SOKAPU sues Umahi over Mary demands, N20bn damages
The Incorporated Trustees of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ United Associations (SOKAPU) has sued David Umahi, minister of works, over the death of Mary Habila, the nurse who died at his…
Ex-DSS director: Pantami’s ministerial appointment exposed security vetting flaws
Dennis Amachree, a retired assistant director of the Department of State Services (DSS), says the appointment of Isa Pantami as minister of communications and digital economy by former President Muhammadu…
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…
