As the alleged $5m bribery scandal against Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, lingers, the seven-man panel probing the allegations has summoned the governor to appear before it on Friday (today). In a letter dated October 31, 2018, duly received…
ADC insists on Lanlehin for Oyo gov (Punch)
The National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress on Wednesday maintained that Senator Olufemi Lanlehin remains its Oyo State governorship candidate. The National Chairman of the ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu, said during a press conference in Abuja that the…
2019: Ondo APC members protest, reject senatorial candidate (Punch)
Thousands of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ondo State on Thursday took to the street of Ore, the headquarters of the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, to protest against the alleged imposition of Senator Yele…
Trump threatens to shoot migrants who throw stones at US military (Punch)
President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could shoot Central American migrants who throw stones at them while attempting to cross illegally. Trump told journalists at the White House that a group of several…
20-year-old remanded in prison for attempting to kill father (Punch)
A 20-year-old man, Abubakar Haruna, has been remanded in Katsina prison for allegedly attempting to kill his father over a misunderstanding. The accused allegedly attacked his father, Haruna Ilele, with a stick “with the intent to kill him”. Also remanded…
Youths are not leaders of tomorrow —Stella Oduah (Punch)
A former Minister of Aviation and senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, has disagreed with the saying that the youths are the leaders of tomorrow. According to Oduah, the youths only need to have their potential productively enabled and the…
Controversy as Lagos DPP declines prosecuting suspected APC thugs (Punch)
The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Ms Titilayo Shitta-Bey, has advised the police to drop charges against two suspected thugs who allegedly disrupted the House of Representatives primary of the All Progressives Congress in the Anthony Village area of…
Buhari’s son begins NYSC 11 months after bike injury (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, has started his mandatory National Youth Service Corps at the NYSC Orientation camp in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This is coming about 11 months after the President’s son had a…
Kanu’s escape: Court asked to order prosecution of Fani-Kayode, Abaribe, others (Punch)
A suit has been filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking the investigation and prosecution of certain individuals including a former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, for allegedly aiding the escape of the leader of the Indigenous…
Ogun, Imo govs renew attack on Oshiomhole (Punch)
Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday renewed their attacks on Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of their party, the All Progressives Congress. While Okorocha claimed the fortunes of the APC had…