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The Senate has said some of its members who are advocating impeachment proceedings against President Buhari, are not serious about the issue. Two of the Peoples Democratic Party senators, Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East), and Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South), had in recent times said their colleagues in the Senate should not hesitate to take necessary constitutional  […]

The Naira fell against the U.S. Dollar on Friday as the Central Bank of Nigeria erased from its website the exchange rate that for about a year was seen as the government’s official rate. The move by the CBN raised concerns about the devaluation of the currency that has long struggled amidst declining government revenue and foreign exchange. The […]

Aggrieved parents of the remaining 20 abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently assist them in rescuing their children in the captivity of bandits. The parents who met on Friday for a prayer session in Kaduna decried the continued stay of their children in the custody […]

Following intensified insurgency attacks across the country, particularly in the North, the Nigerian Army has recalled a large number of its personnel studying in civil institutions (universities and polytechnics) across the country, according to a leaked memo by the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Training, Abuja. In the memo dated May 11, the Nigerian […]

The United States has expressed dissatisfaction at how Nigerian courts continue to convict citizens of blasphemy, sentence them to long-term imprisonment and death. US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, stated this during the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report this week. He also said the Nigerian government has not brought anyone to justice […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared  Gimba Yau Kumo, a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, wanted over an alleged $65 million fraud. Kumo, who got married to Fatima, one of the president’s daughters in 2016, was alleged to have perpetrated the crime alongside one Tarry Rufus and another Bola […]

Two months after the federal government lifted a ban on in-flight catering services on the domestic routes, most of the airlines have not commenced the services, findings have shown. The federal government had suspended in-flight catering services after the resumption of flights which were suspended due to the COVID-19. The suspension of catering was in […]

Ministers, National Assembly members, federal appointees and other Very Important Personalities (VIPs) from the Southeast and Southsouth may be stripped of police escort when travelling home due to rising attacks on security agents. Police authorities have endorsed a signal to that effect. The signal, which emanated from the Delta State Police Command, advised officers and […]

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday placed 14 countries, including the United States, Canada, France and Germany on the watch list in a bid prevent a third wave of COVID-19 in the state. Other countries are: Netherlands, Togo, Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, Abayomi. Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin […]

New chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said yesterday that the commission has recovered a whopping $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, who has been staying in Britain since leaving office in 2015. Beyond the amount recovered from the former oil minister, no fewer than 80 choice property […]

The Federal Government is set to prosecute 400 suspects arrested for allegedly funding terrorism in the country. This is according to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who stated this on Tuesday during a press conference in Lagos. He also reiterated the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in tackling the menace of […]

The last may not have been heard about the shutting down of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria by the Spiritual Director, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka. Mbaka had on Tuesday morning announced the immediate shutting down of all activities in Adoration Ministry till June 10, 2021. In a release Mbaka personally signed, he said he would […]

The COVID-19 strain, which is currently ravaging India, has been found in Nigeria, The Punch has learnt. The strain was detected by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in the Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State nearly three weeks ago and has been communicated to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Recall that the Federal […]

There was an attempt to burgle the residence of Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency has said. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the incident occurred very early on Monday morning. His confirmation followed the report by an online […]

The bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State, have reached out to their parents to make fresh demands. They had initially demanded a ransom of N800 million which the parents could not afford. Following the failure of the parents to pay N800 million, five of the students were killed within the first […]

Residents of commercial city of Onitsha Anambra State have been gripped with fear, following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area. The Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in the city in the early hours of Sunday, had the cartons of the bullets spill into the drainage […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), has apologised to the Catholic church over his mistakes in recent times. While delivering his sermon on Sunday, Mbaka asked Callistus Onaga, bishop of Enugu diocese, to forgive him and his followers for their actions which have rubbed off negatively on the church. The priest […]

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on the government to come to him for a lasting solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. He stated this on Sunday during the 40th anniversary thanksgiving service of the church in the Ota Cathedral in Ogun State, monitored by Punch. He […]