Month: June 2019

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Tuesday staged a protest over their unpaid match bonuses and allowances at the U-20 World Cup in Poland. The Paul Aigbogun side crashed out of the tournament following their 2-1 loss to Senegal in the round of 16 at the Lodz stadium on Monday. The PUNCH gathered after the game that…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to focus on what it described as its self-inflicted woes. It also asked the ruling party to stop dragging the name of the PDP into its internal crisis, thereby seeking a face-saving measure. The main opposition party said this in a statement on…

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Thursday begin a two-day consultation with the party’s members-elect of the ninth National Assembly. The consultation will end on Friday. The PUNCH had on Monday reported exclusively that the party’s leadership would meet with the 44 senators-elect as well as 118 members-elect of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as a necessary evil even though they did not vote for him and his Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in 2019 general elections. The Sun Newspaper reported that according to Buhari, securing the FCT means securing himself and Vice President, Osinbajo, assuring that in…

The founder of the One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj ji, Tuesday called on President Muhammed Buhari to appoint him as his ‘spiritual adviser.’ He said this has become necessary because other religious groups and their leaders have failed. Maharaj ji made the request during a press conference to mark the 26 years ‘Anniversary Celebrations…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, reflected on the recent general elections in which he secured a second term and said it still baffles him where he got the stamina to tour the country on campaigns. The president also admonished those who called themselves leaders at various levels against putting up straight faces, especially in this…

A bank account containing £211m (approximately N82bn) has been traced to a former Nigerian military dictator, General Sani Abacha. The money was recovered and subsequently confiscated in Jersey, Channel Islands, on the request of the United States of America Government. Late Abacha was said to have laundered the money through the US into the Channel…

A former Minister for aviation, chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said he will move the motion for Oduduwa independence if alleged fulanisation and islamisation agenda under President Muhammadu Buhari led administration did not stop. Fani-Kayode said his late father, Remi Fani-Kayode successfully moved the motion for Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule on August 2, 1958.…

By Debo Adewale The All Progressives Congress (APC,) has accused the immediate-past National Working Committee, led by Chief John Odigie Oyegun of lacking the courage required to confront the pockets of political despots who could not operate by the party’s rules.  The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu disclosed this in an interview in…

By Debo Adewale The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed into law, the 2019 appropriation bill passed by the State House of Assembly.  The governor signed the N873.5 billion budget alongside three other bills comprising: Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency, Amended Act of the Lagos State House of Assembly Commission and Domestic Staff Service…

By Debo Adewale A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has done well by pointing out the ills of her husband’s government.  Aisha had lately castigated implementation of the Social Investment Programme (SIP) of the Federal Government as well as its approach to banditry issues in the northern part of…