Gboyega Oyetola, the former governor of Osun state, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the greatest beneficiary of the tribunal ruling which restored his mandate. The tribunal on Friday sacked Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship poll held on July 16, 2022. In August 2022, Oyetola […]
The death toll in the bomb explosion which occurred on Tuesday night in Rukubi, a border area between Nasarawa and Benue Statesv has now risen to 56 while the cause of the blast was unknown. A resident of Rukubi, Mallam Haruna Bawa who was at the scene of the bomb explosion said he counted […]
Barely a month to the presidential election, the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party is facing an uphill task to convince five of its elected governors to campaign for its flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Governors Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Seyi Makinde and Samuel Ortom of Rivers, Abia, Enugu, Oyo and Benue […]
Four days to the expiration of the deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes to cease from circulation, Deposit Money Banks have taken extra security measures to prevent angry customers from attacking their branches and destroying facilities. Saturday PUNCH reports that customers besieged bank branches […]
Movement For The Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra. MASSOB has condemned the gruesome murder of innocent Biafran citizens by the enemies of Ndigbo A statement signed by MASSOB National Director of Information Comrade Edeson Samuel warned that the killings are no longer agitation for Biafra, “because you cannot be killing your brothers […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it doesn’t have the power to compel universities to declare holidays in order to enable students to vote during the forthcoming general elections. The media aide to the chairman of the commission, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday. This is against the […]
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is “treading on a very dangerous path” with the lingering crisis in the party. Makinde is one of the G5 governors of the PDP who have refused to participate in the presidential campaign of Atiku Abubakar, PDP flagbearer. Other G5 governors are Nyesom […]
Three governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday night, accompanied Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state. The president is in the state for a two-day working trip. Tinubu’s visit comes in the wake of his outburst during the APC presidential rally in […]
At least 28,358 Nigerians received invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residency from 2015 to 2021. This is according to a Saturday PUNCH analysis of Express Entry annual reports issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for the years under review. The year-end reports overview all EE process stages from profile submissions, invitations to […]
Saturday 28 January 2023 Why UK is recruiting Nigerian teachers – Govt Abuja-bound train derails, passengers safe 28,000 Nigerians get Canadian PR in seven years – Report God has been kind to me, I survived many battles – Buhari PDP releases timetable for fresh governorship primary in Abia Seven Dead In Shooting Outside East […]
