THE Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for failing to renew […]
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 […]
THE Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Paul Ibe has said that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not handover Federal Universities to state governments if he becomes president in 2023. Ibe who is media aide to the former Vice President, said the Atiku camp has noticed with dismay the mischievous […]
THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has promised to create a conducive environment for investors, saying the government does not have enough infinite resources. Atiku made the remark on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference. “The only way is to make […]
THE Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the estate of late Asaba born business mogul, Sunny Odogwu to pay Access Bank N26 billion in compliance with a 2015 Judgment. Odogwu owned Grand Hotel Asaba. Daniel Osiagor, the judge, dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the estate challenging the bank’s claim and the court’s jurisdiction. […]
GUNMEN in Anambra State have reportedly thrown off some of their victims from a bridge top to a a cemented base of a drainage channel. The incident happened in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state over the weekend The victims were said to have been abducted along Nnobi—Nnewi Road and taken to […]
HUNDREDS of of aggrieved persons who are members of Guardians of Democracy and Development Initiative (GDDI), have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd) and the Defence Minister, Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd) of their duties for allegedly abdicating in their duties. The protesters […]
YUSUF Datti, Vice-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has disassociated himself from various social media accounts attributed to him. Datti said this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, describing the accounts as fake, because he has not been on the social media for about a decade. He said that some years back, […]
FORMER Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Obi announced his resignation in a letter dated 20, addressed to the National Chairman of the party. In the letter sighted by Vanguard, Obi gave reasons for his withdrawal from the presidential race. The letter said: “I am writing […]
THE Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia on the deletion of section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, a three-member panel of the court headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka declared the section as unconstitutional because it violates Section […]