By Jonathan Ugbal The former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has broken silence on allegations that he had a hand in the removal of his kinsman, Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Obono-Obla, a lawyer hails from Ugep in Yakurr Local Government Area while Justice Onnoghen
By Edem Edem, Daily Post No one is above the law The Head of Chamber, Mba Ukweni and Associates, Barrister Mba Ukweni SAN, has said that the suspension of Ibrahim Magu, as Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was long overdue. Speaking on Tuesday night with this reporter, Ukweni said nobody is
By Patrick Obia A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Calabar, Mr. Inyali Peter has accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of stealing more than what was added as minimum wage from lecturers salaries through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. The journalist who is also an aid to Ben
This is an Editorial by Punch Editorial Board. Faced with a depressed economy and the grim reality of an inevitable decline in revenues, this is not the time for knee-jerk decisions or cosmetic measures by State Governors wishing to shore up their fast crumbling financial bases. In converse, there can be no better time for serious-minded
This plan is spear headed by a Special Adviser Budget, who was announced to have been sacked by Governor Ayade last year allegedly for leaking official information, but still performing his official duties. Recent deductions from the LGA accounts which have raised a lot of questions include the COVID 19 Support Fund which the House
“As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s, Major General, and refer to his administration as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has asked the Federal High Court to reassign his case to another judge. Jalingo, who is standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy, terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Government of Cross River, said Simon Amobeda, the judge hearing the case, can no longer be
By Archibong Jeremiah The continuation trial of Citizen Agba Jalingo which was adjourned to today Wednesday 20 November, 2019 has been further adjourned to next Wednesday 27 November, 2019. Our reporter at the Court was informed that the Court wasn’t meant to seat today which led to the further adjournment. Our reporter also observed that