPORTING ON THE SALE OF POWER TO NEIGHBOURING NATIONS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED It is most disappointing that sensationalism has dominated the thinking and ethos of institutions that citizens look up to with trust, confidence and reliability. Monday edition of the Punch checks all the boxes in terms …

Malam Nasir @elrufai is hosting a review meeting with security agencies on the situation in southern Kaduna. The army, police and other security agencies are presenting situation reports, analyses and recommendations Participants include Major-General CC Okonkwo, commander- Operation Safe Haven, Brig. Gen OS Aboi, commander, 1 Division Garrison, AVM MI …

A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Smart Adeyemi as the duly elected Senator representing Kogi-West Senatorial district. In a unanimous judgment, a 3 member panel of the appellant court dismissed the appeal filed by Dino Melaye for lacking in merit. The Kogi State National Assembly Election Petitions …

The federal government has allocated 10 per cent of the 774,000 job slots in the special public works programme to politicians, the spokesperson for the Kano State selection committee, Abubakar Muhammad-Janaral, has disclosed. Mr Muhammad-Janaral disclosed this to Newsextra24 on Monday in an interview. He said the state has distributed …

The ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government Monday adopted a Declaration towards settling the political crisis in Republic of Mali. During a virtual Extraordinary Session of the leaders of the sub-regional body, President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to government and people of Mali to consider recommendations of ECOWAS Special …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over what it says is a plot by some prominent personalities and groups to ‘destabilise’ the country. The DSS said the unpatriotic groups are taking advantage of the existing security situations in some parts of the country to carry out …

Kabiru Amadu popularly referred to as Mai-Palace, a member of the House of Representative representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency, Zamfara State, has distributed Detergent, Cloth Pegs, Local Pressing Iron As 2020 Empowerment Program, to members of his constituency. In some photos that have since gone viral on the internet, the items …

Those criticising the 2023 presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s National Leader, Bola Tinubu, are only envious of the great strides he had attained both in his personal and political life, a party chieftain has said. A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Dipo …

The Federal Government has extended the phase two of the ease of lockdown in the country by another one week. Newsextra24 has learnt Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, announced this on Monday. He made the announcement at the briefing of the PTF which …