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I have always praised The PUNCH for giving us a place in its most widely read paper to air our views on sundry national issues and developments. What I don’t understand about some of its reports,...
View ArticleI am back on my feet – Lere Paimo
Veteran actor, Lere Paimo, aka Eda Onileola, dispels a rumour that he is down with stroke, writes AKEEM LASISI A natural actor such as Lere Paimo is often married to the stage forever. That is why...
View ArticleWith Olamide, there is no missing Dagrin forever
When grassroots-to-limelight Yoruba rapper, Dagrin, died in a road crash in 2010, the lamentation that greeted his passage had hardly died down when some other up-and-coming singers started scheming...
View ArticleFirst Dubai-bound Legend promo winners emerge today
The first set of lucky winners that Legend Extra Stout will be taking to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, for what it calls a unique shopping experience will emerge today (Friday). Nine of the 25...
View ArticleWED Expo eyes Abuja
With about 25, 000 guests said to have been recorded, organisers of the recently held WED Expo, a wedding fair, has described it as one of the crowd-pulling events in the country. The four-day...
View ArticleNCC battles pirates in Oshodi
In Yoruba language ‘Mosafejo’ means ‘I don’t want to involve myself in any problem’. This is what the founders of Mosafejo Market, in the Oshodi area of Lagos might have had in mind when it was so...
View ArticleGospel singer gears up for Testimony
Emerging gospel act, Michael Onimole, got a breakthrough not long ago. His experience is different from what many people have in mind when they use the word, ‘breakthrough’. When he first indicated...
View ArticleWhy Golden Tulip went to Ibadan – CEO
As the management of Golden Tullip Hotel, Ibadan prepares for its inauguration in the Oyo State capital, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Abdufatai Akinbade, has described the...
View ArticleArthouse to auction 117 art works
When Arthouse Contemporary Limited hosts its 10th auction of contemporary art on Monday, May 13, 2013, it will also put up for sale about 117 works by Nigerian and Ghanaian artists. In keeping with the...
View ArticleNgozi Nwosu returns
Nollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu, who left the country a few months ago to seek medical attention abroad, is back. The actress returned on Tuesday after receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in...
View ArticleCurrent insecurity worse than civil war period – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the insecurity in Nigeria today is worse than the Nigeria Civil War, which lasted for three years. Atiku said on Friday that the situation was made worse...
View ArticleI’ll make Rivers a better place – Amaechi
Riveres State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has given the assurance that he will leave the state better than he met it in 2007. Amaechi, who gave this assurance on Friday when members of the Nigeria...
View ArticleAdoke: Police invite Melaye for interrogation
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has invited a former House of Representatives member, Mr. Dino Melaye, to come and substantiate allegation of corruption he levelled against the...
View Article26 women die daily in Nigeria from cervical cancer –Report
A new report by the Cervical Cancer Free Coalition entitled, “Crisis Card,” has estimated that about 26 Nigerian women die of cervical cancer daily. Also, the Crisis Card stated that India had the...
View ArticleNigeria records 5% decline in exam malpractice
Nigeria recorded five per cent decline in examination malpractice in 2012, according to the Nigeria National Exam Ethics Index rating, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The rating is contained in the...
View ArticleFG may declare state of emergency in Borno, Yobe, others
Indications emerged on Friday that the Federal Government might declare a state of emergency in five states in Northern Nigeria, as a last-ditch measure to check the rising killings and insecurity. The...
View ArticleUS, UK demand probe of Baga, Bama killings
The United States Government and Britain have called for a thorough probe into the recent alleged mass killings of civilians and destruction of property by security forces and Boko Haram insurgents in...
View Article$620,000 bribe: Farouk Lawan, Emenalo must face trial –Court
A member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, on Friday failed in his bid to quash the seven counts brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences...
View Article‘Include Northern Christians, ACF leaders in B’Haram committee’
To achieve the desired results from the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, the Federal Government has been asked to review representation on...
View ArticleInsecurity: Northern govs, VIPs shun public mosques
Increasing attacks by the Boko Haram Islamic sect may have forced Northern governors, emirs and prominent citizens of the region to review their attendance at mosques. Investigations by our...
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