A former Osun State Deputy, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Monday defected from the Social Democratic Party to join the ruling All Progressives Congress. Omisore contested the 2018 Osun governorship poll on the platform of SDP, but went into a coalition with the APC before the September 28 rerun, the arrangement which led to the victory […]

THE Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Monday disclosed that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has received the dossiers of four different COVID-19 vaccines for evaluation ahead of their usage in Nigeria. Ehanire disclosed this at the weekly press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He […]

An Imo State High Court presided over by Justice S. I. Opara yesterday nullified the removal of the former Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Jude Agbaso, and ordered the restoration of all his rights and benefits from the time of his removal to the period that his tenure elapsed. The court, in a brief […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday called for the immediate cancellation of the ongoing membership registration exercise of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara State, alleging that the exercise was marred by fraud and irregularities in the 16 local government areas of the state. He called on the national leadership of […]

The leadership of the National Consultative Front, promoters of the Mega Party, have set up a four-member committee to open talks with former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, and other prominent Nigerians across political lines to redeem the country come 2023. Sunday PUNCH learnt in Abuja, on Friday that the move was sequel to growing clamour […]

Igbawase Ukumba writes that though Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura is yet to publicly declare his interest for the APC National Chairmanship seat, however Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has commenced campaig for the senator That Senator Al-Makura made Nasarawa State proud by being the only governor who presented a party to the merger of […]

Daredevil gunmen yesterday stormed a Pentecostal Church in Ughelli, Delta State, killed a police officer and carted away his AK-47 rifle. Security sources told THISDAY that the deceased, identified as Inspector Ninyel Nwangwang, was shot three times by his assailants before snatching his rifle and sped off in a Toyota Camry car. It was also […]

Not less than 21 passengers travelling in the Niger State Government-owned transport authority (NSTA) vehicle were yesterday abducted by suspected bandits in Kundu village near Zungeru in the Yakila District of Rafi Local Government Area of the state. This is just as the Chief of Staff to the state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, Alhaji […]

Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos The police have launched a probe into allegations that people arrested on Saturday over the protest of the reopening of the Lekki Tollgate were molested. They warned that errant officials found to have violated the standard operating procedure would be punished. This comes as former Vice […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Adio. She was convicted after pleading guilty to a fresh charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and issuance of dishonored cheque contrary to sections 419 of […]