From TONY JOHN, Port-Harcourt A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and his friends were lynched. Miss Ibisobia Elkanah, elder sister of Tekena Friday Elkanah, revealed yesterday that policemen visited the scene where […]
A woman, Mrs. Sekinat Akewusola, on Thursday jumped into Osun River. PUNCH Metro learnt that the woman jumped into the river from the bridge located at Oke-Gada, Ede, minutes after giving money to some beggars. Some of the beggars said they saw the woman when she jumped into the river. Head, Disaster Management Unit, Nigeria […]
Mohammed, the first son of ex-Minister of Power and Steel, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, has died in a power bike accident. PUNCH Metro learnt that 34-year-old Mohammed died on October 1 on his way to Abuja after participating at a bikers’ convention in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Mohammed, according a source, had told his […]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned the lynching of four students of the University of Port Harcourt by an obviously deranged mob, saying such a barbaric act ”debases our humanity and strips us all of our dignity”. In a statement in Lagos, its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said all those […]
The 2013 African U17 qualifier between Nigeria and Guinea in Calabar will now kick off on Sunday by 2 pm local time. The match was shifted forward from the usual 4 pm kick-off to 2 pm at the instance of the Guinean delegation who wish to return to Lagos immediately after the match on Sunday […]
*Liberian coach boasts *Says: we’ve no respect for your Eagles Liberian coach, Smith Kaetu declared yesterday that they have no respect for the big name players in the Eagles squad. He added that Liberia was here to get the desired result and qualify for the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa. The Lone Star coach […]
BY Tony Edike ENUGU – A group, Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, yesterday, defended Professor Chinua Achebe over his comments on the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, in his book, There was a Country. The group in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Edeson Samuel, maintained that […]
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—REACTIONS are still trailing the refusal of the Federal Government to appeal against the International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling against the ceding of Bakassi, as Cross River State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of speaking from both sides of his mouth. In a […]
Shell broke the law by not repairing leaks that destroyed the lands of Niger Delta farmers, a Dutch court heard in a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility. The four Nigerian farmers, backed by lobby group Friends of the Earth, have brought the Anglo-Dutch oil giant into court thousands of miles […]
Nigerian legend Nwankwo Kanu, was the surprise presence at the Super Eagles closed door training session on Thursday evening at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. Spotting his trade mark African plaited hairdo, Kanu was in company of his younger brother Ogbonna, and took time off to shake all the players before and after the […]
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