•Onyeka Onwenu In a reflection shared three years ago, veteran Nigerian singer and actress Onyeka Onwenu revealed her wishes for how she would like to be remembered and buried. The iconic artiste, known for her powerful voice and activism, was said to have died last night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at […]
•Wike The House of Representatives has called for sanction against Mr Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and six Area Council Chairmen over insubordination and disregard for the House. Rep. Ikonne Ifeanyi, a member of the House Committee on FCT Area Council and Ancillary, made the demand during the committee’s meeting...
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, pleading to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Ex-governor Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led […]
•Police operatives Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State says his counterparts in the southern region want state and community policing to tackle rising security challenges in the country. The security situation has worsened in recent years with kidnapping for ransom among other crimes making headlines, reports Channels TV. Calls for the creatio...
•Tinubu As academic and non-academic workers in the university system have threatened to embark on another round of industrial action, students and parents have said they don’t want another closure of universities, calling on the workers and the government to find a way out of their face-off. According to them, incessant closure of universitie...
•Goitre A 26-year-old Ebonyi State lady, Chinaza Nwaezere, battling goitre (thyroid enlargement) decided to go into sex work to raise the money for her surgery after two failed businesses in Enugu State. She tells Sunday PUNCH how life has been for her caring for her sick father and six younger siblings with the proceeds from […]
•Embattled ex-Governor Yahaya Bello The embattled immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello said he was ready to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer to the 19-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Though Bello was absent for his arraignment, he briefed a tea...
•Stanley Nwabali in action Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has expressed his desire to make Nigerians happy after Nigeria’s victory over South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. The Chippa United goalkeeper disclosed this in an interview following the match yesterday, reports The PUNCH. He said, “I don’t...
•Tinubu As 2023 winds down amid economic hardship, insecurity, scarcity of foreign exchange, high energy costs, unemployment and inflation that has depleted the meagre income of the working-class, stakeholders have charged President Bola Tinubu on steps he must take to ensure that 2024 offers a better deal for Nigerians, reports Saturday Sun. ...