Ifijeh | credits: File copy I cried all night when Oshiomhole seized my goods — Go and die widow The two encounters between Joy Ifijeh and Governor Adams Oshiomhole; first on the street — where the governor asked her to ‘go and die’ after her goods were seized for blocking the road, and then at […]
| credits: Stanley Ogidi A bride narrowly escaped death in an auto crash while on her way from her wedding. The accident involving a NNPC tanker with number plate XG 321 MKA, a cargo truck and two saloon cars happened at about 4: 45pm on Saturday, close to the Otedola bridge, Alausa, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. […]
-Punch The Senate President David Mark has described Nelson Mandela as one of the greatest Africans that ever lived. Reacting to the news of his death on Friday, Mark said Mandela was a selfless leader who devoted his entire life to the emancipation of his people and by extension African people. He […]
-Punch The Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Foaud RaJeh, has disclosed that 189 Nigerians are currently being held inside various prisons in his country. He therefore sought exchange of prisoners that will see the Nigerians returning to their country to serve their prison terms. A statement on Friday by Umar Sani, spokesman of […]
-Punch The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has called for stiff penalties, backed by effective laws for perpetrators of sexual violence against women. Mrs Jonathan spoke in Paris, France on Friday, at the advocacy meeting on sexual violence against women. The meeting was hosted by the First Lady of France, Ms Valerie […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has begun plot to halt the defection of its members to the All Progressives Party so as to retain the leadershi of the House. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH in Abuja on Thursday showed that the PDP was already plotting to frustrate moves by some of the reps who might want to toe the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived Paris, France after his two-day private visit to Germany. Jonathan, who arrived in company with his wife, Patience, is in the country to participate in the Summit on Peace and Security in Africa. Although the nature of his private visit to Germany was not disclosed, there were indications during […]
South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa’s president says. Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison. He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital. In a statement on […]
Uganda’s parliament has given iPads to all MPs at a cost of $370,000 (£230,000), saying it will make them more efficient. Parliamentary commissioner Emmanuel Dombo says it means MPs can access official documents while travelling. He also said the funds had been generated by reducing the budget for paper, which would no longer be needed. […]
U.S. prosecutors have charged 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their family members with participating in a scheme to get health benefits intended for the poor by lying about their income. According to the charges, filed in November and unsealed on Thursday, the diplomats’ families got around $1.5 million in benefits from the Medicaid […]
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