The Nigerian government must urgently address the heinous crimes of enforced disappearances, to comply with Nigeria’s international law obligations, Amnesty International said today, on the International Day of Support for Victims of Enforced Disappeared. Families affected by enforced disappearance live through unimaginable torment. When people vanish without a trace, with the acquiescence of the state […]
“B The Presidency on Wednesday blasted Amnesty International for allegedly supporting the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which it accused of stockpiling substantial weapons and bombs across the country. This was contained in a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), in response to what it called Amnesty […]
Bandits who were in large number stormed Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, and kidnapped over 100 students. Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, hails from Maradun. Speaking to The PUNCH, an indigene of the area, Malam Abu Kaya, said that the bandits arrived the school at about 11:00A.M […]
Four persons have been killed and many others when gunmen attacked Bagana community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community on Tuesday night and attacked residents at random. A resident, who sustained injuries, told our correspondent that the gunmen invaded a provision store and gunned […]
Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye ex-housemate, Maria, has revealed why she agreed to come into the show as a Wildcard i.e a fake housemate. She made this known in a Facebook live interview with Punch Online on Wednesday, where she said she took on the role because she loved challenges. According to her, she […]
Six members of the Anambra State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe state Governor Mai Mala Buni, has received the lawmakers and presented them with the flag of the ruling […]
The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this on Wednesday. He said the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar has been redeployed to the Ministry of Agriculture while the Minister of State for […]
Striking resident doctors on Tuesday said the Federal Government had refused to pay their August salary in compliance with the no-work no-pay rule it recently invoked. The National President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, confirmed this development to The PUNCH. The resident doctors had on August 2, 2021 embarked on strike. […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to pardon 70 soldiers convicted of mutiny. The soldiers were, in 2014, found guilty of rebelling against the authorities of their division in Maiduguri, Borno state and were subsequently convicted. The soldiers were earlier sentenced to death, but in 2015, following a […]
