Beyond the Headlines
At least 85 per cent of Nigerian doctors are planning to leave the country to seek greener pastures, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This is according to the data obtained from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. The report also showed that the preferred countries for immigration intentions are the United Kingdom and the United […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it has no knowledge of the alleged detention of the Executive Director, Operations and Technical of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Warredi Enisuoh. The security company which belongs to a former commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly […]
The National President, Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Victor Olojo, has said the Central Bank of Nigeria is set to clampdown on illegal Point of Sales operators in the country. In an interview with Sunday PUNCH, he said the apex bank was planning to sanitise the industry, considering its role […]
Following the trending story of armed robbery and the rape of nine female students at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the school management has issued a disclaimer debunking the story (not by Channels Television) as false. In a statement issued on behalf of the University by the Acting Head of Information and Public Relations […]
The North-East Zonal Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Babayo Liman, and hundreds of his supporters have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday in Gombe State. Liman disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Gombe, the state capital, while declaring his unsupport to Atiku Abubakar, PDP Presidential candidate. The […]
Sunday 22 January 2023 PDP Crisis: Wike Rejects Suspension Of Fayose’s Allies, Says Battle Line Drawn Najatu Muhammad, Tinubu Lead Campaigner, Dumps APC Tinubu: Like locust, PDP will devour everything if given another chance ‘PVC Is Your AK-47’, Bayelsa Gov Tells Youths Police Confirm Murder Of Two Persons In Ebonyi Police, Nnamdi Azikiwe University […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described the dissolution of the Ekiti State executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party by the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party as an act of tyranny that will be challenged in court. The governor, who dared the PDP national chairman, Ayu to suspend […]
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has said it will not reverse the cash withdrawal limit guidelines issued earlier this month. NFIU, on January 5, directed banks in the country to stop executing demands for cash from public accounts, as well as payment of estacodes and travelling allowances, effective March 1, 2023. The Nigeria […]
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri has called on youths to shun electoral violence and use their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to elect credible leaders with the capacity to deliver on sustainable development, peace and economic prosperity. The governor said this while addressing youths during a programme tagged, ‘Prosperity Youths Day 2023’, at […]
For alleged depression and financial constraints, a 300 level student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Ondo state, Olona Joseph Oluwapelumi, has reportedly committed suicide. Olona was said to have committed suicide in his off campus lodge, located Aule area, in the state capital. Vanguard gathered that the department of industrial […]
