The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted its national executive committee (NEC) meeting earlier scheduled for May 5 to May 10. The party, in a statement by Samuel Anyanwu, its national secretary, said the earlier date clashed with the local government delegate elections, involving all party members. Anyanwu said the meeting was scheduled to […]
Friends and associates of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), donated exotic vehicles of assorted brands to loyalists in Kebbi State, his aide, Umar Gwandu, has said. In a statement sent to The PUNCH on Tuesday, Gwandu said the ministers’ friends also supported his governorship ambition with […]
By Aladesohun Sola On the fourteenth of February 2022, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) again dared the Federal Government by declaring a four-week warning strike having waited to no avail for the latter to act. No sooner had the four weeks elapsed than it extended it for another eight weeks, apparently to […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday slammed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for alleging Adolf Hitler may have “had Jewish blood” and summoned Moscow’s ambassador for “clarifications”. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Israel has sought to keep a delicate balance between the two sides, but remarks by Lavrov to an […]
Protesters, suspected to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have stormed the state secretariat of the party, PDP, in Umuahia, over the conduct of the 3 Mab delegate election in the state. The protesters numbering over 200 accused the state chairman of the PDP, Hon. Asiforo Okere, of making efforts to impose a […]
Anambra Governor, Ptof. Chukwuma Soludo has been asked to probe the activities and revenue accrued to the President of Bridgehead Markets Association, Mr. Sunday Obinze since 2015. The Bridgehead Market Elders’ Forum, which made the call after its general meeting Tuesday also asked the Governor and relevant anti- corruption agencies such as Economic and […]
The Police Service Commission may have concluded plans to promote a former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Punch report Magu, a Commissioner of Police, has tendered his pre-retirement notice and will officially retire from the force on May 5. Recall that the PSC […]
National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, has described the 2023 general election as very important to the party. Anyanwu made the statement after the election of the three-man ad-hoc delegate in Imo state. In a statement released on Tuesday, Anyanwu said the 2023 election was important because the […]
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says for the sake of equity, the All Progressives Congress (APC) must zone its presidential ticket to the south. In a statement on Tuesday, Akeredolu said it is the turn of the southern part of the country to produce the next president. The governor said it will be […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured families of those kidnapped by bandits in the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train service of March 28 that efforts were on-going to ensure their safe return. The president gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja when he hosted residents of the FCT who paid him Sallah homage. He directed security agencies […]
