Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako The Presidency on Saturday reacted sharply to a letter written by Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State to his northern governors, describing it as “an unmitigated leadership disaster and a sad betrayal of trust by a major beneficiary of the Nigerian nation.” Nyako had in the letter accused the Federal […]
No fewer than five suspected armed robbers were on Saturday killed after a bloody shootout with the police in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. Several other suspects were said to have escaped with various degrees of injuries. An eyewitness, Nya Moses, a resident of Akpabuyo, said he counted at least five dead […]
Vice-President Namadi Sambo Two years after the completion of a $470m (N76.bn) National Public Security Communications System Project in Abuja, most of the installed 1,000 cameras for the Closed-Circuit Television in the city have either been vandalised or stolen, investigation by Saturday PUNCH has revealed. Checks showed that the solar panels and batteries of the […]
By Dr. Jidoeofor Adibe | London, UK | April 18, 2014 – Politics is in the air and jostling for 2015 has simply begun in earnest. Anyone telling you otherwise is either living in another planet, trying to undercut the competition or simply being dishonest. We saw another evidence of this when Governor Babangida Aliyu […]
Ahead of the coming Easter celebrations and carnival, the Police in Lagos have assured the residents of adequate security throughout the festivities saying every measure has been put in place by the security agencies to ensure the safety of the people. Briefing newsmen after the week’s State Security Council meeting presided over by the State […]
The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred on April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives. The First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, […]
| credits: File copy The Principal of the secondary school in Chibok, Borno State where over 100 girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents has described as false, the claim by the Defence Headquarters that only eight of the pupils had yet to regain their freedom. The denial on Thursday by the principal, Mrs. […]
Akinwunmi | credits: Goke Famadewa and Eniola Akinkuotu A 31-year-old cook, Idowu Akinwunmi, has narrated how the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Onikan Station, SP Adekunle Awe, allegedly raped, extorted and threatened her life. The victim told PUNCH Metro that the incident occurred on April 15, 2014. She explained that on April 14 […]
Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro | credits: http://www.indepthnigeria.com/ A stakeholder meeting called by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State, almost degenerated into fisticuffs on Tuesday as the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akin Orebiyi, hinted that the commission had a report which showed that the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, had […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | April 15, 2014 | On Saturday 5th April 2014, at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London, the Association of Nigerian Academics in the UK (ANAUK) led by Councillor Adedamola Aminu, the acting Mayor of the London Borough of Lambeth and a lecturer himself, recognized the achievements […]
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