The Punch Newspaper Archive

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Bookseller jailed three months for selling pirated copies of el-Rufai’s book

We’ve arrested killers of the late Kwara CP – Police

First Bank divests from First Registrars – official

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MITVBase concert re-unites Snoop, D’Banj

Barrister’s associates go to court

I am not dating Deputy Speaker –Isabela

COSON stars dance for God

Lagos City Orchestra excites MUSON with ‘The Messiah’

Christ Crusaders plan big for anniversary

Achebe’s body finally kisses his country’s soil

Back from Dubai with Legend goodies

World Bank reviews $5.4bn investments in Nigeria

Ogun introduces cash-less policy in hospitals

Jonathan orders MDAs to complete abandoned projects

Analysts predict inflation’ll remain below 9% in 2013

Dollar resumes rise against yen

FIRS projects 12% increase in tax revenue

First Bank upgrades IT infrastructure

Jang calls for re-evaluation of accountancy practice

Media and ASUP strike

The Coming of APC

JAMB’s computer-based mess

Ibafo cries for help

LASU regrets

State of Oshodi roads

Help us, Amosun

Onyali hopeful on Elegbeleye’s developmental programmes

Durant makes $1m tornado pledge

Mikel opts out of Mexico friendly

Nigeria take on Libya in Africa beach soccer

Eagles future hangs on World Cup ticket — Oboabona

Government is unfair to chess players –Adu

Taekwondo team get visas, leave for Germany

GTBank/Ogun Principals Cup: Alamura, Remo High School clash in final

Confederations Cup: Eagles can go all the way –Erico

Lesh tennis clinic to hold May 27

Lagos to stage inter-clubs tourney

YSFON commends MTN Football scholar

MISTON 2013: 16 teams confirm participation

Heineken stars on the ‘Road to Wembley Final’

Agbim: Wolves give Rangers payment ultimatum

Jonathan showers cash on Eaglets, athletes

Court frees murder suspect for insufficient evidence

Community decries govt’s neglect of health care services

Ogun uncovers N200m WAEC fees fraud

Investment in oil, gas free zones now N900bn

Power projects: FG to access $500m AfDB loan

Etisalat signs $1.2bn deal with Zenith, FBN, others

FG to tackle unemployment with graduate entrepreneurship scheme

Five nabbed for exhuming corpses, selling human parts

Three paraded for duping oil marketers N178m

Police nab fake soldier, recover N15m cars

Court jails man three years for stealing N52,100

Mercedes-Benz’s new E-Class sets benchmark in luxury

Ibeto begins payment of Nigercem workers’ retirement benefits

Ogun introduces cashless policy in hospitals

Flight cancellation: Court awards passenger N5m

Honda showcases 9th generation Civic

Controversy trails auction of Ferguson’s chewing gum

Oyo awards N100m scholarships

Govs divert UBE funds to other purposes —Ezekwesili

Ondo constitutes oil firms, communities relations panel

Mbeki faults AU on Mali crisis

‘New Enugu airport terminal’ll be ready next year’

Olumhense and journalism practice in Nigeria

Police fire rubber bullets at S’African miners

AGPMPN warms up for World Doctors’ Day

N’Assembly okays emergency rule, gives conditions

Don’t overspend on military operations, Sanusi warns FG

Number portability: Telecoms subscribers complain of poor services

Air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity

Jonathan orders release of detained B’Haram suspects

Are the police truly our friends?

Experts fault criminalisation of abortion

You need good sales, cost plan

Vaccine delivery, still a mirage in Nigeria

Oil price down to near $96

New NTDC boss unveils agenda

Apple among largest tax avoiders in US — Senate

iGate sacks CEO over undisclosed relationship

E-Recruitment can solve selection challenges – Dragnet MD

Things Fall Apart and contemporary issues

NLC decries poor safety standards in workplaces

Promasidor honours journalists with awards

Before we finally lose the North… (1)

Oklahoma tornado: 2 miles wide, 17-mile path

Ghanaian police directs Synagogue Church to relocate

Buildings as death traps

JTF bans hawking, begging around checkpoints in Yobe

Lagos set to prosecute forgery of land documents

Court affirms forfeiture of Lagos brothel to NAPTIP

PDP in UK backs State of Emergency

Corruption: Jang calls for re-evaluation of accountancy practice

Dana crash: Coroner threatens to close pathologist’s testimony

SGF receives Achebe’s corpse in Abuja

Eight Nigerians make up CAF standing committees

Police nab fake army officer, recover N15m cars

Monday, May 20, 2013

At least 51 killed after tornado hits Oklahoma, US

Excesses of Yaba LG officials

Wake up, Epe LGA

War drummers

Drama as woman bares breasts on court premises

19-year-old arraigned for theft of bus ticket

Lagos: 652 lives lost to crashes in six months

Magistrate strikes out armed robbery case

‘If my wife leaves me, she may die’

