Taiwo Ojoye Anthony Joshua has told Floyd Mayweather and Wladimir Klitschko they are ‘always welcome’ to help him prepare for his blockbuster heavyweight showdown against Tyson Fury.WBA, IBF and WBO champion AJ’s undisputed showdown with WBC king Fury is set to be announced in the coming week after it was revealed it would take place […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says state government cannot file for insurance claims on the mass transit buses burnt during the #EndSARS protests in 2020.He, however, said the government would replace the vehicles.According to him, the premium paid on the vehicles did not cover what eventually happened to them.Several government properties […]
Continue ReadingDeji Lambo and Dogara A student of the College of Business and Management Studies in Konduga, Juliana Christopher, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, has said she saw many Chibok girls in the insurgents’ camp.He added that many small girls were either pregnant or nursing children belonging to the insurgents.Christopher, in an interview with The […]
Continue ReadingFriday Olokor, THE Federal Government has told South-South states that multinational oil companies will not relocate their headquarters to the Niger Delta region because peace cannot be guaranteed.The government said if the place remained insecure, investment would continue to be elusive as no oil company would agree to go there.The Minister of State for Petroleum […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade, The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has said contrary to the views in some quarters, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has not failed Nigerians.Masari who spoke in a Television Continentalinterview monitored in Abuja on Sunday, however said Nigerians should commend Buhari for tolerating “rubbish from some people.” He said, […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade, Leke Baiyewu, Femi Asu, Temiloluwa O’Peters, Adeniyi Olugbemi and James Abraham A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, and a professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, have faulted the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s justification of printing money to support government.Mailafia and Utomi, in separate interviews withThe PUNCH […]
Continue ReadingFriday Olokor, Abuja Two suspected drug traffickers have excreted 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.The incidents were said to have taken place on April 10 and 16 after the suspected traffickers were arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, MMIA […]
Continue ReadingMaiharaji Altine Gusau No fewer than 20 Fulani trader have been killed in Dansadau district of the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.It was gathered that the killing of the traders was a reprisal for the death of three people in Ruwan Tofa village, where several animals were rustled.An indigene of the area, Malam […]
Continue ReadingDogara Bitrus The Nigerian military will soon embark on massive recruitment to improve the numerical strength of the armed forces in an effort to end insecurity and engage the nation’s youthful population in securing the country.The Minister of Defense, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.) said this while briefing a combined troop of the Nigerian Navy, […]
Continue Reading*As Bradama Graduates 200 PAP Delegates The Interim Administrator (IA) of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) has reiterated that the era of violence and arms struggle in the Niger Delta region has finally gone: giving way to new ideas in intellectual space, driven by science and technology to advance speedy development […]
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