Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening met behind closed doors with leaders of the All Progressives Congress under the auspices of the party’s caucus. The meeting which was held inside the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja started a few minutes after 8pm with the arrival of the President. Conspicuously
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter celebrations The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) who announced this on Tuesday in Abuja, enjoined all Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to “support, co-operate and join hands with President Muhammadu
Ramon Oladimeji Justice Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the University of Lagos Senate not to give effect to its decision to upwardly review the academic requirement for medical students in 100-level to proceed to 200-level. The judge said it would be in the interest of justice for the
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Federal Government has set up a panel to investigate the allegations that a Junior Secondary School II female student of Queens College, Yaba, Lagos was sexually assaulted by a male teacher. The government in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the
Ramon Oladimeji Embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, has asked a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere to dismiss the charges of bribery filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC arraigned Tarfa on 27 counts on March 9 before Justice A.A. Akintoye. Tarfa was accused of offering a
After several weeks of drama on social media and one solo production each, it seems the Nigerian RnB act; Peter and Paul PSquare Okoye are back together. Just like they did at the beginning of their separation about five weeks ago, the duo returned to their Instagram page to let people know that they are
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined leaders across Europe and the rest of the world in condemning the terrorist attacks on the Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro Station in Brussels. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commiserated with the Prime Minister Charles Michel and
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Justice Abdukadir Abdu-Kafarati of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday withdrew from the case filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, seeking an order to stop his trial for false assets declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The development which followed reports on Sahara Reporters and online media
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, on Tuesday presented the report of the 2016 budget on the floor of the upper chamber, after weeks of bulk passing between the executive and the legislature over errors discovered in the document. The Chairmanship, Senate Committee on Education ( Basic), Senator Aliyu
Sunday Aborisade Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday assured Nigerians that the crises in the Nigerian oil and gas sector would soon be a thing of the past as the reviewed version of the Petroleum Industry Bill would be laid at both chambers of the National Assembly next week. He said that the Senate and
It would be “insane” for Nigeria to persist with currency policies that have led to a record spread between the official and black market exchange rates, according to the Africa President, Unilever Plc, Bruno Witvoet, said. “It would be very insane to continue like this for months and months,” Witvoet said in an interview with
Okechukwu Nnodim Over the years, the trouble in the Power ministry has been one of the reasons slowing down the growth in electricity generation and supply across the country, the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, has said. Shehuri also announced the Federal Government’s new power generation target of 25,000 megawatts
Bayo Akinloye The United States government has urged the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to call their members to order in Rivers State following last Saturday’s re-run election violence in the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the US Embassy in Nigeria said it was concerned about reports of violence, including
Ifeanyi Onuba and Nike Popoola Business activities were on Monday paralysed at the headquarters of the National Insurance Commission as a result of a protest staged by the workers of the organisation. The workers, in their hundreds, shut down the premises of the regulator of the insurance sector alleging corruption, lack of capacity building and
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The National Bureau of Statistics late on Monday night released the country’s labour statistics for the fourth quarter of 2015 with the report putting the country’s unemployment rate at 10.4 per cent. The Bureau in the report which was made available to our correspondent at about 10:32pm explained that the 10.4
Chukwudi Akasike The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, said on Monday that the state government had compiled videos of the atrocities committed by the military across the state during the rerun elections. Wike explained that the videos would be released to the public at the appropriate time, adding that with the declaration of results by returning officers
Belgian police told AFP on Tuesday that a blast at a metro station near the EU institutions in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, caused deaths and injuries, without offering further details. “There are wounded, There are dead. I don’t know how many,” a police officer told an AFP reporter as he escorted a woman away
Mobile, digital technology and social media have continued to spread faster than other human inventions. As such, many industries and economies have witnessed major disruptions. However, the impact of these digital technologies on economic development is lagging behind. In fact, according to the World Development Report 2016, among the poorest poor, nearly seven out of
Geoff Iyatse The suspense created when Pope Francis on Thursday announced his intention to launch his Instagram page has finally gone. The question on whether he would, indeed, post a selfie on the image-centric medium has also dissipated on Saturday when his much-expected Instagram profile streamed online. What remains is the first ‘lucky’ person or
Niyi Akinnaso The Republican Party, otherwise known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), has hoped that it would be the party’s turn to win the presidency this year, partly because the pendulum of power in Washington has been swinging back and forth between Republicans and Democrats every eight years since President Bill Clinton. That’s why
The problems facing our institutions of higher learning are many. They include poor funding, examination malpractice, cultism, strikes, outdated curricula, brain drain and low access, among others. An ugly trend that is gradually becoming entrenched by the day is the rate at which health centres are gradually becoming death centres. This trend should be a
Punch Editoril Board FOR the second year running, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has demonstrated an apparent lack of capacity in conducting the computer-based test for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The hitches recorded and candidates’ lamentations will compel any discernible person to query its adoption when the infrastructure for its success is
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has come under fire following his absence from the ongoing National Economic Council retreat in Abuja. The retreat is being chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Calabar-based economic analysts George Ebri and Mike Effa expressed their disappointment at Ayade’s absence from the retreat, saying the state had