The Federal Government has drawn up a terrorism watch list similar to the one maintained by some developed countries. Travelers who arrived from or are going to the countries on the list would receive special attention by the security agencies, and the Nigeria Immigration Service. THE PUNCH learnt over the weekend that the countries […]
ABIA State Government has said its statement on the gang rape video clip was based on claims by the Vice-Chancellor of the state University, the institution’s student union government and the state police commissioner. Five suspected members of a cult group had gang-raped a student of ABSU, recorded the incident and posted it on […]
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered a shutdown of all academic activities in the nation’s universities, as it begins its one-week warning strike today. This is just as the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has thrown its weight behind the ASUU, while asking the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with […]
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been announced the winner of the 2011 Central Bank Governor of the Year Award for Sub-Saharan Africa for the second consecutive year, by the international magazine, Emerging Markets. According to the editor, Emerging Markets, Taimur Ahmad, the awards recognise and honour leading policy makers […]
President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has made a donation of N524.7 million cash and millions of naira worth of relief materials to the needy within the last one month. The states that have benefited from the billionaire’s largesse include Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Oyo and Lagos states. In this regard, the Bauchi State governor, Mallam Isa […]
A northern cabal said to be the mastermind of the sustained unrest in the North almost succeeded in causing a declaration of a state of emergency in Plateau State, but for smart moves by the governor, Jonah Jang and his colleague from Niger State, Babangida Aliyu. Findings by Nigerian Tribune indicated that members of the […]
THE Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in Kaduna, has arrested over 100 suspected mercenaries from Libya. They were suspected to have fled the country and arrived in Kaduna through the Niger-Nigeria border at the weekend, after the fall of the regime of Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. The suspects, according to an eyewitness, arrived in the state […]
There is no confirmation that some Muammar Gaddafi loyalists have entered Nigeria from neighbouring countries such as Niger, Foreign Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru has said. Ashiru told Nigerian reporters covering the 66th UN General Assembly in New York that speculations that Gaddafi’s men had entered some states in Nigeria were untrue. “Our security agencies are on the […]
Port Harcourt- About 16 illegal refineries have been discovered within Imo River Field of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Abia State, causing the company to shut down production of 25, 000 barrels of oil per day since August 28, 2011. The action aims at starving the bunkerers of oil product in order to prevent further […]
Where is Mike Obi?His stunning free kick won Heartland their last FA Cup final 23 years ago. Then they were Iwuanyanwu Nationale, a team that dazzled in the Nigerian scene, winning the league in three successive years and also making impact in the continent. Those were the days they were ably led by Prince Lemmy […]
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