In a lead judgment, the Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, directed the freezing of the account of the Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. The court allowed the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the judgment of Justice Taiwo. O Taiwo of Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti […]

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has suspended Prof. Richard Akindele, whose telephone conversation in which he demanded for sex from a female student was recorded and released on social media. According to Punch, a member of the committee recommended the indefinite suspension of Akindele, a professor, pending when it concludes and submit its findings. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party is considering the possibility of changing its name before the conduct of 2019 general elections, The PUNCH has learnt. Investigations by our correspondent showed that this was one of the conditions given by those who left the party before the 2015 general elections. It was gathered that this might be one […]

The Nigerian police say they have recovered the mace that was stolen from the Senate on Wednesday. According to a statement signed by the deputy public relations officer in the police headquarters, Aremu Adeniran,  the police said they recovered the mace where the hoodlums abandoned it. “The police teams engaged in massive raids of identified criminal […]

  The tenure of the current Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (Chairman) and Nsima Ekere (Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer) is now a subject of litigation at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Seven Nigerian citizens from four states of the Niger Delta have dragged the President of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says many Nigerian youth have not been to school but they want education, health and housing free. Speaking at Westminster on Wednesday, the president said a lot of the youth just want to sit down and do nothing, banking on the notion that Nigeria is an oil-rich nation.

Unidentified persons on Wednesday invaded the Senate Chambers and disrupted the ongoing proceedings. The invaders snatched the mace and took it away. Reports say the men are supporters of Senator Ovie Omo- Agege who was suspended last week. However, there is heightened security at the National Assembly and the Senate has gone into a closed-door […]

Olu Falae, national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), says President Muhammmadu Buhari has failed to provide adequate security for Nigerians. Falae said although the president is his friend, he does not deserve to be re-elected in 2019. He said this on Tuesday after meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Olusegun Obasanjo […]