Amnesty International Nigeria says 3,641 people were killed between 2016 and 2018 in the conflict between herdsmen and farmers across the country, a number they say would have been significantly reduced had security operatives acted accordingly. Share on:
The management of Diamond Bank on Monday announced its merger with Access Bank. A statement by Uzoma Uja, the bank’s Secretary/Legal Adviser, said the transaction will be completed by the first half of 2019. “The proposed merger would involve Access Bank acquiring the entire issued share capital of Diamond Bank in exchange for a combination […]
Exaggeration is the most common strain of fever at election period. Politicians make voters – and the general public – believe that the world might end on ballot day, when in fact what they are playing for is their own survival. The Electoral Bill is not just the biggest talking point; it’s been perhaps the […]
Mr Lawan on Thursday raised a point of order, calling the attention of his colleagues to a media report which, according to him, was erroneous and misquoted the number of lawmakers in the senate. The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and the Senate leader, Ahmad Lawan, have disagreed over the political party that has the […]
Lt.-Gen Tukur BurataiThe Nation The Nigerian Army has organised a private burial for over 100 officers and soldiers killed during terrorist attacks on Nigerian Army 157 Task Force Battalion last month, The PUNCHhas learnt. Our correspondent was told by one of the widows of the officers that the burial would take place in Maiduguri on Friday. […]
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has described media as an indispensable instrument of democratic governance that has contributed much to the development of the Federal Capital Territory. Share on: WhatsApp
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday lampooned Senator Buruji Kashamu, saying he is brandishing alleged fake PDP gubernatorial flag in Ogun State. The party, in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, described as the height of ridicule, Kashamu’s purported presentation of himself as Ogun governorship candidate of the PDP […]
Majority of governors of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, were on Thursday absent at a meeting called by the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, and the party’s National Executive Committee. Mr Oshiomhole said 20 new governorship candidates of the party and nine sitting governors were expected at the meeting, which he said was being […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Gabriel Onyieawife, has defected from All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Share on: WhatsApp
A group of civil society organisations under the aegis of Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations In Nigeria have besieged the US Embassy in Abuja to advise against granting American Visa to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bearing placards as they marched to the embassy on Wednesday, the protesters urged the officials […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has disclosed that the FCT Administration will use the opportunity of the 19th National Sports Festival to put Abuja on the global map of sports tourism in order to attract investment and economic development. Share on: WhatsApp
The national leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuesday, took a jibe at the Presidential candidate of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; labeling him Aladdin (a pain killer), political prostitute, a corrupt man who oversaw the personalization (privatization) of national assets. Share […]