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2023: Atiku’s wife warns Bauchi women against vote selling

Posted on December 8, 2022

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Wife of the former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Princess Rukayya Atiku Abubakar has cautioned women against selling their votes ahead of the…

NDIC tells students to inculcate culture of saving, renovates 21 dilapidated Bauchi classrooms

Posted on October 28, 2022

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Bauchi Zonal Office has charged students of Government Day Comprehensive Secondary School Bakari Dukku to inculcate the habit of saving in…

Appeal court orders ASUU to call off 7-months strike

Posted on October 7, 2022

By Charly Agwam The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work immediately. The appellate court gave the order today while granting leave…

We’ll shutdown the country if strike is not called off, NANS tells FG, ASUU

Posted on September 24, 2022

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The Students Union Government (SUG) President of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has said that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) will shut down the…

Court orders ASUU to resume work after 7 weeks strike

Posted on September 21, 2022

By Charly Agwam The national industrial court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since…

FULafia Post-UTME Screening begins September 16th for new students

Posted on September 9, 2022

FULafia Post-UTME Screening begins September 16th *** All candidates who applied for admission into degree programmes of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Nasarawa State for the 2022/2023 Academic Session are hereby notified…

New naira chaos spreads February 5, 2023
As the lingering scarcity of both old and new naira notes continues to cripple economic activities nationwide and inflict enormous pains on Nigerians, an aide to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has revealed that his principal was misled by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public […]
Our Reporters
Why Villa hawks are against Tinubu’s presidency – Jaafar February 5, 2023
Jaafar Jaafar from Kano State is the Editor-in-Chief of Daily Nigerian. He spoke to FRIDAY OLOKOR on the forces against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, among others You recently disclosed that some people in the Presidency were working against the ambition of Bola to be President. Who are these? […]
Friday Olokor
Forget interim idea, PDP warns schemers February 5, 2023
The Peoples Democratic Party has described as evil, the allegations that some individuals at the Presidency were plotting to install an interim government at the expiration of the tenure of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). There have been allegations that some powerful elements in high places were responsible for the current fuel and […]
Dirisu Yakubu
El-Rufai’s extremism dangerous for democracy – NLC February 5, 2023
The Nigerian Labour Congress on Saturday described the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as a “right-winged extremist” who doesn’t believe in rules. The labour union also condemned what it described as “irresponsible and dangerous” the comments of the governor regarding the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. In a statement signed by its outgoing National […]
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole
Building collapse: FCT minister orders FHA officers’ arrest February 5, 2023
The Minister of the FCT, Mallam Muhammad Bello, has ordered the arrest of officers of the Federal Housing Authority, and the developer of a collapsed three-story building in Abuja. The Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Umar Shuaibu, disclosed this to journalists during a briefing on Saturday. Shuaibu said the minister directed the arrest of the […]
Nathaniel Shaibu
Naira scarcity: Oyo youths, police clash, three killed February 5, 2023
Barely 24 hours after protest rocked Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes, another group of youths, on Saturday staged a protest at Dogo community in Apata, Ido Local Government Area of the state, leading to the death of three persons. It was gathered that the youths were […]
Ademola Adegbite
CPs shun promotion interview over IG, PSC feud February 5, 2023
The power tussle between the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Police Service Commission deepened on Friday as Commissioners of Police and Deputy Commissioners of Police failed to appear before the commission for their promotion interview. It is believed that the senior officers boycotted the exercise on the directive of the IG. Saturday PUNCH […]
Adelani Adepegba
Tinubu will do well as president, says Buhari February 5, 2023
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has declared that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, will perform well if elected president. He made this declaration in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Saturday, at the APC presidential campaign rally in the glare of thousands of supporters. Sunday PUNCH reports […]
Our Reporters
Pupil flogged over missing N1,000 to discourage bad habit – Proprietress February 5, 2023
The proprietress of Cherish Montessori Cambridge Academy, Delta State, Mrs Theresa Ojigho, who was accused of giving a nine-year-old pupil 40 strokes of the cane for allegedly stealing N1,000 at school, tells ALEXANDER OKERE the circumstances surrounding the punishment meted out to the child The father of one of your pupils alleged that his nine-year-old […]
Alexander Okere
Proprietress gave my daughter 40 lashes – Businessman February 5, 2023
A businessman from Edo State, Eromosele Oribhabor, tells ALEXANDER OKERE how his nine-year-old daughter was allegedly left traumatised after she was whipped 40 times by her proprietress on the allegation that she stole N1,000 from a teacher at her school in Delta State You claimed that your nine-year-old daughter was given 40 strokes of the […]
Alexander Okere

US jets down spy balloon with a single missile
Ukrainian tank crews 'quick to master' Challenger 2 in training, UK says
Recovery efforts are underway off coast near location where balloon was taken down, US official says
They eat ice cream and read 'Harry Potter,' but these North Korean YouTubers aren't what they seem February 5, 2023
The young woman rifles through a fridge of popsicles, pulling out several to show the camera.
Winter storm brings US record low for wind chill February 5, 2023
A life-threatening cold spell began to ease its grip on the northeastern United States on Saturday, but only after a new national windchill record was set in New Hampshire.
Chile wildfires leave at least 22 people dead, officials say February 4, 2023
At least 22 people have died in connection widespread forest fires in south-central Chile, according to government officials.
Biden wanted balloon shot down 'as soon as possible' February 4, 2023
The US military has shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, a US official said Saturday.
Biden wanted balloon shot down 'as soon as possible' February 4, 2023
Video appears to show Chinese spy balloon being shot down February 4, 2023
The US military shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, a US official said.
Biden had ordered it to be shot down earlier this week. It traveled across the US before it was shot down off the East Coast. February 4, 2023
• What to know about the balloon • China's history of spying in the US • What spy balloons can do that satellites can't • 'This isn't like Top Gun': Why US hasn't shot down balloon