… Recognises new daughter The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share. The presentation by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Mr. Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Mr. Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mr. […]
Security remained the issue yesterday, with scary lawmakers urging the executive to tackle the monster. House of Representatives members declared the National Assembly a likely target of terrorists. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was worried that rampaging gunmen were killing people all over the country. And the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) said […]
The organised labour on Wednesday berated the Governor of Central Bank, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, for calling for the sacking of 50 per cent of civil servants and urged the Federal Government to remove him. The Nigeria Labour Congress specifically said Sanusi must be sacked before he destroyed the Nigerian economy. Other groups that condemned the […]
Over N5tn in government funds have been stolen through fraud, embezzlement and theft since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office on May 6, 2010, a SUNDAY PUNCH investigation has found. Our correspondents arrived at the stolen sum after poring over the reports of the various committees set up by the President to probe some sectors of […]
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has alerted President Goodluck Jonathan to a looming acute fuel shortage if the Federal Government fails to pay N1.13trn subsidy owed it (NNPC), The PUNCH learnt. The NNPC top management, led by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, reportedly […]
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has disputed the claim by President Goodluck Jonathan in his Sunday’s presidential chat that the military operation in Odi, Bayelsa State in 1999 failed to stop the killings of security agents in the Niger Delta. Fani-Kayode said in a statement on Monday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who ordered […]
From CHRIS ANUCHA & TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt – Tears flowed freely yesterday as remains of Lloyd Toku Mike, one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)students, who was brutally murdered in Omuokiri community, Aluu clan, Rivers State, on October 5, 2012, were buried in Port Harcourt City cemetery, opposite Free-Town Street, off Aggrey […]
Veteran actor, Pete Eneh, famous for his ‘fatherly’ roles in Nollywood films, died on Thursday in Enugu State. The actor who recently had one of his legs amputated by doctors at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital , otherwise called Park lane Hospital, on October 24, died in the same hospital. Eneh’s death was confirmed […]
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria and founder of Warri-based Word of Life Bible Church, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Saturday joined the league of Nigerian preachers who own private jets. Oritsejafor’s jet, marked N431CB, was announced to the congregation during the 40th year anniversary of the church, which coincided with his birthday held […]
Over 500 placard-carrying protesters on Wednesday in Abuja stormed the Federal Ministry of Finance and demanded the immediate resignation of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. They called for the minister’s sacking for what they described as unfavourable economic policies of the current administration and an alleged fraudulent payment of N2. 7bn to a […]
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