Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers booed President Muhammadu Buhari during 2019 budget presentation at the joint session of the National Assembly. The protesting lawmakers booed and interrupted President Buhari as he listed achievements of his administration. According to Punch, as…
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38 VEHICLES, 71 SHOPS, HOUSES, PETROL STATIONS RAZED IN ABULE EGBA PIPELINE FIRE
No fewer than 38 vehicles, 71 shops, a church, houses, petrol stations and others were razed in Wednesday pipeline fire in Abule Egba area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The explosion was as a result of the activities of suspected bunkerers around…
Read MoreDRIVER LYNCHED, BURNT WITH HIS VEHICLE BY MOB ON OSHODI-APAPA EXPRESSWAY
There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Five Star bus stop on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos State, as a yet-to-be-identified bus driver was lynched by a mob. PUNCH Metro learnt that the driver and his conductor had been beaten…
Read MoreEFCC ARRAIGNS NBA PRESIDENT FOR ALLEGEDLY LAUNDERING N1.4B
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN) before a Federal High Court in Lagos south west Nigeria for allegedly laundering N1.4 billion. He pleaded not…
Read MoreEX-CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF ALEX BADEH IS DEAD
Former Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has been killed by unknown gunmen in Abuja. He was going to Abuja this evening when he was attacked by gunmen and killed. Nigerian Airforce spokesman Air Commodore Ibikunle…
Read MorePOLICE NAB 85-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH FRESH HUMAN HEART
Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos on Tuesday said that it had arrested an 85-year old man and four others for being in possession of human heart and other body parts. Mr Lawal Shehu, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG)…
Read MoreEND YOUR STRIKE’, PRESIDENT BUHARI PLEADS WITH ASUU
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities to call off the industrial action embarked upon by its members in the overall interest of the nation. Punch reports that the President made the call…
Read MoreAPPEAL COURT SACKS KASHAMU AS PDP GUBER CANDIDATE
The Court of Appeal in Ibadan on Tuesday set aside a court order which directed Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the list of candidates submitted for the 2019 general elections by a faction of Ogun PDP loyal to…
Read More2019: HOW IGBOS ARE WORKING FOR BUHARI’S RE-ELECTION
An Igbo political group, One-on-One Nigeria, says it will work for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. The group, which announced this at a press conference in Awka on Tuesday, said a lot of…
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