Al-Mustapha dedunks Amachree’s account of Abacha’s death
Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd.), has dismissed claims by a former Department of State Services operative, Dennis…
How President Tinubu is redrawing the South-East political map, by Tunde Rahman
When the 2023 presidential election results were announced, many analysts and commentators gave a largely unanimous verdict regarding the voting pattern in the South-east. The region had voted almost…
Coup plot: Document names those assigned to attack Aso Rock, service chiefs, airports
Fresh details of the operational blueprint allegedly developed by military officers accused of plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration last year have emerged. These include how they assigned targets…
Saula, Hamburger, Legacy….10 Lagos NURTW figures killed in 18 years of violent rivalries
The fatal shooting of the Organising Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Toba Ijaya, has…
N69m fraud: Court grants Blessing CEO N20m bail
The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday admitted social media personality, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, to bail in the sum of N20m…
Court sentences man to death for killing housewife
A Kano High Court on Friday sentenced Shuaibu Abdulkadir to death by hanging for the murder of a 23-year-old housewife, Rumasa’u Shuaibu. Abdulkadir, who resides in Chediyar Kuda, Shauchi…
20,000 Nigerian health workers relocated abroad in one year – Report
At least 20,966 Nigerian health workers relocated abroad within one year, official figures obtained by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. The mass exodus includes 3,919 doctors, 7,487 nurses and midwives,…
No, Abacha didn’t die in bed with a woman, by Tony Eluemunor
How did the former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha die? I had focused on the answer since mid-1999 when I arrived Abuja as a Guardian newspaper correspondent intending…
Obasanjo, Atiku trade barbs over impeachment, third term saga
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that Atiku Abubakar gave the late Ghali Umar Na’Abba, former speaker of the house of representatives, N5 million to begin impeachment proceedings against him…
Police arrest four officers over viral video of ethnic comment against motorist
The Ondo state police command says it has arrested four police officers seen in a viral video making “unprofessional and ethnically insensitive” remarks to a motorist during a roadside stop…
