Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Sunday sent a subtle solidarity message to the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general election. This was made known by the Deputy Governor of Oyo state, Bayo Lawal who represented Seyi Makinde in Ondo State at the reception of Tinubu […]
As campaigns for the 2023 general elections enter full gear, a prominent member of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said that it is a no-contest for LP’s flag bearer, Peter Obi. In an interview on Channels TV, Okonkwo, a veteran Nollywood actor, noted that Mr Obi has already won by […]
THE Spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has described the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu as a political ticking time bomb that must be disarmed to bring justice and unity back to the party. Ugochinyere who noted with regret that Ayu is […]
Governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress’s, APC, and that of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, will not be able to withstand the political sagacity and popularity of Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the forthcoming 2023 gubernatorial election in Delta […]
No fewer than 109,522 workers have transferred their Retirement Savings Accounts to other Pension Fund Administrators since the National Pension Commission opened the transfer window in 2020. Findings by The PUNCH revealed that the workers moved N483.3bn RSAs for different reasons. The National Pension Commission disclosed this in its report titled ‘Quarterly Summary of […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria is expected to have destroyed over N6tn worth of mutilated and old banknotes when the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd) expires in May 2023, an analysis by The PUNCH has shown. Already, data obtained from the annual reports of the currency operations department of the […]
Leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has described the meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with the former leader of the group and a prominent Yoruba leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State, as diversionary. He said the “real Afenifere” has made […]
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on Nigerians to question presidential candidates on how they intend to tackle the country’s challenges if elected. This is according to the spokesman of NEF Baba Hakeem-Ahmed who featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “Nigerians need to press our candidates. We desperately need to […]
The Nigeria Navy says 50 girls allegedly forced into prostitution in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, have been rescued from two brothels in the state. Three suspected sex traffickers were also arrested during the raid on the brothels. Richard Iginla, base information officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, announced the development on Sunday. He […]
More than 70 people have been killed after a suspension footbridge collapsed into the Macchu river in Morbi town, Gujarat, India. According to BBC, the bridge which collapsed on Sunday, plunged hundreds of people into the river with as many as 400 people said to have been on the bridge at the time. A […]
