The Head, Transport and Logistics Sub-Committee of the Presidential Transition Council, Mrs Hadiza Kabir, says 395 vehicles have been deployed for the inauguration activities on Monday. Kabir, who is the Mandate Secretary, Social Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory, said the sub-committee had not witnessed any glitch since it was given the responsibility. According […]

The New Nigeria Peoples Party on Saturday doused apprehension among its supporters, saying its Presidential candidate in the last election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, would not defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The party was reacting to the recent meeting between Kwankwaso and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Paris, France, which had fuelled speculation about his […]

…security operatives restore normalcy Angry youths, on Sunday morning, shut down Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM 99.1 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A source told The PUNCH Metro that the youths besieged the station and wanted to take over the running of the programme. An investigation by our correspondent revealed that the stern-looking security operatives […]

The outgoing governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, will perform the official handing over of the affairs of the state to the governor-elect, Engr. Abba Yusuf, today. The outgoing Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday morning, said the event would be held […]

My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.  2. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment.  3. Today we […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday, in Abuja, said he is leaving Nigeria much better than he met it in May 2015 when he first assumed office. He also expressed fulfilment in his performance so far as he retires home to Daura, Katsina State, after handing over to his successor, Bola Tinubu, […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday, in Abuja, said some of the hard-hitting policies of his eight-year regime were for the “overall good of the country.” Buhari who admitted that his policies brought “temporary pain and suffering” to millions of Nigerians said they “yielded the desired results” nonetheless. In a televised farewell […]

Seven men have been charged over the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland earlier this year, investigators said Saturday. Some of the defendants will face terrorism charges, while all stand accused of attempted murder. Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, a high-profile officer who has led major investigations, survived the late-February attack, in […]

The World Bank, in its latest food security update, said seven countries, including Nigeria, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen are experiencing “catastrophic levels of food insecurity”. It revealed that 258 million people in 58 countries “faced crises or worse levels of acute food insecurity in 2022”. The bank, in a report […]

On 31 December 1983, Sani Abacha, then an unknown Brigadier in the Nigerian Army, went on radio to announce the overthrow of the elected civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari, claiming that the military had done so “in the discharge of our national role as promoters and protectors of our national interest” because of “the […]