From NOAH EBIJE, ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE and NAFISAT BELLO, Kaduna It was meant to be a valedictory session, but it turned out to be a period of assessment, as the newly sworn-in Governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero yesterday tongue-lashed the state commissioners, insisting they could not begin to accord him the respect he was […]
By CHINELO OBOGO Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has made history again by being the recipient of the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership instituted by Obafemi Awolowo Foundation for people who have imbibed the core values that the late sage represented. Announcing Soyinka’s name yesterday, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, who was […]
Senate President, David Mark, led the Nigerian delegation to the 127th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, which held in Quebec, Canada. In this interview with ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Senator Mark explains why indigeneship should be expunged from the Constitution and why the Executive must implement resolutions emanating from the National Assembly. Excerpts: What lessons can Nigeria learn from […]
By New Nigerian Politics In this celebratory season of giving, compassion and love, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jesus House Scarborough (Toronto) is making a significant difference in the lives of the Scarborough community members through its community outreach initiative. In its inaugural outreach event last year, it assisted several Scarborough families in need […]
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) on Tuesday raised the alarm over the N48bn excess expenditure by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in its 2012 operations. The committee is also calling for information on undisclosed NNPC reserves from which the government-owned oil corporation drew funds to augment its expenditure during the year. The […]
he Presidency is worried by Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s insistence on playing a role in the investigation into Saturday’s helicopter crash which claimed the lives of Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser Andrew Azazi in Bayelsa State, investigations have revealed. The NGF, in a communique after its emergency meeting in Abuja […]
The choice of a new Deputy Governor for Kaduna State has started to generate tension between top politicians from the southern part of the state as groups intensified lobby for their candidates. The position, which has been zoned to the predominantly Christian south, became vacant after Alhaji Mukhtar Yero was sworn in as Governor […]
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime underwent a heart surgery in the United States of America in 2005, The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. This was two years before he contested the state governorship election in 2007. Some of his aides and a commissioner claimed that Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, who was governor of Enugu State at the […]
DECEMBER 19, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU AND DAVID ATTAH The remains of the Late Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa, and that of his aide and friend, Dauda Tsoho, arrived in Kaduna airport aboard a Nigerian Air Force cargo plane at 2.45pm on Tuesday. The bodies were received by hundreds of wailing sympathisers who thronged […]
Principal, Ajuwon Senior High School, Ajuwon, Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun State, Rev. Olufunke Oladeojobi, has been quizzed by the police for allegedly conducting virginity tests on the pupils. PUNCH Metro learnt that Oladeojobi, who was described as a strict disciplinarian, by her pupils called in a nurse and jointly carried out virginity tests on […]
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