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On Saturday, a telephone conversation between Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, was leaked to the public by People’s Gazette. In the audio clip, Mr Obi asked Mr Oyedepo to help spread his message to Christians in the South-west and parts of North-central. Addressing him as “daddy”, …

Heavily-armed policemen on Monday blocked the entrance of the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following a protest by the Peoples Democratic Party members. Over 1000 members of the party and their supporters had stormed the INEC office along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, demanding the commission to allow a joint inspection of election …

We asked Ryle about the impact of ICIJ’s reporting over the past 10 years, and how it has changed his life and the lives of others around the globe. April 3 marks a double anniversary in ICIJ’s calendar: while some may know it as the date the Panama Papers exploded on front pages and TV screens around the world in 2016, it’s …

Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Prof. Oliver Ezechi, has said 28 women die daily of cervical cancer in the country. Addressing an event to check the scourge among girls and women yesterday in Lagos, Ezechi identified vaccination gaps, poor awareness, cultural issues and screening as some of the challenges militating against successful containment of …

The Benue State Government has secured an N84 billion debt cancellation deal from the Federal Government to drastically reduce the overall debt burden of the state. The Benue State Commissioner of Finance, Mr. David Olofu who made this known Monday at the end of State Executive Council, SEC, meeting presided over by Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi said the feat …

The All Progressives Congress in Delta State has expelled the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, from being a member of the APC for alleged anti-party activities and other unnamed offences. The Delta APC announced Omo-Agege’s expulsion in a letter dated March 31, 2023, obtained by The PUNCH on Monday. Recall The PUNCH reported how Omo-Agege, the governorship candidate of the …

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has claimed that politicians have already started “buying” political positions ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. Ndume made this claim while speaking in an interview on Channels TV. Ndume said: “There should be Unexplained Wealth Act so that if you display wealth that is not in tandem with …

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Monday, met with the new Chairperson of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, a former IGP. The PUNCH reports that both parties met at the PSC conference room at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, where they discussed measures to improve the mutual relationship between the NPF and the PSC, as well as identify new …

…Urges Nigerians to support military, other security agencies Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on Sunday said his passion for the military was halted by his mother. He urged Nigerians to appreciate and support the efforts of the military and other security agencies in combating insecurity across the country. According to the …

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared a popular Port Harcourt- based prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, Faith Ugochi as well as a celebrity couple Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen, wanted for allegedly recruiting teenage girls into drug trafficking. The PUNCH reports that the Spokesperson for the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in …