A thirteen-year-old orphan, who is now three months pregnant by her grandfather says that she will keep the child because she does not want to die. Amina, (not her real name) revealed to the Star during an interview on Wednesday that she has continually been defiled by her grandfather over the last four years. She…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night said that those calling him Baba go slow will know if he is actually slow or fast during his second term. He stated this while speaking in an interview with NTA, saying that he would make the police and other security agencies move fast. On his message to Nigerians,…
Oyo State governor-elect, Engr Seyi Makinde, has described the suspension of the strike by the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to honour him as humbling. In a statement by his spokesman on Monday, Prince Dotun Oyelade, he said that this gesture is a recognition of his sincerity in dealing with all issues…
Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said that it has so far withdrawn 64 Certificates of Return and re-issued them to persons declared winners by courts of law, after the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the presentation of Certificates of Return to Zamfara State Governor-elect, Deputy governor-elect and members-elect…
Not fewer than 15 prisoners killed during clashes between inmates at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said. The clashes broke out around 11:00 am (1500 GMT) during visiting hours at the facility, located some 28 kilometers (17 miles) from state capital Manaus. “It was a fight…
An Imo State High Court presided over by Justice K. A. Ojiako, has described the forceful entry, demolition of staff quarters of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri and rendering of the institution’s pensioners homeless, as “illegal, unconscionable and portrayed the defendants as people that have no respect for the rule of law”. Okorocha…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, signed into law the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The President’s assent officially makes the bill become law and signals the commencement of the 2019 fiscal budget. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma had earlier sent out invitations for the event. The invitation read in part, “Dear Sir/Ma, On…
The popular Nigerian rapper star, Michael Ugochukwu Stephens also known as Ruggedman has slammed a the popular blogger and daughter of Former Governor of Oyo State, Kemi Omololu- Olunloyo with a cease and desist order to prevent her from further alleged defamation of his character in the Naira Marley’s case who is in EFCC’s custody….
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, over the weekend said the new minimum wage will take effect from April 18, 2019, when it was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. It would recalled that the Federal Government on May 14, 2019 inaugurated a committee to negotiate the consequential adjustment in salaries…
The founder of Champions Royal Assembly, Pastor Joshua Iginla, has acquired a private jet, The PUNCH has learnt. Iginla announced this during a sermon in Abuja on Sunday. The cleric, who admitted two months ago to have cheated on his wife and impregnated a woman, was said to have informed the members of his church…
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