Wednesday, 21 January, 2026

Month: January 2021


Former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has threatened to institute a contempt of court proceeding against Chief Uche Okwukwu, suspended secretary general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Chief Richard Ozubu if they go ahead with parallel elections for the Read more…


Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official’s life was not in danger. “My father is in hospital. He’s getting better every day. But he needs time Read more…


One of the frontline contenders for the the office of president-general (PG) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide in next Sunday’s election, Dr. Chris Asoluka, has disclosed how he would handle the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, if Read more…


• In spirit of justice, national harmony South East leaders across political parties have collectively asked for the ceding of the 2023 presidency to the zone in the spirit of justice and national harmony. Rising from a bipartisan meeting held Read more…


By Isaac Ojo Over one hundred elderly persons were empowered with wheelchairs, clutches and sticks at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday during a medical outreach put together by Ada Eze Club of Oba Read more…


By Isaac Ojo The former president of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Kano State, Chief Chris Chukwubuzor Azuka says the situation Nigeria finds herself today is attributable to accumulated effect of failure by successive governments in the country. Chief Azuka who was Read more…


It makes absolutely “no sense” to keep Julian Assange locked up any longer, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said shortly after a judge in London rejected his latest bail request. Speaking to reporters outside the court building, Hrafnsson called District Judge Read more…


A former Dean of Faculty of Education at the University of Lagos, Professor Duro Ajeyalemi, died at 70 on Wednesday. He reportedly died of coronavirus-related complications at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, in Lagos. The PUNCH gathered that Ajeyalemi, who Read more…


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Unidentified gunmen reportedly abducted a man, after shooting him on Wednesday, in Warri, Delta state. The incident reportedly happened around 12pm by Omo-Agege Street in Edjeba community. Details surrounding the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing Read more…


Armed bandits on Tuesday killed a policeman and kidnapped five others in different attacks in Shiroro and Rafi local government areas of Niger state. The attack in Shiroro occurred in Chukuba community, had one person injured and several cattle stolen. Read more…


Donald Trump instigated his supporters into making a violent march to the Capitol of the United States to disrupt the certification of the president-elect Joseph Biden, hoping that the results from certain states will be tossed out, and thus, delivers Read more…