The people of Agulu, Anambra State, have expressed happiness over the emergence of their son, Mr. Peter Obi, as “The Governor of the Decade” in Nigeria. Obi, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 presidential election, was conferred with the award by THISDAY during the newspaper’s Silver Jubilee celebration ...

At least nine people have died from a new coronavirus in China following an outbreak in the city of Wuhan and more than 470 cases have been reported globally, most in China. Global health authorities fear the transmission rate will accelerate as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel at home and abroad during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. KNOWN ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami SAN; the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, and Chairman Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye to: “revisit and fast-track prosecution of all cases of corruption in the electricity ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka A female politician and ranking member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mrs Constance Iloh, has protested the paucity of female members in the party’s National Executive Council (NEC), while calling for a female replacement for the former national auditor of the party, Chief George Muoghalu. Muoghalu who was elected as the national auditor of the party ...

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has debunked claims that a security outfit launched by South-West governors, Amotekun, is a threat to national unity. Tinubu said this in a press statement on Wednesday. The statement reads, “Those claiming that this limited, inoffensive addition to security threatens the Republic have taken themselves upon a madcap excursion. “Those claiming ...

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, said he expressed fear he could be sacked by the Supreme Court like the former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha after his opponent and predecessor, Muhammed Abubakar boasted that the court’s verdict will favour him. The governor who was responding to questions from journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday said he was especially terrified by ...

Ex-convicts, two others in custody – Police The dismembered body of a business mogul, Ignatius Adunukwe (identified as Odunukwe on the social media), has been recovered from a bush in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adunukwe (name provided by the police) was about to sell a landed property to some supposed buyers when he was allegedly ...

Migrants arriving on board the Aquarius ship of Sos Mediterranee, Palermo, Italy. Igor Petyx/EPA Lanre Ikuteyijo, Obafemi Awolowo University Young Nigerians make up the largest population of the growing flow of migrants from Africa to developed countries. In 2016, over 20,000 involved in the Mediterranean Sea crossing were reported to be from Nigeria. In addition, from 2017 until late 2019, ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Tuesday, faulted the Ijaw Youth Council’s position that IPOB should not hold its planned meeting in Bayelsa State. The IYC, Central Zone, led by Olorogun Kennedy, had, on Monday, asked members of IPOB to steer clear of the state, and look elsewhere for their planned national meeting or attract the wrath of the ...