Punch Newspaper Headlines Today Thursday 26th May 2022
Top Nigeria news Dailies Update from Punch Newspaper Headlines Today
Read also
Gunmen kidnap expatriate, kill driver, soldier in Ondo
Some gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an expatriate at Ogbonmo area of Ijebu-Owo in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State The gunmen also killed a soldier, who was said to be a security escort of the victim, who is an engineer. The driver of the victim was also killed by the gunmen. The identity of…
Read More
Magnus Abe withdraws from Rivers APC governorship primary
Former Senator and a frontline Rivers State governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Magnus Abe, has withdrawn from the party gubernatorial primary election holding Thursday (today). The APC primary election and State House of Assembly is scheduled to hold at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium. Abe ally and former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government…
Read More
No evidence APC aspirants shared money to delegates, says Adamu
Following allegations of bribe-for-votes between aspirants of the All Progressives Congress and party delegates in different states, APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday has said there was no evidence to substantiate the claim. Adamu, who debunked the claim in an interview with Voice of America Hausa service, noted that he got feelers that…
Read More
How Adesua Etomi saved my daughter from bullies – Actress Iretiola Doyle
Veteran Nollywood actress, Iretiola Doyle, has appreciated her colleague, Adesua Etomi-Wellington, who saved her (Doyle’s) daughter, Jemiyo, from bullies. In a lengthy Instagram post on Thursday, Ireti noted that her daughter, who just turned 18, was once an object of bullying in her school. She noted that when Adesua stepped into the issue, the bullying…
Read More
Ex-APC member clinches PDP gov ticket in Kwara
A frontline politician in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahman, who recently decamped from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged as the governorship candidate of PDP in the state. His emergence came after he won the primary election conducted by the party for its governorship aspirants in the state where he…
Read More
South-West APC presidential aspirants not enemies – Fayemi
A presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, and the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has advised supporters of presidential hopefuls in the South-West region not to make enemies. Fayemi, who spoke in Osogbo while addressing delegates of the APC presidential primary at Osun Government House, said there was no war…
Read More
Police arrest four suspected cultists in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended four suspected members of the dreaded Eiye cult group. Their arrest was made when they were reportedly holding a nocturnal meeting in preparation for an attack to be launched on members of another cult group. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this…
Read More
Spain donates 4.4m COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria
The Spanish government has donated 4.4 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines to Nigeria. The donation, it said, was in line with its unconditional defence of fair, equitable, and universal access to vaccines against COVID-19. A statement on Wednesday from the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria explained that the handover ceremony of the single-dose vaccines took…
Read More
Court dismisses lawmaker’s application to stop Rivers PDP primary
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an exparte application filed by the embattled Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, seeking to stop the party’s governorship primary in the state. The court was said to have based its ruling on the grounds that the application was filed late and…
Read More
How Nigeria makes ‘thieves’ of its citizens
If it weren’t sad, a story currently making the rounds on social media would be a considerable source of comedy. However, for what it tells about us as a people, the story, if it is true, should give Nigerian leaders some food for thought. Following the arrest of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr….
Read More
Read also
You can also check
