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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 […]

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has asked anti-graft agencies to go after any presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who purchases the N100 million nomination and Expression of Interest forms. Ayu said with the exorbitant price of the forms, the party was still ready to inflict more […]

The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, will host presidential aspirants across political parties for an Iftar dinner at the Presidential Villa on Saturday. The information was contained in an invitation letter to the guests sighted in Abuja on Thursday. Invitees to the dinner are instructed not to come along with their mobile devices, but their […]

All parties involved in the alleged Chrisland school scandal were scrutinised at the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Education Quality Assurance Conference Hall, Alausa in Ikeja on Wednesday. A reliable source told Channels Television that those who attended the meeting were police officers, officials of the Education Quality Assurance, and that of the Directorate of […]

TELECOMMUNICATION subscribers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers have said they are set to drag the Federal Government to court in May in a bid to temporarily suspend the government’s barring of subscribers’ outgoing calls. On Monday, April 4, the Federal Government ordered telecom companies to bar outgoing calls on all […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has again lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari over the state of the nation, saying “it is finished.” Soyinka particularly faulted the presidential pardon granted to some Nigerians convicted for corruption, said Buhari had placed all his eggs in one basket, which has now “squashed against Nigerian faces that they shall not […]

The Presidency has berated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Kukah, over his criticisms of the government, urging him to face his job or join politics.  Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Monday evening, hours after the cleric accused the Muhammadu Buhari government, in his Easter message, of […]

Chrisland School, Lagos, has broken its silence on the sex scandal that forced Lagos government to shut all its branches in the state. In a viral video, a 10-year-old female pupil of the school was seen being involved in sexual act with some male pupils. The incident, which sparked outrage on social media, was said […]

The Lagos State Government on Monday warned that sharing or receiving images depicting child pornography is an offense under its laws that can attract a sentence of up to 14 years. The warning comes amid reports that some students of Chrisland schools were involved in a case of alleged sexual violence in Dubai, United Arab […]

Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani has questioned why presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) have stated so many solutions to the problems of Nigeria if elected, but haven’t offered that solution to the current Nigerian president. Taking to Twitter on Sunday evening, April 17, Senator Sani said; “All the presidential aspirants of […]