Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Friday condemned last Saturday’s terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The attack led to the death of prominent Ghanaian writer and diplomat, Prof. Kofi Awoonor. In a meeting with journalists at the Freedom Park on Broad Street, Lagos, Soyinka described those who led the […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, INEC Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
The quest for a solution to the festering crisis besetting the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party came under threat on Friday as an Abuja Federal High Court ordered the ruling party to replace the embattled former National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, with Prof. Wale Oladipo. In a ruling on an application filed by Ogun […]
Posted by admin
Headlines
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
-Punch Many couples believe that when it comes to good sex, if you can’t beat them surely you can join them. They fake everything about sex from the beginning to the end. After many rounds of faking, sex becomes predictable and discarded. Some couples fight to regain the spark back and make blue […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
UNITED NATIONS, – The UN Security Council unanimously passed a landmark resolution Friday ordering the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons and condemning a murderous poison gas attack in Damascus. The major powers overcame a prolonged deadlock to approve the first council resolution on the conflict, which is now 30 months old with more than […]
Posted by admin
Headlines
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
Traditional rulers and residents of some rural communities in Atan, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have lauded the free health programme organised by the Covenant University, Ota, in the area. A team from the school, including its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Charles Ayo, was at Egando village, on Friday, to conduct a free health […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
The Federal Government has said it would on Monday formally hand over the privatized power plants to private sector investors. Vice President Namadi Sambo gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja during a special forum on financing the power sector reforms for economic development. The forum, which was supported by the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
-Punch Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, and his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, have dismissed speculations that they may be compelled to face the Peoples Democratic Party’s disciplinary committee should they fail to honour the October 7, 2013, meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan. In separate telephone interviews withSaturday PUNCH on Thursday, the governors said […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, and the Police Service Commission to redeploy the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, in order to avert an indefinite workers’ strike. The NLC and TUC, on Friday, issued the […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
The Chairman of the New Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has condemned the rape of the country’s economy by the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration. He said that despite claims to the contrary by the government in a futile bid to deceive Nigerians, the overwhelming evidence was that the Nigerian economy had been run […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
At least 24 people have been killed in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in clashes sparked by cuts in fuel subsidies, medical sources say. The director of Omdurman hospital told the BBC his staff had seen 21 bodies. Three others died at another hospital. Earlier police fired tear gas at protesters. The unrest began on Monday […]
