PIB: South-South group asks Buhari to withhold assent

A South-South stakeholders group, the Mangrove People Leadership Initiative, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to decline his assent to the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill passed by…

Rainy season brings us pains, Ogun communities cry out, bemoan bad roads, abandoned bridges

TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN and PERCY ANI write about the difficulties faced by residents living in communities with deplorable roads in Ogun State It was a wet morning when Saturday PUNCH visited the Sango area…

Stop linking me to re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, Ngige tells IPOB

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has warned the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to stop linking him to the rearrest of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.…

FG set to take possession of returned Benin artefacts – Lai Mohammed

In addition to the 1130 looted artefacts expected from Germany, the Federal Government says it will take possession of other stolen antiquities from U.S. and Scotland in October. The Minister…

Lagos amputee hawker buys new house, set to establish water factory

Dreams are finally coming true for Mary Daniel, the 27-year-old amputee water hawker, as she dedicated her new house in the Igando area of Lagos State on Saturday. The single…

Why APC politicians are terrified by e-transmission of votes

The political elites of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have chosen to regress to the stone age in matters of election at a time that Nigeria is relentlessly digitalizing…

Anambra poll: Soludo challenges exclusion in court, PDP insists on Ozigbo

The All Progressives Grand Alliance and the Peoples Democratic Party have rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to drop their preferred candidates for the Anambra State Governorship…

Deputy Speaker’s aide lauds lawmakers for promoting ‘northern interest’ in PIB, Electoral Act

Mr. Aminu Malle, the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has thanked northern members of the House for protecting and promoting the…

Armed robbery suspect shot dead while robbing people along the highway in Ogun

An armed robbery suspect was in the early hours of Friday, July 16, shot dead along the Shagamu/Ijebu ode expressway by operatives of Ogun state police command while robbing people on…

Man arrested over alleged sexual assault of 5-year-old

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested a 35-year-old man in Kebbi State on suspicion of defiling a five-year-old girl. Commandant of NSCDC in the state,…