2019

Two children of the same parents, Ganiat and Oyin Tunde, were burnt to death when a bungalow at No. 4 Itundesan Street, near Odoro in the Ijede area of Lagos State, was razed. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the fire started around…

GOVERNOR IKPEAZU ADVOCATES SERIOUSNESS AGAINST ADEQUATE MALNUTRITION Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has advocated that issues of adequate malnutrition be taken seriously as done in immunization to reduce lack of micro nutrients among Nigerians.…

Press Release Following an extensive tour and review of ongoing road projects in the state, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the immediate commencement of Operation Zero Pothole by the state ministry of works in Aba and…

GOVERNOR IKPEAZU RECEIVES RETURNEES FROM SOUTH AFRICA, VOWS TO REINTEGRATE THEM Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has said that his administration is committed to ensuring the reintegration and better lives for South African…

GOVERNOR IKPEAZU FLAGS OFF SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR ABIA INDIGENES TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIA Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has flagged off the 2019/2020 scholarship award for Abia indigenes to study in Australia with the charge that they return to add…

The University of Lagos has suspended Boniface Igbeneghu, a lecturer and former sub-dean of faculty of art in the institution, for sexually harassment. Igbeneghu, who is also head pastor of a Foursquare Gospel Church, was exposed in a …

Mother of the former head coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, Mrs Beauty Siasia, talks about her ordeal in the hands of kidnappers who held her hostage for 77 days, in this interview with DANIELS IGONI Can you…

The 26-year-old video vixen Mercy Eke has emerged as the winner of Big Brother Naija season four. After 99 entertaining days, Mercy was announced as the winner by Ebuka Obi Uchendu during the Live Finale show, which held on Sunday, October…

The President of Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, said organised labour would not go on a warning strike before the main industrial action, if government failed to meet workers’ demand on the implementation of the new minimum wage by…

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari gave assent to only five bills out of the 515 legislation by the 8th National Assembly. The former INEC…