Kindly share this story: Agency Report24 February 2022The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, has been barred from living in the United Kingdom, local media reports. This followed a revelation by Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, that he’s one of the 35 oligarchs who are enablers of President Vladimir Putin. According to reports, […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story: Stephen Angbulu25 February 2022Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja said he was not nursing any ambition in 2023 but would support any candidate who emerged from the zoning arrangement, be it from the South. El-Rufai said this during the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communications […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story:Russia-Ukraine crisis3 Gbenga Adeniji, Leke Baiyewu, Solomon Odeniyi and Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe25 February 2022Several Nigerians – mostly students – who are in Ukraine are currently stranded even as Russia continues to attack the eastern European nation, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the National Association of Nigerian Students in Ukraine sent out […]
Continue ReadingThis has stoked fears in Kyiv and the West that the Kremlin may start a new war with its neighbour and former province that chose to break away from Moscow’s political orbit, Al Jazeera reports. Earlier this month, a top Ukrainian military expert told Al Jazeera that Russia could invade Ukraine as early as January, unleashing […]
Continue ReadingA Chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ondo State chapter, Hon. Seun Majasan has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party PDP have failed Nigeria politcally, economically, socially, and in security of lives and properties, saying it is time for a new wave. Seun Majasan who is an Ondo […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story:Olusegun ObasanjoEx-President Olusegun Obasanjo Daud Olatunji24 February 2022The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed, on Wednesday, held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. Muhammed disclosed this shortly after the meeting he held with Obasanjo at his Pent House within the premises of the […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story:police Daud Olatunji24 February 2022Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a randy pastor, Mathew Oladapo, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old member of his church. The cleric, who headed the Life and Power Bible Church, Ogijo, Sagamu, Ogun State, was arrested after he allegedly raped the […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story:Osodeke and NgigeASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke and Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige Grace Edema and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole24 February 2022The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its four-week strike before the expiration date. The PUNCH reported […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story:National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, Solomon Odeniyi24 February 2022A former Revenue Officer with the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Dorothy Amalili, has been sentenced to three years in jail for defrauding the hospital of N4.6 million. Amalili, who was jailed by Justice K. Okpe, of the Enugu State High Court, sitting in Enugu, […]
Continue ReadingKindly share this story:Russia-Ukraine crisis3 Agency Report24 February 2022Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after in the capital and other parts of the country, prompting outrage from Joe Biden who warned of a “catastrophic loss of life”. Weeks of intense diplomacy and the imposition of […]
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