HARDSHIP: CHRISTIANS NO LONGER ATTEND CHURCH, GIVE OFFERINGS – ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP LAMENTS THE Archbishop of Ibadan Province, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Dr. Williams Aladekugbe, has lamented that the economic crunch in the country has prevented Christians from attending services and giving offerings in churches. He said this while delivering the 1st Distinguished Alumni Lecture of the Department of Religious …

CBN DIRECTORS KICK AS CARDOSO’S WOMEN EARN “OBSCENE” SALARIES Senior staff members across the CBN’s 29 departments are fuming and grumbling over how women, arbitrarily brought in by Governor Olayemi Cardoso as consultants, have amassed enormous powers enabling them to sometimes issue directives to departmental directors. There is also widespread anger across the board over what some insiders describe as …

ANAMBRA NATIVE DOCTORS ON THE RUN OVER ARREST OF AKWA OKUKO Following me arrest of a self acclaimed billionaire Native Doctor Chidozie Nwangwu aka Akwa Okuko Tiwala Aki most of his colleagues are said to be on the run for fear of meeting the same fate. Recall that the Anambra state government had directed all Native Doctors to get registered …

NNAMDI KANU Vs BINTA NAKO: DETAILS OF WHAT TRANSPIRED IN COURT BACKGROUNDOn September 24, Nyako recused herself from Kanu’s case after an oral application by the defendant “I hereby recuse myself and remit the case file back to the chief judge,” she had said.Kanu directly told Nyako that he no longer had confidence in her handling of his trial.However, John …

UNITED KINGDOM JOIN TRUMP’S UNITED STATES TO HUNT DOWN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS The British government on Monday touted its success in raiding businesses that employ unauthorized workers and deporting thousands of migrants with no right to stay in the U.K. What’s billed as a “blitz on illegal working” is part of a pledge by the center-left Labour government to reduce immigration …

THEY KILLED THREE INNOCENT WORKERS, LABELED THEM GUNMEN – ANAMBRA COMMUNITY ACCUSES SOLUDO’S AGUNECHEMBA The community of Owerre-Ezukala in Anambra State’s Orumba South Local Government Area is outraged by the brutal killing of three workers by the state’s security outfit, Agunechemba, who labelled them as unknown gunmen. The community described the workers, who were from Imo State and Isuofia, Governor …

SARS NOT RETURNING – NPF The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed circulating rumors about the return of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) under a reformed set of rules. In a statement titled “Disclaimer: SARS Remains Dissolved,” issued in Abuja on Monday, Force Public Relations Officer ACP Muyiwa Adejobi emphasized that SARS, disbanded on October 11, 2020, remains permanently dissolved. …

. AGAIN, NNAMDI KANU ASKS JUDGE TO WITHDRAW FROM HIS TRIAL Drama ensued at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday morning as Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, told judge Binta Nyako to recuse herself from the trial. Mr Ejimakor said the request for her to quit the case again came from his client, who is the …

BREAKING: FUBARA LOSES AS SUPREME COURT DISMISSES APPEAL The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit filed by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on the grounds of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Apex Court on Monday dismissed the suit …

HOW I SACKED MY DAUGHTER FOR COMING LATE TO WORK — OBASANJO FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday, recalled how he sacked his daughter from his farm on account of late coming to work. According to Obasanjo, the action had an indescribable effect on all his employees, saying “if Baba could do this to his daughter, who are we?” The former …

NORTHERN MINISTERS GET MARCHING ORDERS TO DEFEND PRESIDENT AS OPPOSITION GROWS Northern ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet have started throwing their weight behind the administration in the face of growing criticism from opposition figures. Sunday PUNCH noted that some of the ministers and senior officeholders recently became vocal following criticisms of the administration by notable elites and politicians. As …

OHANAEZE SETS UP PEACE, RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE Determined to give every Igbo man a sense of belonging, and operate under a crisis free atmosphere, the National Executive Council NEC led by the newly elected President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta-Mbata has set up a peace, reconciliation and dispute resolution committee to address any dispute that might arise to disrupt …

WHEREABOUTS OF OHANAEZE YOUTH PRESIDENT UNKNOWN AS POLICE DENY ARREST The Imo State Police Command has denied any involvement in the disappearance of Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, the president of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), who was reported missing on Saturday night at around 7 PM. Family sources disclosed that unidentified gunmen—reportedly dressed in black attire and numbering up to seven—arrived …

MEET MALAMI UMARU ALTINE; THE FIRST ELECTED MAYOR OF ENUGU Malam Umaru Altine (1952 – 1958), a Northern Fulani man was the first elected Mayor of Enugu, in the East, and was even re-elected for a second term. Malam Umaru Altine was the Vice Chairman of the NCNC Youth Association at Enugu. He identified with the NCNC as a political …

GANDUJE S ALLY FIGHTS TO REPOSSESS MULTI-BILLION NAIRA PROPERTIES SEIZED BY KANO GOVERNMENT Bala Muhammad, a political ally of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, is fighting a relentless battle to recover properties the state government claimed were illegally removed from the Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO) when Mr Mujammed was its managing director. In October 2023, the state’s Public Complaint …