Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege,  and the former Speaker of Delta State House Assembly, Hon Victor Ochei, yesterday  warned that the people of the state would resist Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s attempt do a third term by imposing a governor in 2023 through the candidate

A top commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Muhammad Malik, has been reportedly killed by men of the Air Task Force in the Lake Chad region. Malik died on November 29 following the fatal injuries he sustained during an airstrike by the task force, The Cable quoted Zagazola Makama, a publication focused the

The Coalition of United Political Parties on Wednesday said that the recent comment attributed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, during the inauguration of a project by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, were harmless and not signs of partisanship.   The coalition called on Nigerians to ignore the clamour for CJN’s

Former Manchester United star, Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed a record-breaking £172.9million per year contract with Saudi Arabian club, Al Nassr.   According to Daily Mail UK, Ronaldo is said to have sensationally agreed to a two-and-a-half year deal with Al Nassr, worth a whooping £172.9million per year, that will see him play until the

Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have received full salaries for the month of November 2022, The PUNCH can confirm.   Our correspondent also gathered that the eight month arrears remained withheld by the Federal Government.   A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three-month imprisonment for flouting a 2011 court order. The IG’s committal followed a suit filed by a police officer, Mr Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigeria Police Force. The court also ordered the

The All Progressives Congress Campaign Council has dismissed a viral photograph alleging that the party’s presidential candidate,  Bola Tinubu, held ‘talks’ with the United States President, Joe Biden, at the White House.   The development is coming barely 24 hours after the PCC similarly denied issuing a statement to apologise to former Governor of Cross

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday, remanded  57-year-old medical doctor of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, over alleged defilement of his wife’s 15-year-old niece.   The court remanded him after he took his plea on a two count charge bordering on the defilement of a child and sexual assault

Nume Ekeghe   The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) RT200 (Race to $200 billion forex inflows), which is an initiative that aims to boost non-oil exports has recorded $4.987 billion forex inflows in 2022.   CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed the feat achieved by its RT200 initiative yesterday, said the amount recorded so