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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to use all means necessary to ensure that the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State holds under a peaceful atmosphere. President Buhari gave the or­der on Thursday during the Na­tional Security Council meeting he presided over at the Presiden­tial Villa, Abuja, directing all se­curity and intelligence agencies to […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkish has said that members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) that attempted to push him out of power on July 15, 2016 through a failed coup are currently in Nigeria. Erdogan stated this on Wednesday during a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the nation’s capital. […]

Nigerian taxpayers will have to pay twice as much to feed their president and vice president in 2022 as food prices continue to rise, even as the citizens themselves ironically remain at the same income level that has left many struggling daily to buy food. Food inflation reached its highest level in 12 years in […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, claimed that there is no evidence to show that any protester was killed at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. He stated this during a press conference held in Abuja as young people took to the streets nationwide to mark the first anniversary of […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged youths to join politics to make a difference in the country. The VP stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, at a virtual forum where he interacted with Nigerian Fellows of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘Osinbajo […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned telecommunication consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card no matter how close the person is to them. NCC gave the warning during its third Telecom Consumer Town Hall on Radio (TCTHR) programme […]

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, warned #EndSARS protesters against organising protests on the streets of Lagos in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of #EndSARS protests. The CP in a statement, also said plans are underway to arrests erring #EndSARS protesters across the state. He warned members of the public to […]

Tragedy struck in Imo State on Tuesday evening as yet-to-be identified gunmen opened fire on traditional rulers during a meeting, killing three of them. The traditional rulers were having a stakeholders’ meeting at the Njaba local council headquarters at Nnenasa when the hoodlums struck. Punch correspondent learnt that other traditional rulers were left with varying […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told bandits that they should be ready for crushing defeat. The President gave the warning on Monday while reacting to the killing of over 30 people in Goronyo, Sokoto State on Sunday. Buhari, in a statement issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu, said the days of the bandits were numbered […]

The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charge which was filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Monday, borders on treasonable felony and the alleged involvement of Kanu in acts […]

Some residents of Nigeria’s South-east region have said they would resort to firewood and charcoal if prices of cooking gas continue to soar. The consumers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that they could no longer cope with the increase in the prices of cooking gas. They called on the federal […]

Despite Nigeria’s shrinking revenue and lean savings, President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed the highest spending plan for the State House in the last six years, details of the proposed 2022 budget have shown. The budgetary proposals for the State House have gone up by over 140 per cent since Mr Buhari assumed office in 2015, […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the recommendations to lift the ban on Twitter in Nigeria will be applicable to all over-the-top and other social media platforms in the country. The minister said this on Monday, when he featured on ‘This Morning’, a programme by Television Continental (TVC). The federal government had, on June […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari. The group is asking the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, as it severely threatens and violates the right […]

Ahead of his arraignment on October 21, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked millions of his supporters to embark on a dry fasting. His counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who stated this on his verified Facebook page, also stated that Kanu was well. Ejiofor said Kanu asked him to tell […]

The Nigerian Air Force has denied a report by the Wall Street Journal that it paid N20m as ransom to bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army. The Wall Street Journal said in a report on Sunday that the NAF brokered the deal as President Buhari was planning a trip to Katsina, his home […]

Conservative British lawmaker David Amess was killed on Friday after being stabbed “multiple times” during an event in his local constituency in southeast England, in the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016. Local police did not name Amess but said a man had been arrested “on suspicion (of) murder” after […]

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says President Muhammadu Buhari has attained greater acceptance among Nigerians even more than some fathers of the federation. Adesina made this assertion on Thursday in an article titled “The Essential Buhari: Vp Osinbajo Got It!”. In establishing his argument, the presidential spokesman alluded to […]