The suspect, who was arrested by ICPC operatives, is the acting DG of the National Biotechnology Development Agency. The anti-graft agency, ICPC, has arrested the acting Director-General (DG) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Alex Akpa, for allegedly defrauding the Read more…
Each time I reflect on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath, the twin subject of despair and futility comes to mind. And I remember once again Albert Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus, a Greek legend used by Camus to theorize Read more…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers has issued a bench warrant on an officer attached to the Nigerian Navy Pathfinder, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Com. Sam Bora. The court accused Bora of failing to appear before it and Read more…
A wife and petitioner, Mrs Ese Abugewa, has called on the Delta State government to effect the release of her husband who is being remanded in Ogwashi-Ukwu Prison over alleged trumped-up charges. This was the plea of Mrs Abugewa on Read more…
•Ask IGP to set up Police Unit in all tertiary institutions Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the activities of kidnappers who engaged in the abduction of students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna Read more…
•PDP lauds UK parliamentarians Following the UK Parliament’s move to impose sanctions on some officials over their roles in the violent suppression of the recent #EndSARS protests, the Federal Government has reached out to the British government to present its Read more…
Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the wife of a lecturer of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Delta State University, Abraka, Dr Sunny Ojoboh. The PUNCH gathered that the victim was kidnapped around 6:30 on Monday in her shop Read more…
Sports fans found themselves more than a little frustrated on Wednesday following the passing of football legend Diego Maradona, whose last name left many on social media thinking musician Madonna had died. Maradona, 60, had been treated for a blood Read more…
Former President Barack Obama predicted Joe Biden’s presidency will provide welcome relief to many Americans from the chaos of the Donald Trump era. In a socially distanced interview that aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Late Show,” Obama told host Stephen Colbert he believes people are “exhausted Read more…
By Isaac Ojo The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Awka, Anambra has granted an order which sought to stop the Mr Chikwelu Adigwe led faction of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Anambra from conducting Read more…
The coast seems to be clear for Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to emerge as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as her only opponent, South Korean Yoo Myung-hee is set to withdraw from the race. A report by Read more…
The onslaught in Oyigbo started after the Nigerian military claimed that some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra attacked security posts as they stole weapons, killed some security personnel and burnt police stations. As the onslaught on residents of Read more…