Tag: Punch News
Nobody prosecuted for Deborah’s murder, ex-NERC boss laments
A former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi, has lamented the lack of justice concerning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy.
Deborah, a Christian...
ICAN identifies five challenges of CBN naira redesign
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has identified five challenges that it says the Central Bank of Nigeria needs to consider following the apex bank’s naira redesign policy.
reports that on October...
Osun accuses Oyetola’s team of looting govt property
The Osun State Government has accused the immediate past governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, and his team of looting public properties at the Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
The accusation was contained in a...
‘World Bank report reveals why Nigeria needs Atiku’
Against the backdrop of a bleak economic future for Nigeria painted by the World Bank recently, the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has said the report justifies the need to have its candidate,...
Kidnapped Abuja pastor, lady regain freedom
Bandits on Sunday released two victims kidnapped during last Tuesday night’s attack on the Kubwa Extension II Relocation Estate, along the Arab Road area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The freed victims, a...
INEC laments attack on Imo offices
The Independent National Electoral Commission has lamented over the attack on its state headquarters’ office in Owerri, Imo State.
The PUNCH had reported that the attack was carried out on Monday by unknown gunmen...
Refund my nomination fee, ex-aspirant tells LP
An aggrieved aspirant for the House of Representatives, Fagge Federal Constituency, Kano, Hon Osita Nwankwo, on Monday demanded for the refund of his N500,000 nomination fee paid to the leadership of Labour Party to...
Alleged violence: Davido’s cousin Sina Rambo, wife split
The marriage between singer Davido’s cousin, Adesina Adeleke, popularly known as Sina Rambo, and his wife, Korth, has crashed, as the latter accused her estranged husband of violence.
On her Instagram stories on Monday,...
Police confirm burning of Gombe PDP campaign billboards
The Gombe State Commissioner of Police Oqua Etim has on Monday confirmed the attack which led to the burning of billboards at the campaign office of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Jibrin Barde....
Your report false, lacks evidence, FG tackles Reuters
The Federal Government has said the report by an international media organisation, Reuters on the military is false.
Reuters reported last Wednesday that the Nigerian Army had run a secret, systematic and...