Novelist Chimamanda Adichie. NIGERIAN novelist Chimamanda Adichie says the country does not have “heroes” who will inspire its younger population. Adiche made the comment on Monday in her keynote address at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos State. “We are starved of heroes. Our young people do not find […]
INDICATIONS emerged on Tuesday that the Federal government has referred an application from a splinter group of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, seeking registration to stand as a separate union to a committee to look into. Recall that the rival ASUU group with the name, Congress of University Academics, CONUA, recently called on […]
A business man, Isma’il Ibrahim, on Tuesday dragged one Zainab Muhammad, his mother in-law, to a Shari’a Court at Rigasa Kaduna, for allegedly refusing to allow his wife return to her matrimonial home. The complainant, Resident at Police Station road, Rigasa, told the court that the defendant had stopped his wife from returning home due […]
AGF Abubakar Malami and Mary Beth Leonard signed the agreement on behalf of both countries. NIGERIA and the United States government have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to resist any attempt to undermine the development of sports in the country, declaring that football as the number one sport in Nigeria remains a national asset. The president made the pledge while receiving the 10-year Football Development Masterplan presented to him by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, […]
Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji who has been the mastermind of killings and kidnappings in Shinkafi, Sabon Birni, Isah in Zamfara and Sokoto states. The Zamfara State Committee on Prosecutions of Bandits Related Offences says until Bello Turji, the Notorious Bandit Kingpin publicly surrenders his arms and announces his repentance, it will not consider his […]
Police authorities have once again said that its personnel have no right to check people’s phones arbitrarily on the road. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, reechoed the notice on Tuesday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily. “Stop checking phones on the road. You can’t check somebody’s phone. It is his personal property. You […]
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday said that he was eager to see the legal profession return to its pride of place in Nigeria. Ariwoola spoke while declaring open 62nd Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), in Lagos. The conference had the theme: ”Bold Transitions”. He […]
THE camps of both Peter Obi and Pat Utomi is currently embroiled in a controversy with tension mounting in the Labour Party over donated campaign funds as both party helmsmen drag who should be signatory to the party’s campaign funds and control stakes of the party’s finances ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to […]
THE National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources among the union’s NEC members told our correspondent on Monday that the meeting will hold at the […]