A Nigerian court has awarded about $300,000 (£180,000) in damages to suspended central bank chief Lamido Sanusi after he filed a harassment case against the government. The court also ordered that Mr Sanusi be given back his passport, and he should not be detained unlawfully. He was briefly detained in February, soon after his suspension. […]
Damudu Bzibu | credits: Jude Owuamanam The Plateau State Police Command has dismissed a police corporal, Damudu Bzibu, who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl, Helen. Bzibu, with force number, 378612, was attached to the Special Task Force on security in Jos, when he, on March 26, 2014, around 9am at Kassa, Barakin Ladi Local […]
Olatunbosun and Amao | credits: Eniola Akinkuotu The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command, has apprehended two men for robbery and for allegedly smuggling Ak-47 rifles. Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, said the suspects, Olatunji Olatubosun, and Abdulazeez Amao, were arrested following investigations by SARS men. Manko said the investigations revealed that one […]
The suspects | credits: Etim Ekpimah The State Security Service, Akwa Ibom State Command, has arrested a Catholic priest with St. Peters Parish, Anambra State, Joseph Okon, a traditional ruler, Chief Uchenna Onyekaozuru, and 18 others for alleged child theft. Deputy Director, Operations, Mr. Fubara Duke, told PUNCH Metro during a parade in Uyo […]
THE Nigerian Union of Pensioners on Monday threatened to mobilise about five million pensioners nationwide to vote out President Goodluck Jonathan and some state governors in the 2015 eleections. The pensioners said they would not relent in the mission except their grievances were addressed. They spoke at a press briefing in Enugu. National President of […]
It is far easier leaving Nigeria than returning to resettle permanently, in spite of whatever anguish you endured before obtaining your visa. When you left Nigeria, some 10 to 30 years ago, you were probably by yourself. You had only one piece of luggage; no wife and no children. You were in your mid-to late- […]
Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal The House of Representatives; its Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal; and Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha, on Tuesday headed for the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, to challenge a Federal High Court judgment which restrained lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress from […]
The Minister for Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday in Abuja said no fewer than 1.8 million graduates in the country move into the labour market every year. Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, made this known during a meeting with delegates of the Arewa Youth Forum on issues of youth […]
Members of the Oodua People’s Congress and policemen clashed at the Tolu Police Division, Ajegunle, Lagos State on Saturday evening. One member of the OPC, identified as Dauda Apampa, lost his life, while a police corporal, identified simply as Emeka, sustained gunshot in the incident. PUNCH Metro learnt that the fracas was caused by a […]
Abuja – Women and mothers in the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Abuja, on Sunday, prayed for peace, protection and unity of the country as preparations for the 2015 elections gathered momentum.The prayer session was organised by the Cathedral in Life Camp, Gwarimpa, Abuja, as part of activities to mark the 2014 Mothering Sunday […]
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