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The upper chamber of the House of Assembly, has confirmed nineteen of the thirty seven ministerial nominees submitted by the presidency for screening this evening. After two days of screening below is the list of those that have been confirmed by the Senate: 1. Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma(Akwa Ibom) 2. ...

The President of the Gambia Prof Dr Sheik AJ Jammeh on Saturday 11th October presented plots of land to some top Nollywood stars and Ghanaian Actress Jackie Appiah. Speaking through his vice president Dr Mrs Isatou Njie – Saidy who represented him at the presentation held at the Presidential palace ...

Remember this lady, Jessica Edionwele, who was declared missing some days back? Jessica daughter of Hon. Edionwele, representing Esan Constituency, Edo State, last Wednesday was reported to have left Ibadan, Oyo State, where she was serving, for Lagos to board an aircraft to Abuja. She was said to have landed ...

A passenger was arrested while trying to smuggle 23 wraps containing $34,000.According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),the suspect, Ozoh Ikenna, was arrested yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on his way to Brazil. The dollars were detected during screening of passengers on the Etihad ...

President Buhari’s daughter, Zahra earlier today paid a visit to an IDP camp where she shared food to some of the IDP children. She also met with the cooks in the camp. The excited Zahra shared the photos and said: �So, today we went to the IDP camp to have ...

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency secured the seizure of the sum of �5,000 and $2,000 from Mrs. Beatrice Agama, the mother of the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The court also seized �10,000 from Melanie Spencer, one of the other persons arrested in the case. United Kingdom’s National Crime ...

Confirmed Ministerial list as announced by Senate President Bukola Saraki Babatunde Fashola Rotimi Amaechi Kayode Fayemi Chris Ngige Ogbonaya Onu Malami Abubakar Aisha Alhassan Amina Mohammed Kemi Adeosun Ibe Kachikwu Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau Hadi Sirika Osagie Ehanire Udoma Udo-Udoma Ahmed Isa Ibeto Sulaiman Adamu Ibrahim Jibril Adebayo Shittu Audu Ogbeh ...

Following claims by Nasir el-Rufai that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan spent N64 billion for independence day celebrations between 2010-2015, the ex -president has branded him a liar. The rebuttal is contained in a statement, titled We never spent billions on independence anniversary – Jonathan and was issued on behalf of the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday visited victims of the blasts that rocked Kuje and Nyanya, Abuja, at the National Hospital. Buhari was accompanied by Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and some top government officials. He was conducted round the wards where the victims are recuperating by authorities of the ...

The Vatican dismissed a priest from his post in a Holy See office Saturday Oct. 3rd after he told a newspaper he was gay and urged the Catholic Church to change its stance on homosexuality, Reuters reports. Monsignor Krzystof Charamsa was removed from his position at the Congregation of the ...

Four-year-old Rebecca (not real name) has lost her voice following several sexual assaults on her by her 37-year-old father, identified as Ademola, She has not been able to talk for the past few weeks. Her mother explained to Saturday PUNCH how her husband of 14 years had been molesting their ...

Multiple explosions were recorded in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja on Friday night. They were believed to have been caused by the detonation of improvised explosive devices by suspected members of terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Two explosions reportedly occurred around Kuje area of Abuja, the first going off in front ...

According to sources in the know, the Asokoro, Abuja home of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has not only been raided but also sealed by officials of EFCC. They were there this afternoon and stayed for a few hours. There are security operatives reportedly currently stationed at the palatial home. ...

The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London.According to PREMIUM TIMES ,the former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, was arrested Friday morning by the UK National Crimes Agency, alongside four other people. The ...

SaharaReporters can authoritatively reveal the 21-member President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees submitted to the National Assembly yesterday as follows: Ministers nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari 1.Dr. Chris Ngige (Anambra) 2. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) 3. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) 4. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) 5. Abdurrahman Dambazau (rtd) (Kano) 6. Aisha AlHassan (Taraba) ...

A party organized by gay lovers turned violent in Benin City last Tuesday as one of the organizers caught his man with another of their friends in uncommon mood. The party in Benin was organized in a hotel located around Oben, off Sapele Road and the gay lovers were said ...

Thirty-five-year-old Nelson, who stabbed his father, Sunday Oamen, to death, in Abesan Estate, in the Ipaja area of Lagos State, has said he did it because his father always scolded him. Oamen, who is currently being detained at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, told PUNCH Metro on Wednesday ...

The Senate president Dr. Bukola Saraki has confirmed he has received the Ministerial list from president Buhari. He shared the news on his official facebook page About an hour ago, I received the list of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees from the Chief of Staff to Mr. President, Abba Kyari, ...

President Buhari and Senate President Saraki pictured sharing a laugh at the just concluded 55th Independence celebration in Abuja on Thursday.

Last month,a man donated his hotel to a catholic church in Nassarawa state.Mr. Ray Ugba Morphy says his intent is to make a difference in the life of the underprivileged.He also decided to ride a Tricycle(KekeNapep) to know what the streets feel like .He shared his story through posts on ...