The Department of State Services has explained why the lead negotiator between the terrorists and passengers kidnapped from the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train, Alhaji Tukur Mamu, was arrested. The PUNCH earlier reported that Mamu was arrested in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, Read more…
The back and forth between the striking university lecturers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued on Wednesday when the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, maintained that the Federal Government has Read more…
President Muhammadu Buhari will not drop the names of those nominated as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) despite claims that some of them are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is according Read more…
Germany’s largest gas importer – Uniper – has been struggling to replace missing Russian gas supplies as the company’s losses are mounting, its CEO, Klaus-Dieter Maubach, admitted this week. The company might also run out of the money provided by Read more…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he did not think the West’s “provocative” policies towards Russia were correct, after the European Union and Group of Seven nations proposed a price cap on Russian gas. President Vladimir Putin had earlier Read more…
As Kiev has banned journalists from the frontlines of the ‘offensive’ in Kherson Region, the Washington Post sent a reporter to a hospital in the rear area, where wounded Ukrainian soldiers told a harrowing tale of fighting against the odds. Read more…
Russia’s Bastion anti-ship missile system has now been used in a live-fire exercise on the Far Eastern island of Matua, the Defense Ministry has reported. The system was tested during recent drills on an island chain that has long been Read more…
Artyom Bardin, the head of the Russian-controlled military-civilian administration in the southern Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, died on Tuesday after being severely injured in a car blast. His vehicle had been blown up earlier that day in an attack local Read more…
Ayo Aroloye was holding his newborn son when a power cut plunged the delivery room of the Lagos hospital into darkness. The 34-year-old had to turn on his phone’s torch so that the doctor who was about to stitch up Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said the estimated three million Internally Displaced Persons would participate in the 2023 general elections. The commission added that measures to ensure all eligible Nigerians including the IDPs exercise their franchise at the Read more…
Recently, Nigerians living at the City of California in United States organised a town hall meeting to create a synergy on the growth and development of the country ahead of the 2023 general election. The primary responsibility of government is Read more…
The Western Security Network Agency, “Amotekun” Osun Command, on Tuesday disclosed that it has arrested two persons, Oladipupo Segun (40), and Wale Samuel (40) and recovered 18 goats allegedly stolen from them. A statement made available to our correspondent by Read more…