Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A viral video of guests spraying money at the wedding of the President’s daughter, Hanan Buhari, and…
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FG weakens power of EFCC chairman, creates director general in new bill – Punch Newspapers
…agency’s sec office scrapped, replaced with admin director ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, BABATUNDE AJAJA, AFEEZ HANAFI, OLALEYE ALUKO and TOBI AWORINDE A…
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TUC, 79 others plan protests, strike over fuel price, electricity tariff hikes – Punch Newspapers
PENGASSAN, NURTW, northern groups condemn new pricing regime Our Correspondents The Trade Union Congress and 79 other civil society organisations…
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Lagos defies court order, slams 5% tax on Netflix, Iroko TV, others – Punch Newspapers
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Despite a Federal High Court judgment barring the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board from levying…
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SANs, others warn Reps against illegality – Punch Newspapers
Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju, Oladimeji Ramon, James Abraham and Raphael Ede Senior lawyers, socio-political organisations and civil rights groups on…
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Kano musician appeals death sentence – Punch Newspapers
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A 22-year-old Musician, Yahaya Shariff-Aminu, who was sentenced to death for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed, has filed a…
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Where is Nigeria headed? – Punch Newspapers
Penultimate week, I was privileged to have had a live Instagram conversation with a very impressive young lady, Ifunenya Isoje.…
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EFCC re-arraigns ‘Mama’ Boko Haram, others for alleged N6m fraud – Punch Newspapers
Chukwudi Akasike The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had re-arraigned the Chief Executive…
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New NBA and the lost power of unions – Punch Newspapers
By now, most people are aware that some disgruntled lawyers pulled out of the Nigerian Bar Association and formed a…
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Kwara seeks EFCC’s support to recover looted funds – Punch Newspapers
Chukwudi Akasike The Kwara State Government has solicited the support of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to assist it…
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Abuja overtakes Lagos as VIPs, others shun safety protocols – Punch Newspapers
In this piece, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the spread of COVID-19 in the nation’s capital in the past one month A…
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NNPC, DPR, FIRS and N5.785tn unremitted funds – Punch Newspapers
Nigerian leaders across the tiers of government, especially at the federal level, have reduced fiscal governance to a crude and…
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Ghana defends $1m traders’ levy, faults Nigeria’s border closure, others – Punch Newspapers
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, on Sunday, defended the $1 million trade levy and other…
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Return of obnoxious inland waterways bill – Punch Newspapers
UNYIELDING in its morbid cause to extend its powers over the other tiers of government, the Federal Government, conspiring with…
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Most of NDDC funds are spent on elections — Mitee, ex-NEITI chairman – Punch Newspapers
Ledum Mitee is a former President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People and an ex-chairman of the…
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FG knocks Ghana for ‘incessant harassment’ of Nigerians – Punch Newspapers
… says over 200 Nigerians sentenced to long jail terms by Ghanaian courts Adelani Adepegba and Olaleye Aluko The Federal…
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Why I cursed those who criticised me for divorcing my wife Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo – Punch Newspapers
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, tells WALE OYEWALE about his recent actions against his estranged wife, among other…
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Musician denied access to lawyers as appeal deadline nears – Punch Newspapers
• US agency makes recommendation to Trump Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A 22-year-old Musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death…
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FG hails acquittal of Nigerian tried for drug trafficking in Saudi – Punch Newspapers
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has applauded the exoneration of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Ibrahim, in Saudi Arabia, who was…
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Ghana’s $1m trade levy on foreign traders – Punch Newspapers
HOSTILITY towards Nigerians is becoming a recurring theme in Ghana’s economic playbook. Shops belonging to foreign nationals, who are largely…
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