Sunday, 24 November, 2024

Month: September 2022


The Federal Government has declared that nobody won or lost in the ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), ordering members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to work. The Minister of Labour Read more…


The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed December 5 to deliver a ruling in an application brought before it by the alleged organ harvest victim, David Ukpo seeking to stop the release of his bio-data to London Court, Read more…


20 September 2022 The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) views with shock and disappointment a video of Mahdi Shehu resorting to ethnic and religious dog whistle campaign for his preferred candidate. Mahdi Shehu is an elder statesman, and so someone Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, released the final list of the 18 eligible presidential candidates, their running mates as well as 4,223 candidates for National Assembly seats ahead next general elections. The Commission had last June released Read more…


Zahra Bayero Buhari, a daughter-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, has graduated with a first-class degree in Architectural Design from an undisclosed University. The president’s wife, Aisha Buhari disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Congratulations to Mrs. Zahra B Buhari on Read more…


Portugal could face supply problems this winter if Nigeria does not deliver all the liquefied natural gas (LNG) it is due to, the European Union country’s environment and energy minister said on Monday. Asked whether with many countries now looking Read more…


The National Association of Nigerian Students has rolled out a new timetable for its nationwide protests. In the timetable, signed by the ‘President-Elect’ of the student body, Usman Barambu, dated Monday, obtained on Tuesday by The PUNCH, NANS scheduled the protests Read more…


The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Tosin Kolade, for allegedly raping and killing a teenage girl, Ifeoluwa Apanpa. The suspect, who was paraded on Tuesday told journalists that he lured the girl inside a church where Read more…


Crude oil theft in Nigeria, which is blamed for throttling output and exports, is tantamount to treason that should be punished by the stiffest possible penalty, the Speaker of the House of Representatives said on Tuesday. Oil production fell below Read more…


A Cold War between China and the US would be a “disaster” for both countries and for the whole world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Monday, after meeting with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. During their meeting Read more…


Referendums to join the Russian Federation will be held in the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR) from September 23 to 27, the leaders of the states announced on Tuesday. LPR head Leonid Pasechnik was the first to Read more…


Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Monday morning, barricaded roads leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, over the lingering strike that has crippled academic activities across universities nationwide. LEADERSHIP reports that the action Read more…