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Putting it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived at the wooden, fabricated office of PUNCH in Kudeti, Ikeja, Lagos, for a vacation job, that was how the editor then, Alhaji Najeem Jimoh, referred to me: Aparutu. He wasn’t being mean or harsh. That […]
Voters will go to the polls in the Republic of Ireland today to elect the country’s next president.
A civil rights activist, Dr. Thompson Udenwa, has urged all faith leaders to resist the temptation of selective criticism and to maintain integrity in speaking truth to power, regardless of changing political climates. Udenwa disclosed this in a press statement on Thursday. He also accused the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan […]
The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has deployed emergency committee to Niger State, working with the contractor handling the project, CGC Nigeria Limited, to ensure palliative rehabilitation is carried out on the Lambata-Lapai-Bida road. He gave the directive on Thursday after a meeting with the delegation of the National Assembly members from Niger State, […]
The House of Representatives has passed through to second reading, a bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, to guarantee greater institutional independence, operational efficiency and accountability of the anti-graft agency. Sponsored by Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi (APC, Plateau), the bill seeks to insulate the EFCC from political control […]
Vladimir Putin has described Donald Trump’s sanctions against two major oil firms as an “unfriendly act”.
Residents of Shanono local government area in Kano State have raised the alarm over recurring attacks by armed bandits, who they said have continued to terrorise Faruruwa and neighbouring communities for the past three years. Speaking during a press briefing in Kano on Thursday, chairman of the Faruruwa Security Committee, Yahaya Umar Bagobiri, said the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced that the screening of aspirants vying for various national offices ahead of its 2025 Elective National Convention will hold on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. According to a statement signed by Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, chairman of the National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC), the exercise will take place […]
The National Economic Council (NEC) has announced a 44 per cent reduction in polio cases across Nigeria, commending the progress recorded in the fight against the disease while urging state governments to sustain momentum and release funds to support ongoing immunisation campaigns nationwide. Chairman of the NEC Ad-hoc Committee on Polio Eradication and Gombe State […]
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has taken decisive action by expelling several top officials of the party, including its former National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, and National Youth Leader, Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu, over allegations of misconduct, financial misappropriation, and abuse of office. The Nationa Publicity secretary of SDP, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, at a […]