Vigilance group leader kills friend in Edo

Beyond emergency

Nigeria’s odyssey

ACN and Boko Haram

Plight of challenged children

Children/adult TV programme

Neymar talks with Barca

Workers’ protest: NAMA beefs up Lagos airport security

Melaye opposes 12 Judges’ appointments

Group condemns ‘provocative utterances’ on emergency rule

Rivers ACN faults opposition’s visit to Amaechi

Police arrest five suspected kidnappers in Delta

Customs arrest suspects with $2.7m at Lagos airport

Shell, community differ over oil spill

Gunmen abduct Rivers hotelier’s wife

Belgore faults Kwara canvassers’ appointments

Rainstorm destroys 50 buildings in Katsina

Armed youths kill bar manager, three others

Orlando Magic interested in Lawal

Seamless, GrubHub set for merger

NCC seeks more investment in telecoms industry

Former Nokia employees show off first Jolla smartphone

Insurgents regroup in Adamawa mountains

FG rules out supplementary budget for military operations

APGA to review constitution, tackle crisis

London shares hit 12-year high

20 world leaders to attend OAU 50th anniversary

ASUS introduces Fonepad to aid digital communication

New doubts about ginkgo biloba

Predicting infectious influenza

Cisco introduces product to simplify network design

‘Enyimba’s difficult moments will soon be over’

CHAN: Eagles to host Ivory Coast July 6

Senate insists on powers to tinker with budgets

Father of shot Gaza boy disputes Israel report

Dana crash: Pathologist’s absence stalls coroner’s inquest

ICT skills, critical to development – NITDA boss

Pope statue unveiled in Italian potato field

JTF arrests 120 terrorists in Maiduguri

Four killed, 10 injured as rival groups clash

FG orders staff, students audit in varsities

Rights group condemns provocative utterances against emergency rule

Rainstorm destroys 50 structures in Katsina

Ghana police to investigate stampede, death in Synagogue Church

Corruption: Ethiopian Revenue minister, 12 officials arrested

Two magistrates, four lawyers to join Lagos bench

Court sentences 19-year-old to community service for stealing laptop

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Mayhem, deaths as cultists invade Lagos community

I want my siblings educated – Crippled beggar

Shitta violence: Commissioner urges parents to train youths

Lawyer advocates death penalty for rapists

Police smash robbery syndicate, recover stolen items

You’re enjoying prison, magistrate tells accused

Rape: ‘We won’t close orphanage’

We’ll not succumb to blackmail –Rivers PDP

BoA targets 30 million farmers with mobile money

NCF commends FG on N10bn green wall project

Unfriending without offending

Ajao Estate and coming rains

Job creation: Oyo to partner private sector

Rep, monarch support community supervision of govt projects

Ogun pays relocation allowance to landlords, tenants

NAICOM signs MoU with US insurance body

Tips for starting a new business

Is your home properly insured?

UNIPORT workers seek FG’s intervention on ex-staff salaries

Jesse Jackson backs amnesty for Boko Haram

Turkish bond yields reach record lows

Nigeria team set for Standard Chartered Trophy final

Keeping vacation costs low

Plateau residents in fear as soldiers pursue B’Haram

UPDC set to commence work on Festival Mall

FBN Life boosts insurance with new products

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Syria crisis: Russia sends sophisticated weapons

23 dead in initiation rites in S’ Africa

Former Argentine dictator dies in prison

With some friends who needs enemies!

Teachers no longer add value to our society — 86-year-old retiree

Emergency rule: Boko Haram militants flood Gombe, Bauchi

Monitor weather forecasts — NIMET

First Ladies of style

APC: ACN holds talks in UK

Let your body breathe

Lanre Da-Silva’s sisterly love

WBA warn Hull over Odemwingie

Stylish Tonye Princewill

I gave Obasanjo N100m for 1999 elections –Kalu

Eguavoen: Proving a point at COD United

Achebe and I are not fathers of African literature — Soyinka

For Amaka Mbonu, the storm is over

Sports board elections: New wine in old bottles?

