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The African Action Congress has written a letter to the Chairman of Channels Television, Mr. John Momoh, threatening to sue him, the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria and the Nigeria Elections Debate Group if its Presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is not listed among those that will participate in the Presidential debate. The NEDG, organisers of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night assured loyal All Progressives Congress members, who would work for his victory in 2019 of a handsome reward. Buhari admitted that he had not been able to fully reward those who worked for him to emerge as President in 2015. However, he stressed that in 2019, it would be a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Hassan, as the new Minister of Environment. The appointment followed the resignation of the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril. Mr Jibril resigned to assume the throne of the Emir of Nasarawa, in Nasarawa State. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, […]

Michael Cohen, the former lawyer to Donald Trump who once said he’d take a bullet for the president, has been given a 36-month prison sentence. He is the first member of Mr Trump’s inner circle to be jailed over the special counsel’s inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He has pleaded guilty […]

UEFA Champions League tables after Wednesday’s Group G matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):   Group A Borussia Dortmund   6 4 1 1 10  2 13 – qualified Atletico Madrid     6 4 1 1  9  6 13 – qualified Club Brugge         6 1 3 2  6  5  5 Monaco              6 0 […]

The Presidency has dismissed the recent utterances by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “a sign of confusion not worthy of attention.” Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said that whoever “Obasanjo chooses to support at the 2019 elections is irrelevant.’’ He noted that the former president had publicly changed his […]

The United States of America has revealed that it has no preferred presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2019 general elections. This was revealed by Mr. Russell Brooks, the Public Affairs Officer at the US Consulate General Lagos, via a live chat on Facebook which was monitored by Punch correspondent. When asked if the US would be […]

The Nigeria Police Force says it is not a crime to have sex in one’s car. The police, however, said it could be considered a crime if one has sex with underage person; or if the car is parked in a religious institution when the act takes place. The Police also say car sex is […]

A Russian priest who flaunted luxury items including Louis Vuitton bags and Gucci shoes on his Instagram account will face a disciplinary committee, an Orthodox Church spokesman said Monday. Vyacheslav Baskakov deleted the images of himself posing in his frock with the designer goods after they were picked up by Russian media and shared online […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the distribution of cash to Nigerians by the federal government very close to the general elections. Mr Dogara stated this on Monday during a public hearing organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Political Parties Matters on Vote-buying and Improving the […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, on Sunday swore that “the man in Aso Rock” was President Muhammadu Buhari and not any impostor as being peddled by the opposition. Ngige stated this in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, while answering questions from journalists. He said those who were […]

A compendium of high profile corruption and financial crimes in Nigeria worth over N2trillion has been presented on Sunday. The report presented by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), an anti-corruption NGO, involved 47 former governors, 10 former Ministers/Presidential advisers, three Senators, two judges, among others. The report was unveiled at an occasion to […]