It was another day of honour – although posthumous – for Chief Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi (SAN), who died nine years ago. Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode unveiled a 44-foot statue of the legal luminary at the ‘Liberty Park’, in Ojota to “symbolise the phenomenon that the rights activist represented in …

The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Olabode George, yesterday said former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, was sent on a slave’s errand by people using him but he didn’t use the wisdom of an elder in delivering the message. He accused Oyinlola …

 Men of the Oyo State Joint Patrol Team, Operation Burst (OB), yesterday morning dislodged a six-man armed robbery gang who have been terrorising residents of Adegbayi area of the state for the past three weeks. The Special Adviser to Governor Ajimobi on Security, Mr. Segun Abolarinwa, disclosed this while explaining …

The crisis between the proscribed Parliamentary Support Group and others senators deepened on Sunday, as the senior lawmakers threatened to expose their colleagues in the PSG. Some senators, who confided in The PUNCH, said contrary to the claim of the PSG members, they (PSG senators) were not working for President …

https://web.facebook.com/bukola.saraki/videos/10156365986679962/?t=0 SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Sunay visited a female Sergeant-At-Arms, Mrs. Sandra Davou who was on Wednesday injured when she and her colleagues struggled to stop thugs who invaded the Senate and stole its Mace. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Sanni Onogu, …

  The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, affirmed on Sunday that the country’s positive growth outlook would be sustained. The Minister and the CBN Governor gave this assurance at a joint press briefing at the end of …

You Can Function Without A Mace, Falana Tells Lawmakers Human Rights Lawyer Mr. Femi Falana, on Sunday said the invasion of the Senate by some yet-to-be identified hoodlums who made away with Mace and the bickering that came with the incident were uncalled for, saying there is no provision for …

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, on Friday led some members of the bank’s executive management team on a courtesy visit to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State at the State House, Ilorin. This visit follows the recent armed robbery attack in the town of Offa in Kwara. …

Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu will join Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO at the opening debate of the ‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C organised by the World Bank Group. The event, which will …

Democracy is based on the notion that a people should be self-governing and that the representatives of the people be held accountable for their dithering, actions and inactions. For stability and good governance to be achieved, some degree of cooperation and understanding amongst the three arms is expected.Chambers 21st century …