Swagger with pocket square

JTF arrests 65 insurgents, kills 10 in Borno

Fake professor, others arrested for operating illegal varsity

Banks dump airlines for private jet owners

Tracking excess bank charges (Part 2)

Turkey behind Syrian crisis –Envoy

Military intervention necessary — Briggs

Entire country needs emergency rule — ARG

Force will not stop Boko Haram — ACF

PDP, the only national party — Tukur

NPA restricts movement into Lagos ports

Emergency rule commendable — Ohanaeze

Delayed PIB passage frustrates N17.2tn investment — IOCs

How to make money online

President Jonathan promises free trade zone for South East

Northern Governors support state of emergency rule in 3 states

Friday, May 17, 2013

I collected N4.2m from two women for ‘miracle babies’–Midwife

‘Murray will prefer Wimbledon to Roland Garros’

Lloris urges focus

We’re not planning to ‘punish’ Eagles – Kenya

Alamieyeseigha lied against Yar’Adua – Rotimi Jacobs

Lagos corps members decry extortion

‘Jail handlers of collapsed buildings’

Transmission station fire: PHCN allays fear of blackout in Lagos

Strike forces poly to postpone convocation

Court convicts baker for assaulting NAFDAC officials

Soyinka to chair Aregbesola’s lecture series

Court jails My Pikin workers 28yrs, dissolves firm

Falling tree kills 31, injures 16 in Imo

Insecurity: Governors are culpable – APGA

Canadian company writes FG over Amaechi’s jet – Investigation

NDPHC plans to add 4000MW to national grid by December

Group calls for national state of emergency

Platini hails German giants

Insecurity and intrigues of 2015

Cameroonian sells boss’ motorcycle to treat self

Cyclist urges youths to embrace sports

Ideye, Musa can wreck Kenya – Ugbade

Take your relationship deeper

Breastfeeding may help prevent ADHD in children

Vilanova absence affected Barcelona – Messi

Ex-Eagles captain backs Keshi on Akpala

Shakira jokes about post-baby body

What I share with Uti Nwachukwu – Nollywood actress, Beverly Naya

Eneramo set to quit Turkish club

Developers under fire as buildings crumble like cards

Fake phones risky – Boukali

Though I begged Major Nzeogwu not to stage 1966 coup, he ignored me –Gen. Olutoye

Insurance marketer uses client’s money to produce movies

41-year-old man steals hand drier, laptop

Questions linger over Baga ‘massacre’

‘My husband cannot perform in bed’

Angola to sell 33 firms to boost economy

Wharf rats, pirates hold Lagos ports in firm grip

Army condemns use of fake military camouflage by Boko Haram members

Soldiers kill militants in air raid.

Anambra plans to shut down markets, companies over tax

Court disbands My Pikin company, jails employees 28 years

15 fuel laden ships wait to discharge at Lagos ports

45-year-old driver docked over alleged theft of N7.4m goods

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Jonathan’s state of emergency

