BREAKING: Residents flee Ondo communities over killer-herdsmen attacks
The residents of Ijagba, Imoru and Arimogija in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have raised the alarm over the incessant attacks on the communities by suspected killer-herdsmen. In a ‘Save our Souls’ message to the state government, the residents who are mostly farmers claimed that the killer-herdsmen had been terrorising the communities for over two weeks, killing and destroying properties worth millions of naira. It was gathered that the herdsmen had allegedly been destroying farmlands and crops which included yam, maize and cassava in the affected communities and if the farmers resisted them, they would attack them. A
Drama in Senate over Buhari’s N23.7tn loan request
The Senate is currently in a rowdy session over the request by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to approve Ways and Means Advances restructuring to the tune of N23.7 trillion. At the plenary on Wednesday, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, read out Buhari’s request to members of the respective chambers. In the request titled, ‘Restructuring of Ways and Means Advances,’ the President wrote, “The Ways and Means Advance by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the Federal Government has been a funding option to the Federal Government to cater for
APC, SDP hopeful as Ekiti tribunal delivers judgment today
The camps of the All Progressives Congress and the Social Democratic Party in Ekiti State are both hopeful of favourable judgment in the dispute over the June 18 governorship election to be determined on Wednesday (today) by the governorship election petitions tribunal. Dissatisfied with the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission of the APC candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the election, the SDP and its candidate, Chief Segun Oni, had filed a petition before the tribunal, urging it to declare SDP winner having allegedly scored the highest number of valid votes. The three-member tribunal led by Justice
PDP crisis: Aggrieved govs may endorse Peter Obi Jan 5
There are strong indications that the five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors may endorse their preferred presidential candidate on January 5, barring any unforeseen circumstances. The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that the governors, who are presently meeting in London, United Kingdom, might be influenced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s advice that the Presidency should come to the South-East in 2023. Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu states and some political heavyweights from the South had parted ways with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over his alleged refusal
May I Not Marry A Woman Like My Mum, Says 20-Year-Old Boy
My 16-year-old sister left the house on Christmas eve only to return yesterday at 11 pm, my dad was very angry and he promised to deal with her in a way she will never forget throughout her life. My mum said he shouldn't do that or else there will be war. When the girl returned, my dad asked where she was and she was busy chewing gums and turning her eyes like she was having epilepsy. My mum was shouting at Dad to leave her alone but my dad hit her. omg! the slap sounded very well and it still
Tinubu uses prepared script or speaks through proxies, can’t answer questions in public- Atiku
FORMER Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has asked his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Senator Bola Tinubu, to stop running away from public debates as the campaigns for the February 25, 2023 presidential election hot up. Atiku spoke with Saturday Tribune through his spokes man-Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday.He then challenged the APC candidate to come out & debate with him on all issues, including governance, policies, programmes and their past. The PDP candidate alleged that Tinubu was avoiding debates so as not to answer questions surrounding his past. Ologbondiyan said: “We
Some people begged for a plot of land not to develop it but to sell it and marry another wife – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed how an associate begged him to speak to the FCT Minster, Mohammed Musa Bello, to allocate him a plot of land that he could sell and use the proceeds to marry another wife. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu quoted the president as making the revelation when the minister led residents of FCT to pay him the traditional Christmas Day homage. According to the statement, the president commended the FCT Minister, saying he retained the cabinet position for so long because of his honesty and hardwork. The president noted that he
How Lagos policeman killed my pregnant wife – Lawyer’s husband
As another Policeman kills varsity graduate Gbenga Raheem, the husband of a female lawyer, Omobolanle, who was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, has narrated how his wife was killed. Gbenga spoke on Monday when sympathisers visited his house in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro had exclusively reported that Omobolanle was coming from an eatery with some family members on Christmas Day and had tried to make a U-turn under the Ajah Bridge when the cop shot at her vehicle. The 41-year-old woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead.
2023: Jonathan’s men begin mobilisation for Tinubu
Supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan have commenced grassroots mobilisation in the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The group, under the aegis of Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria, had earlier endorsed Tinubu in November. In a statement issued after the grassroots campaign commencement in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the national secretary of the coalition, Francis Wainwei, disclosed that they were against the idea of having another northerner to replace the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) after eight years. Wainwei, whose group made a
Japa: Ondo poly bans unapproved overseas trips
The Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State has banned the employees of the institution from travelling out of the country without the permission of the governing board of the polytechnic. The institution declared that any of its employees that flouted the order would be heavily sanctioned. The Rector of the polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Fasakin, disclosed this at the institution’s Christmas Carol and Nine Lessons service held on the campus of the institution. He said, “It is always my desire that we identify some members of staff who contributed exceptionally to the development of this institution in this course of the year,
