Politics

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing use of foreign currencies as a medium of exchange in the country and warned that persons caught in the illegal act risked a six-month jail term upon conviction. ...

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday held a secret meeting in Lagos. Our correspondent learnt that the meeting which held at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, lasted for almost an hour. The ...

Following the outcome of the Presidential and National Assembly election that saw Benue State throwing its weight behind the All Progressives Congress against the Peoples Democratic Party, there has been high level cross-carpeting from PDP to APC, The PUNCH has learnt. ...

The All Progressives Congress will immovably be in control of the eighth House of Representatives as the majority part with more than 214 individuals. There are an aggregate of 360 seats in the second council of the National Assembly. Figures ...

Pioneers of Igbo Town Unions and markets in Lagos State met with APC governorship hopeful, Akinwunmi Ambode today April seventh where they consoled him and APC of their backing in the forthcoming decision. More photographs bellow.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari is shortly in Lagos where he has come to campaign for Akinwunmi Ambode. Buhari was welcomed by Gov. Tunde Raji Fashola, Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and a large group of party excos. Previous president Olusegun Obasanjo was ...

The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has said troops of the Nigerian Army concluded a comprehensive raid on Alagarno Forest, Borno State, on Tuesday morning.  Olukolade said in a statement on Tuesday that the troops cleared the Alagarno ...

A previous Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has swore to work with the President-Elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.)  He said he will bolster him the way he upheld the late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua. Clark expressed this in a ...

At least one person has been reportedly killed in Efon Alaaye, Ekiti State, as the move to impeach the State Governor, Ayo Fayose, by the state House of Assembly gathers momentum on Tuesday. The victim of the protest to stop ...

President Buhari should under no circumstances allow himself to be cast as a Fulani President, or a President of northerners or Muslims. Vice President Osinbajo should never succumb to the temptation to see himself as a Vice President for Yoruba ...