The nanny identified as Mary Akinloye who kidnapped three children in Surulere area of Lagos State has given the victims’ family two days to produce N13m ransom or lose the children. She was said to have issued the ultimatum through a man who used her telephone to communicate with the family. Saturday PUNCH learnt […]
Mrs. Patience Jonathan The wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday visited her hometown, Okrika, in Rivers State. Jonathan’s visit is the first since the March 28 Presidential election, in which her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the President-elect, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Patience, who expressed surprise at the large turnout of […]
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, have raced to a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the 19 All Progressives Congress members of the state House of Assembly from impeaching them. But they met a brick wall as the judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, turned down […]
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo The Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says he fears that the people of Lagos will suffer underdevelopment if they vote for the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday. He said this during a meeting with the members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Lagos on Wednesday. Osinbajo, who was Attorney-General and […]
By Abdulsalam Muhammad & Aliyu Dangida THE incident that occurred at his Nassarawa GRA official residence yesterday morning was said to have been triggered by fire from a split air conditioner in the sitting room. Briefing reporters on the tragic incident in his office, the Kano State Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Idris ruled out sabotage, pointing […]
From the street leading to his house, a first timer will think he is going into a market street, but alas, it is not a market street, but the street of a governor. Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto State virtually lives among the people and they have access to him anytime he is around. […]
Rivers APC kicks; cuts short presidential victory celebration Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC, has uncovered Chief Nyesome Wike’s, plans to pay a whopping N1 billion monthly salary from the budget of Rivers State to the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, if he wins the April 11th polls […]
Fire guts Lagos airport, Balogun Market : Our correspondents The affected building at MMIA advertisement Passengers and airport users were thrown into panic on Wednesday as fire engulfed one of the offices at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was learnt that the fire occurred […]
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), continues to lead incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a comfortable margin, even as controversial election results from Rivers and Akwa Ibom states were added to the national tally, giving a boost to Mr. Jonathan. Election observers as well as Governor Rotimi […]
The All Progressive Congress Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has secured a crucial victory over his Peoples Democratic Party rival Goodluck Jonathan in Ondo State, according to results of the Saturday polls released early Monday. Both presidential candidates won in nine local governments each out of the 18 in Ondo state, but Mr. Buhari got the […]
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