Why AGF shuns EFCC, sends judges’ cases to DSS

The Federal Ministry of Justice decided to forward petitions against judges bordering on alleged corrupt acts to the Department of State Services when the ministry discovered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to act on previous petitions as expected, The PUNCH learnt...

Inculcating smartphones into business

Create a visual checklist for your employees Are your employees sloughing off or ignoring your daily checklists? Maybe they are visual learners and cannot appreciate what an awesome checklist you have created. Send them the lists with visuals of what the end result of each task should...

How you can use smartphones for presentations

  Here are 10 ways you can incorporate smartphone users into your presentation and become the topic of conversation online and off. Encourage and reward people for using their smartphones At Cause Marketing Forum’s annual conference in Chicago in June this year, someone asked people...

Unholy alliance between government and commercial banks

The discussion of the nation’s economy is nearly always done in jargon that goes completely over the heads of most Nigerians including unfortunately, its political leadership.  The proliferation of terminologies such as “stagflation”, “cost-push inflation” and “recession” in the current...

Perspectives on the forthcoming US election

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton / AFP PHOTO / DESK I have decided to write this article in view of the fact that with less than 100 days to the date of the United States of America’s presidential election on November 8, one...

Electricity consumers, AKHA lament unrealistic bills

  Electricity consumers in Akwa Ibom State have accused the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company of extortion. The consumers alleged on Wednesday in Uyo that the PHEDC had abandoned their responsibilities to members of the public, but circulates outrageous bills to Akwa Ibom residents. A...

I was not flown abroad for treatment – Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Wednesday, dismissed report that he was flown abroad for medical treatment as a result of the injury he sustained in a domestic accident. He, however, confirmed that he was involved in a domestic accident when one of the wall tiles at the Government...

Sale of two aircraft not enough

  FACED with an economy in a tailspin and a citizenry impatient for a turnaround in their fortunes, a reluctant President Muhammadu Buhari has been forced to put up for sale two out of the 10 aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet. On Monday, the Presidency also handed over two helicopters...

Loss would be colossal waste of time, says Trump

  Donald Trump cast the US presidential race in stark personal terms Wednesday, telling voters that if he loses against Hillary Clinton it will be the “single greatest waste” of his time and money. The provocative billionaire, in a disjointed speech in Ocala, Florida with just 27 days...

Arms scam: FG converts Badeh’s N1.1bn mansion to office

A N1.1bn mansion seized from the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), has been converted to an office to be used by the Federal Government, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent, who visited the property located on Plot 6 Ogun River Crescent, Maitama,...

Seven banking services you can enjoy online

Internet banking, also called online banking, has become very popular in Nigeria. However, there are still many Nigerians who have the capacity to carry out Internet banking that are not doing so. This partly explains the reason for the long queues and crowd seen in the banking hall. This...

Declare state of emergency on kidnapping, Reps tell FG

  The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on kidnapping in the country to curb the escalating cases of abduction, some resulting fatalities. It said the police, the armed forces and telecommunication service providers...

It’s usual to step on toes in graft war –FG

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was not unusual to step on sensitive toes in its current fight against corruption. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Federal Executive...

N’Assembly aides protest non-payment of salaries, allowances

Aides to senators and members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday protested the non-payment of their salaries and allowances. The dramatic protest started about 10.15am after the angry aides stormed the main lobby of the National Assembly building. They chanted songs and lamented...

Ogun land grabbers risk 25 years jail or death

ogun state governor, ibikunle amosun The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill proposing 25 years imprisonment or death sentence for anyone found guilty of placing on any land or landed property any agent for the purpose of forceful takeover of the said land with arms or other offensive...

12 die as Shi’ite, youths clash in Katsina, Kaduna states

Bloody clashes erupted in Katsina and Kaduna states between the members of the Shi’ite Islamic sect and youths on Wednesday, leaving no fewer than 12 persons dead and several others injured.   It was gathered that despite being banned from staging public processions and rallies, the...