2019

Tony Momoh, a former minister of information, says he does not support disobedience to court orders. Momoh said this in an interview with the PUNCH. The former minister was asked why the federal government did not release Omoyele Sowore…

The South-East Economic Summit ended in Enugu with people of the region rolling out fresh development plans. The annual summit was organized by the South-East Governors’ Forum, in collaboration with the South-East Region Economic…

Commission sends doctor to attend to him Lawyer wants suspect transferred to a medical facility, demands bail The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), is down with an illness in the…

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, says Abiola Ajimobi, his predecessor, left a balance of N19,000 from N5.2 billion he allegedly withdrew three weeks to handing over power. The governor disclosed this during a live programme of Oyo…

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Ahmed Lawan-led reconciliation committee set up by the All Progressives Congress to resolve the lingering crisis rocking the party in Edo State has been rejected…

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to a statement by elder statesman and former Chief of Army Staff, Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on the state of the nation. Gen. Danjuma, who was a former Defense…

The State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Solomon Ogunji has commended the Aba community for the level of coorperation noticed in the clean up excercise for the last monthly environmental sanitation for 2019 held today. Speaking while…

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chief Onyebuchi Ememanka has commended members of the Government House Press Corps for their tireless efforts in ensuring adequate coverage of the activities of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu led…

The battle for the control of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) took a dramatic turn during the week with President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly jettisoning the nominees whose names were confirmed by the Senate on October 29 for…

A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, ordered that a 24-year-old man, Ahmad Suleiman, be remanded in Kano correctional centre for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl. Suleiman, an unemployed, who lives at Kachako Village, Takai…