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Feb 03, 2020

Senate plans public hearing on Buhari’s $29bn loan request

The Senate has said it will seek the opinion of stakeholders on the foreign loan borrowing plans of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Th...

Feb 03, 2020

FG to sign $321m Abacha loot return agreement

The Federal Government will this week sign a tripartite pact with the United States of America and the Island of New Jersey for the repatriation of $321m looted...

Feb 03, 2020

South-West plans anti-graft teams for Amotekun

There are strong indications that the South-West states are planning to set up anti-corruption units in their security outfit, Operation Amotekun, The PUNCH has...

Feb 03, 2020

Lagos deploys 65 buses on some routes affected by okada, keke restriction

Lagos State has said it will deploy a fleet of 65 buses along major some routes from Monday, February 3, to ameliorate the hardship commuters are facing as a re...

Feb 03, 2020

Supreme Court judges drop to 13, NBA kicks

The number of Justices of the Supreme Court drops from 14 to 13 as Justice Amiru Sanusi retires from the apex court’s bench today (Monday). This development...

Jan 31, 2020

Gokada, Max riders protest okada ban in Lagos

Thousands of motorcycle riders working for Gokada and Max, on Friday, protested at the Lagos State House of Assembly, The PUNCH reports. The riders, who carr...

Jan 31, 2020

Three killed in Boko Haram suicide bombing in Maiduguri

A girl detonated a bomb, killing three boys at an Islamic seminary in northeast Nigeria in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a local militia and...

Jan 31, 2020

Enugu confirms second Lassa fever death

The Enugu State Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed another death from Lassa fever at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Utuku-Ozalla. Permanent...

Jan 31, 2020

Panic as Lassa fever hits UNIZIK

A student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has reportedly been diagnosed with Lassa fever A source told The PUNCH that the student had been...

Jan 31, 2020

20 Plateau herdsmen victims get mass burial

The 20 people who were killed during the attacks on Kwatas Community in the Bokos Local Government Area of the state by herdsmen have been given a mass burial...

Jan 31, 2020

[BREAKING] DG's certificate: Police take over FIIRO to stop protesting workers

Policemen in three trucks have reportedly stormed the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos. The policemen were said to have taken over the...

Jan 31, 2020

Bishop Oyedope in rage as U.S denies him Visa

Bishop David Oyedepo, founder Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, went ballistic on Thursday after he was denied vi...

Jan 31, 2020

Bandits kidnap Zamfara district head, son

Bandits have kidnapped the District Head of Gayari District of Gummi Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed and his son. An indigene...

Jan 31, 2020

Sacked NIJ lecturer denies sexual assault allegation

The lecturer, who was sacked over alleged assault on a female student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos, Tene John, has denied assaulting her...

Jan 31, 2020

‘How Britain’s exit from EU will benefit Nigeria’

• What govt should do now, by Oyebode, Olukoju Today, the United Kingdom (UK) will finally quit the European Union (EU) after years of lingering controversy...

Jan 31, 2020

WHO declares coronavirus global health emergency

World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director General, Tedros...

Jan 31, 2020

Boris Johnson celebrates Brexit Day with tax cut

Boris Johnson will hail “the dawn of a new era” for Britain as he celebrates Brexit day with a tax cut for 31 million people. In a broadcast to the nation at...

Jan 31, 2020

Councillors suspend AMAC Chairman

The Secretariat of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), located in Area 10, Garki, was thrown into utter confusion on Thursday following the two-week suspension...

Jan 31, 2020

Reps invite IG, NSCDC boss over extrajudicial killings

The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; and the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civi...

Jan 31, 2020

Shehu Sani released after four weeks in EFCC custody

A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has regained his freedom after spending four wee...