Nigerians tell Buhari: Name, shame looters, mere figures not enough

Several groups and individuals across Nigeria have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his promise of naming those who stole from the country’s treasury.

Those who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH in reaction to the list of recovered funds and assets published by the Federal Government on Saturday insisted that the names of those who returned their loot must be published to make the loot recovery process more transparent.

Muhammad Ali, 'The Greatest,' dies at 74

Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer who proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and was among the most famous and beloved athletes on the planet, died Friday in Phoenix, a family spokesman said.

Ali had been at a hospital since Thursday with what spokesman Bob Gunnell had described as a respiratory issue.

EFCC asked Fani-Kayode to deposit $1m, implicate Jonathan, others — Aide

Jude Ndukwe, the SA Media to detained Director of Media and Publicity of the 2015 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the former minister of Aviation, has met his bail conditions as set by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC but the anti-graft agency has refused to release him with the aim of forcefully extracting statements from him that would implicate his principal, former President Goodluck Jonathan, PDP chieftains as well as publishers and editors of major newspapers in the country.

We can’t destroy ourselves in order to make a point, Okowa tells ND Avengers

DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Thursday, appealed to militants blowing up oil installations in the state to reconsider their actions, as bombing of oil facilities by them was affecting the state.

I stole 2 babies to impress my lover- suspect

The suspect, Zainab Salisu; her lover,
Saheed Akinwale and the ‘twins.’

42-year-old Zainab Salisu, who stole two children, told newsmen, yesterday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, that she needed the babies because she had a miscarriage, but needed to show her lover evidence of the pregnancy she claimed was his.

However, Zainab’s lover, Saheed Akinwale, a father of three, said he only met her last year, adding “few months after we started dating, she said she was pregnant for me and wanted to travel to the United States to deliver the children.

PDP: Court acquits son over father’s murder

An Akwa Ibom High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted Mr. Odudu Ukpanah, the son of the late Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Albert Ukpanah, of murder.

The presiding judge, Justice Ezekiel Enang, said the murder allegation levelled against Odudu by the police and the Akwa Ibom State Government could not be proved, hence, the court set him free.

NAF chief remanded in prison over N166m contractor’s gift

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the remand of the Chief of Training and Operations of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Olutayo Oguntoyinbo, in Kuje Prison, pending the hearing of his bail application slated for June 6.