President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to pray for all victims of terrorists attacks across the country, stating that he lives daily worrying about those in the custody of kidnappers and other criminal elements. In his speech on Sunday morning to mark the ...

  The names of the 11 released Kaduna-Abuja train victims have been released. Terrorists had abducted over 60 train passengers in March 2022 but released the Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture a few days later. They also released a pregnant woman who was ...

  The hide and seek game for who is to be selected as presidential running mate to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and 2023 presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is again a make or mar political decision for the party. Such a ...

Anozie Egole   Eighteen months after the Federal Government announced the reopening of the Seme border following a 14-month closure, smuggling is once more thriving there, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. When the Federal Government announced the closure of the Seme border in August ...

  Tunde Ajaja TUNDE AJAJA examines the practice of politicians and their associates spending millions to buy presidential forms only to pull out of the race at the last minute At any time in Nigeria’s history, whether in the years of economic boom or now that a whopping 16.82 per ...

Tunde Ajaja, Oluwafemi Morgan, Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Abiodun Sanusi 11 June 2022 Ex-VP, PDP fear regional divisions in S’East, North may work for APC candidate Former Lagos gov moves to douse Muslim-Muslim ticket tension The leadership of the ...

Don Silas Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has insisted that Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, is his son. Tinubu stated this while commending Bello for mobilising the consciousness of youths during his campaign. He ...

Wale Odunsi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a couple, Onyinmiebi (Miebi Baraza) and Beatrice Bribena, wanted. An alert by the anti-graft agency urged persons with information about them to contact any of its offices across ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. An Akure High Court, yesterday, sentenced three killers of Mrs Funke Olakuri, daughter of the Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, to death, either by hanging or firing squad. The fourth accused, Awalu Abubakar, was, however, ...

John Owen Nwachukwu   Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday evening, visited former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. Tinubu met the former Rivers State Governor at his Abuja ...

John Owen Nwachukwu   Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has slammed those making religion a focal point in governance. The Governor said he does not care if the President and his vice are all Muslim or all Christians, insisting that ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Friday told Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that he learnt a lot from the little lecture he gave him. Bello stated this when Tinubu visited him in Abuja, barely 72 hours after the former Lagos ...

  Samson Folarin The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, visited the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Asiwaju had earlier visited the President at his residence in the Presidential Villa and afterwards decided to ...

The Cybercrime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, submitted reports of forensic investigations led by Whyte Dein to corroborate their case against singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with credit card fraud before the Ikoyi Federal High ...

John Akinfehinwa   A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lokoja Local Government, Ibrahim Sulaiman has mocked Governor Yahaya Bello over his defeat in the just-concluded presidential primaries of the Party. According to Sulaiman, the ...

Maina Maina   Scores of suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) terrorist group have been neutralised by the Nigerian military after they blocked the Maiduguri-Damaturu road wreaking havoc on commuters on Thursday. It took massive ...

John Owen Nwachukwu   A former Kaduna Central District Senator, Shehu Sani, has provided an insight into the latest terrorists attack in Southern Kaduna. The rampaging terrorists were said to have attacked the area on Wednesday killing over 30 people. ...

  All the political parties in Nigeria have conducted their presidential primary elections. June 9, 2022, was the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for completion of primaries and submission of presidential candidates. The ruling All ...

By Abdul Seye After weeks of intrigues and uncertainty, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) elected a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate. The 70-year-old politician was able to get northern governors behind ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Mr. Jude Ezenwafor, the factional presidential candidate of the Labour Party, yesterday, announced his withdrawal from the contest. This was contained in a letter he conveyed to the national leadership of his faction of ...

  About 24 hours after the victory of Bola Tinubu at the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been silent. DAILY POST observed that Osinbajo has not issued any congratulatory message to Tinubu on his emergence as the APC ...

Musliudeen Adebayo   Two major political parties in the South West geo-political zone, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have conducted their primaries for various elective positions ahead of the 2023 general ...

  Inhabitants of Adara community in the southern part of Kaduna State have said that about 32 persons lost their lives in an alleged helicopter-aided attack by terrorists, who razed houses, including Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the area. Adara leaders said more ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Reactions have continued to trail the emergence of former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu as the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary elections. Tinubu garnered 1,271 to beat Yemi Osinbajo ...

  Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation has faulted the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as the Presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). They stated this in a statement on Wednesday titled, ‘Yahaya Bello remains the hero ...

Temitayo Jaiyeola AT least 10.3 million Nigerians have been issued National Identification Numbers in the first five months of 2022, data obtained from the National Identity Management Commission’s portal have shown. This brings the total number of Nigerians with NINs to 82.73 million ...

Deji Lambo Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has sentenced a Nigerian-American-trained surgeon, John Nweke, to 27 years imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining goods from Konga Online Shopping Limited. The goods reportedly include 19 expensive ...

  Abimbola Adelakun For a long time, Nigeria has bandied around what has amounted to a myth that whoever seeks the presidency hardly gets it. Historical observers have variously posited that what we have almost always had are “accidental” presidents—men reluctant to step ...

The suspects Deji Lambo The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State on Wednesday said it arrested three suspects for allegedly attempting cyberattacks on 10 banks in the state. The spokesperson for the unit, SP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement, said the Commissioner of Police, ...

Deji Lambo Following an allegation of rape against a Lagos-based pastor, identified only as Bishop Daniels, two former members of his church have claimed that they were also raped by the cleric. The two victims, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on condition of anonymity, said the suspect used a ...

Daud Olatunji The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has vowed to send the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Bola Tinubu, on permanent retirement. Moghalu, who was a Deputy ...

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday began the search for their running mates. The spokesman  for the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Mr Bayo Onanuga, in an ...

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti says the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a collective wish of party members. Fayemi made the assertion in a statement signed by Mr Yinka Oyebode, his Chief Press Secretary, on Wednesday in ...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. Fani-Kayode made the remark while congratulating Bola Tinubu for emerging as APC presidential candidate. He noted that under Tinubu’s leadership, ...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is currently in a closed-door meeting with governors elected on the party’s platform. The meeting is coming a few hours after the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate ...

Following the killing of worshippers by gunmen at Saint Francis Catholic Church last Sunday in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, women in the town on Wednesday protested against the attack. The women in their numbers who trooped for the protest also placed curses on ...

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church has expressed optimism that the attackers of St. Francis Church, Owo in Ondo State would be punished for their actions. Some men armed with sophisticated weapons had on Sunday invaded the church during worship, killing over 40 worshippers while ...

Sen. Bola Tinubu, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), says he bears no grudges or grievances against anyone, not even those that do not support his ambition. Tinubu, who emerged as the APC 2023 presidential candidate at its just concluded Special Convention and ...

By Biodun Busari   The Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof Ishaq Akintola has described the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an outstanding politician who is second to none among the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress. ...

By Henry Umoru, ABUJA THE Political quargmire in the Labour Party, LP took another dimension yesterday  as its acting national chairman,  Calistus Uju Okafor yesterday announced ambassador  Jude Ezenwafor as the Presidential candidate for the party ahead of 2023 Presidential election.  ...

Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja   Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Abdulrauf Aregbesola has congratulated the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence, charging him to ride on the crest of the momentum and lead APC to victory at ...

Gbenga Oloniniran Musician and social activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, or the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, emerges winner of the 2023 general ...

Sodiq Oyeleke The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says his opponents have nothing to fear after his victory at the party’s primary. Tinubu said this while giving his victory speech at Eagle Square, the venue of the APC primary. The PUNCH had reported ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed anger at those who wished the party death. Speaking during his acceptance speech on Wednesday, the former Lagos State Governor accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of plotting to ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate. Atiku congratulated Tinubu on his emergence as APC presidential candidate. In a tweet, the ...

The National Leader and the standard-bearer for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has commended the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for his support to President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during his acceptance speech at the Eagles Square, the venue of the APC ...

The national leader and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has told the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, that he can now lick his wounds. Tinubu said this in his victory speech after he was declared winner of the party’s presidential contest of the ruling party. He said ...

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, did not score a single vote in the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential primaries. Addressing delegates shortly before the commencement of voting on Tuesday night, Okorocha had vowed to beat all the aspirants for the APC’s sole ticket. Okorocha ...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, shared a warm handshake with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, as he coasted to victory in the party’s presidential primary. Tinubu has taken a commanding lead in the voting, having amassed over half of the total votes. ...

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has been announced the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections. The Asiwaju of Lagos garnered half of the total votes to beat his major opponents, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. ...