The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi has implored Christians nationwide to see Easter as a quiet moment to reflect, and fathom the tremendous sacrifice Jesus Christ made for mankind. The Senator, in his Easter message to the good people of Ogun West, said, “I join all Christian […]
Continue ReadingIncoming reports say there has been a jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Soldiers have reportedly been deployed in and around the facility. More to come
Continue ReadingTemiloluwa O’Peters MTN customers have been reconnected to banking channels after commercial banks had blocked them from using their channels, including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps on Friday. The channels were blocked as a result of MTN reducing the banks’ commission on USSD airtime to 2.5 per cent.However, following the intervention by […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade, Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin, Leke Baiyewu and Bola Bamigbola Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised were saying about him.Joe spoke to our […]
Continue ReadingDaud Olatunji, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a prominent religious leader in the North, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits and kidnappers promptly.Both Obasanjo and Gumi stated this in a jointly signed communiqué issued after a closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, on Sunday.Gumi, who led some northern […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor and Dayo Ojerinde Two prominent clerics, Reverend Father Matthew Kukah and Pastor Tunde Bakare, have advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, warning that the country is rapidly descending into anarchy. The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Kukah, in his Easter message […]
Continue ReadingChidiebube Okeoma, Owerri There was panic in Imo State on Friday and Saturday as gunmen murdered seven suya sellers. PUNCH Metro learnt that the traders were killed in separate shootings in Orlu and Umuaka in the Njaba Local Government Area of the state. An eyewitness, Harisu Ishiaku, said that the suspected killers, who were dressed […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Toby Okechukwu, has insisted that the reports of the 2014 National Conference and the All Progressives Congress’ Committee on True Federalism must be considered in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution by the National AssemblyOkechukwu stated that the reports would be demanded […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday advised a former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to eschew politics of division and acrimony among others as he is getting close to becoming a septuagenarian.Buhari made the call while congratulating Oshiomhole on his 69th birthday.His congratulatory message was […]
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