THE Federal Government has started tracing 35 people, who are believed to have had contact with the Lassa fever patient that died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Wednesday with 15 other people already under surveillance. The death of the 33-year-old brought the total number of Lass fever deaths in the country to 43 and […]
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LAGOS State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday said the cohesion of Nigeria was paramount, urging Nigerians to embrace peace. He stated this at this Year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration held at the National Arcade, Lagos. Aside remembering all fallen heroes, the Governor said it was important for Nigerians to dedicate their lives in project […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the prison remand of a gang of 12 oil thieves at the Ikoyi Prison. Punch The accused are Christopher Okorie, John Mbah, Tammy Bami, Osi Prince, Chukwuji Festus, Kabiru Adeyemo and Ayannubi Moses. Others are Sopuruchukwu Chukwudi, Obinna Ebu, Abdullahi Oyelade, Charles Ubey and Achia Vincent. […]
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OGBENI Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun, has today Friday described the diversion of money meant for procuring arms for Nigeria soldiers to fight insurgency as a monumental scandal. The Governor stated this at the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and laying of wreath in honour of fallen Soldiers held at the State House of Assembly in Osogbo. […]
Read More LEADERSHIP of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) said it has directed its members to resume massive protests from Monday 18 January. The directive came after rising from a one-day meeting of national executive officers at MASSOB headquarters, Okwe Onuimo Local council of Imo state. A statement signed […]
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THE Peoples Democratic Party has called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari for what it described as various constitutional breaches, especially the submission of two versions of the 2016 budget proposal. Punch reporter The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party made the call on Thursday in a statement by its […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday challenged the nation’s military on the requisite intelligence to find and rescue the missing girls of Government Secondary, School, Chibok. The President said that the nation was relying on the military on the intelligence and the right strategy from the ground forces to rescue the abducted girls from the captivity […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told BringBackOurGirls campaigners and parents of the over 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok in 2014 that he expected them to be appreciative of the efforts his government had been making to rescue the girls. He said he wakes up thinking about the girls who are in captivity, […]
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CHIEF Tony Anenih, the former Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Peoples Democratic Party, has again surfaced in a fresh set of charges bordering on the diversion of funds meant for procurement of arms as having collected N21.8m from the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh. The N21.8m is different from […]
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INSPECTOR-General of Police (IG) Solomon Arase has said the Police is considering conducting psychiatric test on recruits and officers. Arase spoke at the Nigeria Police Force Health Policy Revalidation meeting in Abuja yesterday. He said the initiative became necessary following incidents of indiscriminate use of firearms by personnel of the force. The IG said inadequate […]
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CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) in Kaduna have thrown their weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari on his anti-corruption war, saying Buhari is the messiah that Nigeria needs to succeed as a nation. The two Christian umbrella bodies stated this at the closing of their annual one week of prayers […]
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THE Lagos State Government has intensified efforts on the Light Up Lagos Project, an initiative aimed at lighting up every nook and cranny of the State. The Governor in a post on his website, said most major highways and streets have been lightened up, while massive repair of street lights are being carried out in […]
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