Новости за 30.10.2016

Everest Amaefule External debts have cost the nation a total of $1.62bn in interest payment in the last five years, an investigation by our correspondent has shown. Statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office showed on Friday that the country spent a total of $331,059, 850 on servicing its external debts in 2015. The nation’s […]

Godwin Isenyo Elders from southern Kaduna have condemned Thursday evening’s attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in army uniforms on the people of Ungwar Missi village in Jema’ah Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Among those killed by the suspected herdsmen were an 85-year-old district head of the village, John Zango, and an 80-year-old, Yakubu Abuja. The […]

Alexander Okere The All Progressives Congress in Edo State on Saturday faulted the Peoples Democratic Party’s claim that it was evading being served its election petition challenging the outcome of the September 28 governorship poll. A leader of the party in Ed0-South senatorial district, Oteghe Adams, who stated this at a press briefing in Benin, […]

Ihuoma Chiedozie A coalition of human rights lawyers, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, has urged the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to investigate a case of sexual exploitation and trafficking involving Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant. The group made this request following an online circulation of a lesbian sex video involving […]

Mudiaga Affe Some villagers in Cross River State have countered a claim by the Joint Military Task Force that it discovered 23 human skulls in militant camps in Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas of the state. Operatives of the JMTF, otherwise known as Operation Delta Safe, had on Thursday said it discovered 23 decomposing […]

Peter Dada The protest against the removal of Eyitayo Jegede as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State continued on Saturday in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Residents of the state had on Friday took to the streets of major towns such as Akure, Owo, Ondo, Ikare, […]

Leke Baiyewu The Senate has called for proper investigation into the N2bn worth of cocaine intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service at the Apapa Tincan Island Port in Lagos State. The drug, which was seized on October 13, 2016, had been handed over to the NDLEA by the Customs. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Drugs, […]

Fidelis Soriwei, Nike Popoola and Ifeanyi Onuba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has taken over the investigation of allegations of corruption against some judges in the country from the Department of State Service. A top operative of the commission told SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday that the commission took over the investigation of the judges, […]

Arukaino Umukoro Four PUNCH reporters were the stars at the eighth edition of the Golden Pen Award, held on Friday in Lagos. A correspondent with SUNDAY PUNCH, Mr. Tobi Aworinde, emerged the brightest star on a night of glitz and glamour to reward and celebrate media excellence and outstanding journalism practice in Nigeria. At the […]

Leke Baiyewu The Senate is currently probing the payment of over N20bn “debts” to some Federal Government contractors between 2015 and 2016. The government also planned to pay a contractor for a job executed in 1974, it was learnt. One of the beneficiaries was Albarka Airlines, grounded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in December […]

Olalekan Adetayo The Presidency, on Saturday, said it would be illegal for President Muhammadu Buhari to force government officials to declare their assets publicly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH. Shehu was asked whether the president would take any action […]

The United Nations has begun negotiations to free 876 children detained by the Nigerian Army and other security agencies while reclaiming territories from Boko Haram, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. According to the Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, United Nations Children’s Fund, Manuel Fontaine, who recently visited the north-eastern state, the 876 […]

Gbenga Odogun The Kogi State Chairman of Wuro Miyeti Allah, Ibrahim Abubakah, has been killed. Abubakah’s life was said to have been taken by gunmen at about 2.05 am on Saturday. Our correspondent gathered that the incident, which reportedly happened at Road 3 of Peace Community along Ganaja Ajaokuta Road, Lokoja, saw residents of the […]

Olufemi Atoyebi Oyo State government has vowed to deal with schoolchildren who disrupt the peace of the state for any reason. The government stated this following Thursday’s rampages by some pupils in five schools in Oyo town and Ibadan over the decision of the government to cancel automatic promotion in the state-owned secondary schools. The […]

Samuel Awoyinfa Two persons were killed while seven others were injured in an auto crash, which occurred in front of the abandoned Gateway Hotel, Ota, in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state on Saturday around 6.10am. Our correspondent gathered that those who died were crushed to death by a commercial bus as they […]

Kemi Lanre-Aremu In spite of the fact that millions of women are affected, infertility is rarely ever discussed. In these interviews, the founder of BeiBei Haven Foundation, Omotade Alalade, and some mentors at the not-for-profit organisation, share their experiences Never accept defeat when dealing with infertility —Omotade Alalade Did your inability to conceive make you  […]

Kemi Lanre-Aremu No two situations are similar — Simisola Akinseye Did you conceive soon after you got married? I conceived four months after I got married and miscarried. I wondered why it had to happen, what caused it and if there was anything I could have done to prevent it. How did you deal with […]

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Timi Frank, speaks about the crisis in the party and what he feels should be done to save its imminent disintegration Why did you predict that your party the APC may disintegrate before 2019? I said that because […]

A Bangladeshi photographer, Azim Hoque, who has lived in Nigeria since he was four years old, tells TOLUWANI Eniola that life in the country is fun When did you come to Nigeria? I came to Nigeria at the age of four, with my parents and two siblings. I was born in Bangladesh and I have […]

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, shares his fatherhood experience with MOTUNRAYO JOEL What do you enjoy most about being a father? I enjoy doing my duty as a father; providing for my children, paying their school fees, buying clothes for them, feeding them and giving them […]

Helina Gbadegesin Bukola Shittu, the CEO of Urban Konnect Logistics, talks about her career What are your qualifications? I studied Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos.  Urban Konnect Logistics is a logistics and haulage company. We move items from end to end and provide business support to producers and sellers, who desire […]

The Founder, Milk & Honey, Ms. Omolola Akintola, 24, speaks about her food service industry business, in this interview with IFE OGUNFUWA Can you give a bit background of yourself? I was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, and I spent my formative years there before going to further my education outside the shores of Nigeria. […]

Bukola Bakare United Kingdom-based actress, Victoria Inyama, recently visited Nigeria. She talks about her family and career What have you busied yourself with in the United Kingdom? I have been very much involved in raising my family and I also went back to the university to further my education. I went back to study Psychology […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Babatunde Fashanu, in this interview with TOLUWANI ENIOLA, backed the call for the suspension of the judges accused of corruption Some have described the corruption in the judiciary as the worst kind of corruption, what is your take on this? We have not seen this scale of corruption before. There […]

An economist and entrepreneur, Mrs. Esther Adegunle, in this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL, talks about her first-time experience of motherhood How old is your daughter? She is four months old. She was born on June 11, 2016. Her name is Queen Folagbade Adegunle. How did you choose your baby’s name? We had started writing a […]