Beyond the Headlines
By Fredrick Nwabufo We cannot play possum about it. Unity has remained a reverie, and an elusive expedition for Nigeria. We long for it, but we cannot reach it because we are not willing to work at it. We are not ready to tear down the iron curtains of ethnicity and religion. We are […]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has visited Abia State and met with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Mr Obi met with Governor Ikpeazu on Saturday at the governor’s country home in Umuobiakwa, Obingwa Local Government Area. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka, said in a statement that both men […]
Eyinnaya Abaribe, former minority leader of the senate, says the outcome of the Osun governorship election has shown that candidates matter and not necessarily the political party platforms. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the Osun governorship election, after he defeated Gboyega Oyetola, incumbent governor of the state, who was the […]
The National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers, NUCECFWW, has directed members across the country to fully participate in the Tuesday and Wednesday nationwide protest by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in solidarity with the striking university workers. Recall the Unions in the nation’s university system, particularly the the Academic Staff Union […]
No fewer than 501 Nigerian Army personnel have been court-martialled for indiscipline and other offences across the country. The figures were based on collated media reports between November 2019 and July 1, 2022. Saturday PUNCH observed that during the period under review, most of the personnel tried were those serving in the terrorism ravaged […]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has criticised the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its comments on the clerics who attended the unveiling of the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice-presidential candidate. On Wednesday, the APC unveiled Kashim Shettima, former Borno governor, as running mate to Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. Present at the […]
The Governor-elect of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adekele, has promised the people of the state that he is prepared to serve. He said he was aware of the several challenges facing the state but that he would tackle them head-on. Adeleke, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, defeated the incumbent governor […]
Uba Sani, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, says there is no rift between Kashim Shettima, the party’s vice-presidential candidate, and Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna. Sani said this in reaction to the rumour that the two men are having a “cold war”. Speaking at an event in Kaduna on […]
Ifeoluwa, accused of setting ablaze her Cairo, Egypt-based husband, Bolu Bamidele, in their house at Koka community in Osun State has committed suicide. Bamidele was said to have sustained severe injury after the incident and was rushed to a private hospital in Osogbo, where he was later referred to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, […]
On June 26, 2022, the Ikabigbo community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State was thrown into panic following the reported abduction of an Edo Catholic priest, The Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia. Odia was said to be coming out of his residence to go for Sunday mass at St Michael Catholic Church, […]
