A Second Republic lawmaker and Northern elder statesman, Junaid Mohammed, has warned that the arrest of any member of the Arewa youths that issued quit notice on Igbos would lead to serious crisis in the region. He gave the warning when he spoke with Punch yesterday, accusing the Federal
The UN Children’s Fund has warned that malnutrition, thirst and disease threaten lives of millions of children in North East Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Manuel Fontaine, the UNICEF Director for Emergency Programmes, said in a statement issued in New York, United States of America that continued humanitarian action was crucial in saving children’s […]
The Defence Headquarters on Friday assured Nigerians that their lives and property are safe and secured wherever they choose to reside in the nation. The Director Defence Information Maj.-Gen. John Enenche gave the assurance in a statement. Enenche said that this followed “so many requests in the recent past, to know from the military about […]
The Senate has cautioned Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, to stop spreading wrong information and half-truth about the 2017 budget as the legislators worked to ensure equity across the country on all new and outstanding projects. In a statement by its spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate noted that Mr. Fashola did not
The Oyo/ Osun Command of Nigeria Customs Service, on Wednesday 14th June, 2017, in Ibadan displayed 15 vehicles laden with smuggled goods with duty paid value (DPV) of N28,990,848.78. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Emmanuel Udo-Aka told journalists that the seizures were effected on Saturday, 17th June, 2017 along Saki axis in […]
The senator that was sacked on Friday was not the rightful candidate of his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Supreme Court ruled. The Supreme Court ordered Abubakar Danladi, representing Taraba North Senatorial District, to vacate his seat and refund all salaries and allowances he received within 90 days. The court also declared Shuaibu Lau as […]








