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A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday wooed members of the party’s National Working Committee, saying he already has 11 million votes. Addressing the PDP NWC in Abuja, the former vice president said he is the best candidate to win the 2023 presidential election for the party. “I urge […]

The Senate has prohibited the payment of ransoms to kidnappers in its bid to complement the Federal Government’s effort to tackle the disturbing spate of insecurity in the country. Payment of kidnap ransom was criminalised by the lawmakers during Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja as they passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has broken its silence on the resurgence of bomb attacks in the country. Lives were lost when suspected Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters carried out two separate attacks in Taraba and one in Yobe State last week. Commenting on this development, Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesman, said […]

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a special prayer is to be held on Thursday, April 28, for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, in Mecca. Punch gathered that the session tagged ‘Special Tawaf for Asiwaju’ would commence at 12 noon with participants wearing their ihram (sacred dress of […]

All Chrisland Schools in Lagos resumed on Monday in line with a directive from the State Government. The Lagos State Government had shut down all branches of Chrisland schools on April 18 over alleged sexual abuse of one of its pupils. But state authorities announced the reopening of the schools on Saturday following a ‘review […]

A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Festus Ogun on Monday filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal High Court in Lagos over the excessive pain, hardship and agony Nigerians went through as a result of the fuel scarcity experienced earlier this year. The legal practitioner said he solemnly believed that the gross inefficiency and […]

The 10-year-old female student suspended by Chrisland Schools, Lagos State, over alleged sexual misconducts with a colleague during a school competition at Dubai, United Arab Emirate, has deleted all the videos on her account on a social media app, Likee. The account, with over 12,400 fans, drew attention shortly after a video clip of the pupil […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for his failure to unblock the phone lines of over 72 million telecommunication subscribers barred from making calls. SERAP’s suit followed the recent directive by the Federal Government to telecommunications companies to block outgoing calls on all unlinked lines, as […]

Nigeria’s president has said the country is in “shock and trauma” following the deaths of at least 100 people from an explosion at an illegal oil refinery. President Muhammadu Buhari described the incident in Imo state, southern Nigeria, as a “catastrophe and a national disaster”. Many victims were burnt beyond recognition. The police are now […]

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said only death will stop him from contesting the 2023 presidential election. Wike’s statement during a BBC Pidgin interview was said to have stunned persons, who believed hr would withdraw from the race to support a likely northern candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). When asked whether there was […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will only be joining the All Progressives Congress presidential race on the condition that he is endorsed by President Buhari, Saturday Punch has learnt. Anything short of this would not be acceptable to Jonathan who served as deputy governor, governor, Vice-President and President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party from 1999 […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to take the war to bandits if he wins the 2023 Presidency. The governor said this when he wooed delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State on Thursday. Wike also dismissed the argument against the need for State police, lamenting the widespread insecurity. “The […]