The plot to weaken opposition to the emergence of Senator Ahmed Lawan , the preferred choice of the All Progressives Congress for the position of Senate President , has reached an advanced stage , Saturday PUNCH has learnt . Saturday PUNCH gathered in Abuja on Friday that the ruling party was leaving nothing to chance as it was prepared …
Read More »Bulkachuwa’s Son Campaigned For Buhari…PDP Tells Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate , Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Friday told the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja that Aliyu Haidar Abubakar, son of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the February 23 presidential poll . They alleged that Abubakar was not only a …
Read More »FG To Shut Down Enugu Airport For ‘Security Reasons’
FG to Shut Enugu Airport For ‘Security Reasons’ Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, says the Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu will be shut down due to security reasons. Speaking on Friday at the stakeholders’ forum in Lagos, the minister listed the security challenges at the airport to include bad runway, proximity to a market and the wrong location …
Read More »Emefiele Pledges 5 -year Plan To Diversify Nation’s Economy
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele says CBN in the next five years, will aggressively pursue policies that will further diversify the Nigerian economy. Emefiele said this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Nsukka, Enugu State, after a Special Convocation of the University of Nigeria (UNN), where he was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate …
Read More »Find Lasting Solution To Insecurity,Northern Governors appeal To Buhari
The Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has appealed to the federal government to restrategise and come up with measures that could permanently address the security situation in the north. In an address at a meeting of the forum on Friday at the Government House, Kaduna, Shettima said the northern …
Read More »Okorocha has done extremely well …Osinbajo
Osinbajo has described Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state as a great achiever and a pride to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the commissioning of Imo International Exhibition in Owerri on Friday, Okorocha, Osinbajo said,that he “could testify of the great things the governor has done in the State”. He said that the number of projects …
Read More »President Buhari attends Juma’ at prayer at the Masjid Al-Nabawi
President Buhari attends Juma’at prayer at the Masjid Al-Nabawi (The Prophet’s (SAW) Mosque), in Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Friday, May 17, 2019
Read More »Miyetti Allah Admits,clarifies N100bn Demand From FG
Miyetti Allah Admits, Clarifies N100bn Demand From FG The National Secretary , Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore , Mr Saleh Alhassan , has said his group indeed demanded from the Federal Government the payment of N 100 bn to herders but for the construction of ranches and not for amnesty as reported on social media . Alhassan made the clarification in …
Read More »Tel Aviv University Honours Ngozi Okonji -Iweala With Honorary Doctorate
The Nigeria former minister of Finance Dr Mrs Ngozi Okonji – Iweala has received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy degree at Tel Aviv University for herwork on Economic Development, Poverty Alleviation, Transparency and Inclusion. With Chair Board of Governors TAU Dr Jacob Frenkel, President TAU, Prof Joseph Klafter and fellow honorees including Former Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen, …
Read More »Akpabio did not defect To APC,He was Expelled by PDP …..Court
The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Friday that a former Senate Minority Leader , Godswill Akpabio ’s movement from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress last year was not a case of defection . Justice Okon Abang, in a judgment held that that the senator only “ moved to join APC out of frustration …
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