The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has granted Senate President, Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ekweremadu, and two others bail in their trial over an alleged forgery. All four accused persons pleaded not guilty after which their lawyers argued that they be granted bail. The case has been adjourned to July 11. -Punchwp_posts
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, to vacate office immediately for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s governorship primary in December 2014. Justice Okon Abang in a judgment on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately issue […]
Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was distraught after missing a spot-kick as Chile snatched victory in a penalty shoot-out – Messi’s fourth straight defeat in a major final while representing Argentina. […]
Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government said it had discovered 6,065 ghost workers on its payroll. The discovery followed the workers’ verification the state government compelled all civil servants to do since January this year. The state Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this during an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigeria Union […]
Olaleye Aluko A 28-year-old woman, Ifeoma Daniel, has been arrested by the police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for allegedly turning six girls to sex slaves. PUNCH Metro learnt that Daniel, who hails from Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, and a suspected accomplice, Collins Madueke, 28, were arrested in the Apo area by the […]
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Traditionally the Conservative party “is a formidable election winning machine marrying a sharp sense of the electoral pulse to a ruthless intolerance of leadership failure”, BBC Political Correspondent Ben Wright says. “Now, it is broken and dazed” and facing a bitter leadership contest full of “bad blood”. Former London mayor Boris Johnson is the favourite but does not yet have […]
Share Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThis is the latest legal blow for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma A South African court has refused permission for President Jacob Zuma and prosecutors to appeal against its ruling that he should face corruption charges over a 1999 arms deal worth billions of dollars. There were “no merits” in the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is going to probe the Rivers State government over the withdrawal of over N11b from the government’s account that occurred between October 2015 and February 2016, according to a report published by Punch Newspaper. The anti-graft agency was directed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 24, 2016 – We were recently riveted by allegations of sexual misconducts leveled against three Nigerian lawmakers by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle. In a letter to the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, he accused one of the ten members of the […]
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