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PRESS RELEASE TROOPS OF 14 BRIGADE NIGERIAN ARMY STOP VIOLENT INCIDENT AT UMUOKERE NGWA COMMUNITY OF ABIA STATE The attention of 82 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a violent incident involving an individual identified as MR CHIMOBI NNAORGU who allegedly lost his life from a gun shot injury inflicted on him by unknown gunmen suspected to be a …

The Governor of Abia state ,Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has flagged off the Abia women 2019 August meetings, with a charge that every woman ,irrespective of your profession or social status should learn one skill or the other ,saying it will be one of the things ,the mother will teach her children ,especially the females ones ( Ibe Chidiuto Franklin ,PhD …

EID-EL-KABIR: FG DECLARES AUGUST 12TH, 13TH AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The Federal Government has declared Monday, August, 12th and Tuesday, 13th, as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, in Abuja on Tuesday, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion. She also …

Revolution Now: Arewa Youths Say Protest Meaningless, Advises Buhari To Release Sowore. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Tuesday, faulted the RevolutionNow protest called by the 2019 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. Speaking exclusively to DAILY POST, AYCF President-General, Yerima Shettima described the RevolutionNow protest as “meaningless”. Yerima insisted that dialogue should be employed in resolving …

FG Welcomes Partnership That’ll Make Nigeria World Food Basket —Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will welcome partnerships and initiatives that will make Nigeria actualise its potential of being the food basket of the world . Osinbajo ’ s spokesman, Laolu Akande , in a statement , said the vice president stated this while receiving a delegation …

EFCC Freezes N9.9bn Bank Accounts Linked To Ex-Gov Ambode The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has frozen three bank accounts containing a total of N 9. 9 bn linked to the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode . The PUNCH had exclusively reported in June that loyalists of the ruling All Progressives Congress leader , Bola …

RevolutionNow: Nnamdi Kanu Praises Sowore, Says He Displayed Highest Form Of Bravery Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has lauded the 2019 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, for calling for a revolution in Nigeria, describing the call as the highest form of bravery. Kanu, however, stated that Sowore’s arrest by …

Court Fixes August 8 To Rule On FG’s Request To Detain Sowore For 90 Days A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has fixed August 8, 2019, to look into a request by the Federal Government for an ex-parte order to keep convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, for at least 90 days. The human rights crusader was picked …

PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS ATBU STUDENTS; URGES GREATER SAFETY ON CAMPUSES President Muhammadu Buhari deeply commiserates with the families of the students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ABTU), Bauchi State, who lost their lives following the collapse of a bridge at its Gubi Campus after a downpour on Monday night. The President, who describes the incident as “tragic, sad and unfortunate,” …

THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS OVERRULED THE PAYMENT OF PENSION, GRATUITY OR SEVERANCE ALLOWANCE TO POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS The Court of Appeal has faulted the payment of either severance allowance, pension or gratuity to political office holders and political appointees, insisting that the practice was morally wrong. A three-man panel of the court, held that it as unjustifiable in the …