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An apprentice tyre dealer, Cissé Abdullahi, has solicited the support of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other philanthropists after his wife was delivered of a set of quadruplets – two boys and two girls. Abdullahi, 37, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapaji Phase 3, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo in the Olorunda […]

Senator Rochas Okorochas has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is unpredictable, saying he may surprise everybody as regards his choice of presidential candidate under the All Progressives Congress. Rochas Okorocha, who was a two-time governor of Imo State, was commenting on the battle for the APC presidential ticket when he appeared on Channels TV’s Politics […]

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 […]

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Senator Victor Umeh, on Monday, said it is an injustice for the South-East region not to produce Nigeria’s President. Since the country returned to civil rule in 1999, the presidency has rotated to the South-West, North-West and the South-South regions. As President Muhammadu Buhari from Katsina […]

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 […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday visited the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, and some political office holders in the state as the presidential primary of the party draws nearer. During the visit, Osinbajo said it would be an act of betrayal to the country if he […]

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 […]

Bukola Saraki, former president of the senate, says there will be no more banditry and kidnapping in the country if he is elected president. Speaking on Sunday at a meeting with delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Minna, Niger state, Saraki said the country needs a president that is bold. The presidential hopeful […]

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has asked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar should step down for him, saying he has accumulated a gamut of experience to run the affairs of the state if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. The governor of Bauchi State was speaking on Consensus Dilemma and Endorsement Controversy in the PDP […]

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 […]