Oyo transport union faces leadership crisis

A former Chairman, Oyo State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lateef Akinsola, has declared that he is still the boss of the union, hinging his claim on a court ruling he obtained from a Federal High Court in Ibadan in May 2012. On Monday, the union held a congress where Taofeek...

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FRSC to prosecute ‘road marshal’ for impersonation

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the arrest of a man who claimed to be an FRSC official but was detained last Friday by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State for allegedly violating traffic laws. Oyeyemi said the traffic offender, Mr. Adeola Alabi, would...

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Group hails Buhari on Ondo’s ministerial nominee

Members of the Ondo Elites Group in Ondo state have expressed their appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for nominating Prof. Omoleye Daramola as the ministerial candidate from the state. The National President of the group, Dr. Bamidele Ogunleye, described the President’s choice as commendable,...

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Gaza, West Bank gripped by fresh violence

At least two Palestinians, one in the occupied West Bank and another in Gaza, have been killed by Israeli fire, while an Israeli settler died of his wound in a ramming attack. The fresh unrest on Tuesday brings the death toll to 47 Palestinians and nine Israelis. A Palestinian man identified as 24-year-old...

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Senate suspends plenary till Thurs, probes N63bn runway contract

Acting Clerk to the Senate, Mr. Nelson Oyewoh, on Tuesday,  announced the postponement of plenary to Thursday without giving reasons for the action. Oyewoh, in the one paragraph statement titled, ‘Resumption of Plenary’, reads in part,  “This is to inform all Distinguished Senators of the...

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Russian air strikes in Syria kill scores

At least 45 people have been killed when Russian fighter planes launched air strikes in western Syria, activists said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jets targeted the rebel-held Jabal al-Akrad region of the mainly regime-held Latakia province on Tuesday. The activist group said civilians...

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Arik grounds two aircraft after ground collision

Two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft, belonging to Arik Air, were grounded by the carrier on Tuesday afternoon after they were involved in a ground collision at the tarmac of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. According to the airline, nobody was hurt as a result of the incident, which happened in the afternoon...

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Plateau lawmaker barred from elections for five years

The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos has blacklisted the lawmaker representing Langtang South in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Vincent Bulus, for five years from contesting future elections. Bulus won the election on the platform of the Peoples...

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Attempted suicide: Court rejects request to handcuff Okah

A Federal High Court in Abuja rejected a request by the prosecution to handcuff a suspected mastermind of the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja, Charles Okah, during his resumed trial on Tuesday. The request by the lead prosecuting counsel, Alex Izinyon (SAN), followed a suicidal attempt by Okah to...

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Taliban takes Afghan police chief hostage

Police chief and 17 of his men are missing after the Taliban seized Ghormach district of Afghanistan’s Faryab province. Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman of Afghanistan’s interior ministry, said on Tuesday that the men had not been heard from since Monday, a day after the Taliban takeover. The armed group’s...

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Army probes soldiers’ roles in Ekiti, Osun gov polls

The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered panel to probe alleged malpractices by its personnel in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states in 2014. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic statement on Tuesday that the panel was also mandated...

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Protests over tuition hike in S’Africa escalate

Protests against tuition increases escalated at several major universities on Tuesday, spreading beyond campuses with incidents of violence. In the University of Cape Town, protesting students stormed lecture halls and intimidated students who were not joining the protest, witnesses said. University...

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Three militants killed in clashes with Algeria army

Algerian army troops on Tuesday killed three militants in the province of Boumerdes, 55 km eastern Algiers, according to a statement of the Defense Ministry. “Part of counterterrorism efforts and after the exploitation of accurate tips, a detachment of the National Peoples’ Army in the 1st military...

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HoS Kifasi on terminal leave – Presidency

The Presidency has confirmed the exit of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, describing it as “retirement.” The Special Adviser to the President (Media and Communications), Mr. Femi Adesina made the clarification in an interview with THE PUNCH on Tuesday evening...

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Police arrest clerics for beheading four-year-old boy in Osun

The police in Osun State have arrested three members of an extreme Islamic sect operating at Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State for allegedly beheading a four-year old boy identified as Teslim Bakare. Police sources told journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday that the suspects: Moshood;...

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Supreme Court upholds Ambode’s gov poll victory

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the election of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, of the All Progressives Congress in the April 11 governorship poll. In a unanimous judgment of the seven-man panel of the apex court, led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, the Supreme Court struck out...

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Army probes alleged malpractices in Ekiti, Osun gov polls

The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered board of inquiry to probe alleged malpractices by its personnel in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States in 2014. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Monday that the panel was also mandated...

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Counsel’s death stalls hearing in human rights violation case

The death of Mr Abudulfatai Bello, lead counsel to Registered Trustees of Jama’a Foundation, has stalled hearing in the case of alleged human rights violation between it and the Federal Government. The Registered Trustees of Jama’a Foundation, an Islamic organisation and five others, had dragged...

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PHED decries continued attack on employees

The management of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company has raised the alarm of the spate of attacks on its field staff by its customers in four states of its coverage. PHED said on Tuesday that some of its employees had been brutalised by some disgruntled members of the public for inexplicable...

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DPR shuts six filling stations in Sokoto

The Department of Petroleum Resources said it had sealed six independent marketers’ filling stations in Sokoto and its environs for various offences. The Zonal Operations Controller of the department in charge of Sokoto and Kebbi states, Alhaji Mohammed Makera, disclosed this to newsmen in Sokoto on...

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