Members of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives yesterday took to the streets to protest the abduction of two nurses in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.
The two nurses, who are staff of UBTH, were identified as…Protest in Edo over abduction of nurses
Pally Iriase is the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives and member representing Owan Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House. In this interview, Iriase says the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 10 governorship election in Edo, Pastor Osagie…Edo people will never vote PDP, Ize-Iyamu – Iriase
Edo State government has described as untrue allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it refunded money paid by the party for the use of public school fields and other public places for its electioneering campaigns.
PDP
It also said no school head was summoned by Governor Adams…‘PDP didn’t pay to use Edo public schools for campaign’
The secretariat of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation is now a no go area.
The office, located in Room 16,White House at the National Assembly Complex ,was sealed off yesterday by security men as claims and counter claims intensified over alleged padding of the 2016 bud…Budget padding: DSS seals Reps Appropriation Committee Secretariat
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said the party’s attention has been drawn to a statement by the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike that “despite the propaganda being sponsored by the opposition, Rivers State is safe for investments and development.”
APC data Cent…River State Security Environment: Investors and the rest of the world know better – APC
By Ehi Ekhator
A former aide to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri has taken a swipe at the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo over a statement he made to ridicule his boss in 2015.
Prof. Osinbajo had said during the presidential campaign that Jonathan was leading a…Osinbajo can now see that it’s not easy to manage a nation – Reno Omokri
By Chioma Obinna
Mention “Infertility” and cold shivers run down peoples’ spines. Infertility threatens the love, peace and joy in a home. Many homes are faced with the agony of childlessness and infertility is fast becoming a plague. The desire of every couple is to become parents within the f…35 per cent decline in sperm count: Infertile men everywhere!
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana has disclosed how he declined a mouth-watering N405 million brief from an unnamed former governor to help him launder funds abroad
Femi Falana
Falana, whose testimonial is contained in the current edition of…How I refused N405m money laundering offer by governor — Falana
By Simon Ebegbulem
I’ve done what Anenih did not do for Esan people, says the governor
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and the campaign train of the governorship candidate of the APC, Mr Godwin Obaseki yesterday invaded the home town of Chief Tony Anenih in Uromi, with the…What have you done for Esan people? – Oshiomhole asks Anenih
Thirteen inmates escaped in a fresh jailbreak recorded at Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, gathered from a reliable source that the incident happened at about 7a.m. when the inmates forcefully brought down the wall of the prison.
The all…13 inmates escape in fresh Nigerian prison jailbreak
Okechukwu Nnodim
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 10-member Board of Trustees and a Governing Council comprising of 13 individuals for the clean up of Ogoniland in Rivers State.
The Presidency said this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday, stating that the announcement was made…Buhari approves governing council, board for Ogoni clean up
Chukwudi Akasike and Fidelis Soriwei
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the Federal Government for the conditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, and former MEND leader, Henry…FG ready for conditional release of Kanu, Okah brothers — MEND
Tunde Ajaja
Sex has been described as one of the activities that boost closeness in marriage, but the lack of it, or its inadequacy, can equally be detrimental to the success of union.
This all-important activity is so vital that marriage counsellors and psychologists often advise couples not to…Why most women are not sexually satisfied
The Ogun Police Command has rescued another child, 10-year-old Promise Udeh, found chained in a house at Saraki, Adigbe area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
She was rescued on Thursday around 7.30 pm when neighbours living close to the building where she was chained alerted the police.
She was r…Police rescue another chained child in Ogun as culprit flees
…hospitals, hotels shut
.Navy storms creeks
.Panic uncalled for –PPRO
Gbenro Adeoye, Fisayo Falodi, Kunle Falayi, Tunde Ajaja, and Eric Dumo
Some residents of riverside communities in Lagos State are selling off their lands and houses in fear following attacks by suspected Niger Delta militants i…Militants’ attacks: Lagos residents put up houses, lands for sale
…fundraiser accuses family of fraud
Gbenro Adeoye
The controversial Save Mayowa Campaign has added a new twist after the Founder of Lifestake Foundation, Aramide Kasumu, who was involved in the fundraising, alleged that the family of the ailing Mayowa Ahmed lied that only N30m had been raised w…#SaveMayowa crisis gets messier, police freeze account
There is but a thin line between life and death. For Unoma Akpabio, life almost gave in to death after a major surgery in a German hospital. Unoma was said to have slipped into coma after the surgery, prompting friends and family members to launch into serious prayers for her to regain…Akpabio’s wife escapes death in Germany
Samson Folarin
There was pandemonium on Thursday in the Arepo area of Ogun State and some part of Lagos State after the military bombarded the base of suspected militants in the states.
The PUNCH learnt that scores of militants were reportedly killed in the joint military operation which lasted…Military bombards Lagos, Ogun creeks, scores feared killed
The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Borno State, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Thursday.
Reuters reported that UNICEF said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to M…Convoy attack: UN suspends aid to Borno
Oshiomhole’s nervous threat to Ize-Iyamu with EFCC is Preposterous – PDP
The Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as preposterous, the recent threat to arrest the PDP’s Candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu before the September 10, 2016 Gubernatorial Election …Edo 2016: ‘Go and die’ governor is nervous – PDP
The national chairmanship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has demonstrated that it lacks the capacity and experience to lead a united and prosperous Nigeria.
Raymond Dokpesi
Dokpesi who disclosed…APC lacks capacity to lead Nigeria, says Dokpesi
ABEOKUTA—The Federal Government, yesterday, said it will commence its National Home Grown School Feeding Programme with 5.5 million pupils across the country by September .
School feeding
The National Programme Manager, Mrs Abimbola Adesanmi, disclosed this in Abeokuta during the opening of a tw…FG begins feeding of 5.5m pupils September
Ramon Oladimeji
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has said she will recommend disciplinary action against an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission lawyer, Babatunde Sonaike, for the manner he is handling an alleged N800m land theft case.
EFCC
The 10 defendants in…EFCC giving judiciary bad name – Judge
pleads for speedy execution of Calabar – Lagos Rail project
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buahri and the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, on the successful flag-off, on Tuesday, of the Ab…Abuja – Kaduna Rail-Line: Rivers APC congratulates Buhari, Amaechi
President Salva Kiir swore in Taban Deng Gai as first vice president of South Sudan on Tuesday, replacing Riek Machar, who hasn’t been seen nor hear from since fighting broke out earlier this month between his forces and those loyal to the president.
In an exclusive interview yesterday, Machar s…“I’m still the first VP of the republic of South Sudan” Machar tells Al Jazeera