Rethink Boko Haram strategy

Undergraduate killer son

Jail for phone thief

Ayobo road construction

PUNCH’s vintage cartoons

Achebe’s burial

NBA Ikeja’s position

Youth Enterprise Exhibition postponed

Afolayan breaks into Japan film festival

We will restructure PMAN – Luciano

Wedding auction: No big cash for Tuface

Writers celebrate Achebe on Monday

Brother Jero goes to Eagle’s Park

Four Nigerians on shortlist for 2013 Caine Prize

When Iya Rainbow joined Odeneye to empower youths

GlaxoSmithKline supports Save the Children initiative

Park ‘n’ Shop hosts festival

Nigeria to host African business women forum

LEXCEL inaugurates in-house magazine

Architect by profession, artist by passion

FG, states, LGs share N721.51bn from Federation Account

First Bank offers diverse e-business transactions

Cost of servicing domestic debt too high – DMO

Shareholders approve Unilever’s N1.40 dividend

US stocks remain stable

Stallion Home, Mutual Alliance sign MoU on merger

Kenyan National Bank to raise $119m by 2014

Worsening insecurity affects business turnover – LCCI

Morpheus out with online platform

Absolute Unique launched

LASG jails 120 beggars, ejects 1,708 others

Prophetess arrested for N5m passport, land fraud

Residents accuse land speculators of extortion

Drama as court orders man to be caned

Policeman dies in shootout with robbers

22 teams for MTN Unity Polo tourney

Owners reject Sacramento Kings’ move to Seattle

Shooting Stars coaches under fire for losing

Mimiko U-18 tournament to expose talents

FMCG Games: Athletics, tennis join football

National Economic Council to tackle corruption

Shell declares force majeure on NLNG gas supply

Man hit by stray bullet languishes in hospital

We can’t guarantee your safety, communities tell PHCN

Seven in court for kidnapping, collecting N5m ransom

Borno: Troops capture Boko Haram’s camp

Jonathan writes N’Assembly on emergency rule

Police, SSS may withdraw Amaechi’s security aides

Hawkers bribe bankers to obtain new naira notes

Inflation rose to 9.1% in April –NBS

Electronic fund transfers set to hit N160bn daily

350,000 companies not rendering tax returns – FG

Cyclone Mahasen kills 12 in Bangladesh

Lampard signs new Chelsea deal

Nadal given Gulbis fright

Ouattara urges Mali to build on military mission

Airtel moves to boost education, lifts school in Ogun

Mayweather highest paid US athlete

Lucozade Boost consumers get rewards

Italian company introduces products to Nigerian market

Amazon UK paid £2.4m tax last year

Rojenny laments neglect of Nigerian league

French economy returns to recession

Employment: FG seeks partnership with corporate firms

Stakeholders discuss textile industry revival

SUBEB boss blames teachers for poor education

Create conducive environment for artisans, Fashola urges FG

Nasarawa: Search for bodies ends

Wal-Mart profit misses expectations as US sales weakems

Lagos to prosecute owners of faulty masts

Mimiko, Oke, others back Jonathan

Emergency rule has derailed amnesty – Northern elders

Chellarams introduces Real Activ malted food drink

ACF to monitor military operations in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

Four die in Umuahia building collapse

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Taraba SURE P youth empowerment

2015 calculations

Wema Bank’s unauthorised withdrawal

Kudos to Uyo Passport Office

Emergency rule declaration

Jonathan is justified

State of emergency

Ngr vs Mexico: Akpala replaces Emenike, Yobo still out

Newcastle negotiating over Rooney

Moyes feels for Mancini after City sacking

MTN Football Scholar Season 3 set to begin

Chelsea beat Benfica to win Europa League

MasterCard customers get Wembley date

Zenith League: Rocks, Immigration lament poor funding

Flying Eagles face Brazil, Portugal in Toulon

Hamilton advises NFF, Keshi on World Cup

Western Union partners with UNICEF on Europa League

Golden Penny sticks with wheelchair tennis

Reps, stakeholders back bill on telecoms emission control

Diamond Bank workers protest

Proposed Higher Education Bank: The excitement, the fears

Philanthropist donates toilets to police

LASG states conditions for paying 233 Ijegun victims

Bayelsa police nab cleric in military uniform

Court sentences woman for removing man’s teeth

Man arraigned for attempting to dupe govt

Muslim students fault Lagos on Hijab

NERC to issue code to regulate electricity metering

Insurers demand intervention fund to underwrite terrorism

Teacher arrested for fondling 14-year-old pupil

Nigeria not borrowing enough —FG

INEC hasn’t rejected UPN’s application – Fasehun

Five die, 28 injured in Gombe crash

Ex-minister condemns attack on Kaduna village

NGO opposes Okiro’s nomination

Hundreds of troops deployed in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe

Reject emergency rule, ACN urges N’Assembly

Subsidy: Dismissed DPO arraigned for murder, injuring protesters

When political, economic realities make regional unity compelling

Other options for pain relief

Financial rules of thumb

A good bargain but a bad loss

Osun: Why launch ‘Opon Imo’ in Lagos?

Senate demands state burial for Achebe

Brain frontal lobes not sole center of human intelligence

SEC sets up committee on market abuse …resorts to prayers over zero allocation

Time to end corporal punishment in schools

Canada issues travelling warning

PDP faction pledges support for Mimiko

N’Assembly awaits President’s request on proclamation

PDP govs, NLC support emergency rule

Don’t politicise declaration —Senator

Northern youths flay Jonathan

Nasarawa: 61 riot policemen from Squadron 38 missing

ICPC, NUC begin clampdown on illegal varsities

Osun opens park to honour Aregbesola’s late associate

‘Ladoja seeking undeserved attention’

Brent held above $102 as dollar eased

Afren, others begin OPL 310 exploration

Noble nears $690m rig order

Cal Dive inks $188m Pemex deals

Tennent’s impresses Irish owner

Lagos enlightens children on energy conservation

PFN applauds Jonathan on emergency rule

Plateau confirms death of three indigenes in Lafia killings

Emergency rule, an indictment on FG – Rep

Dismissed DPO arraigned for killing, injuring protesters

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Yobe, Adamawa, Borno under emergency rule

Tuface, Amstel Malta thrill UNIBEN students

Sonala Olumhense’s visual art contest

Asa survives accident

BoI leads D’Banj into the banking hall

We’ll hunt down terrorists – Jonathan

Hard road to state of emergency

Nigeria’s economic growth resilient –Moody’s

Election: Ahmedu protests his exclusion

5G: Who needs it?

Hoodlums raze Rivers LG as police vacate premises

PDP’s claim on Ogun defection deceitful —ACN

I ’ve forgiven Peter Obi – Umeh

Financial illiteracy, the root of struggle

Senate asks Jonathan to raise $14m for Lake Chad

Airlines want FG to expand Lagos cargo terminal

18-month-old baby battles cancer of the kidney

Porsche Cayman, elitist coupe, unveiled

Development of surgical tools for youngest patients lags

Brian Tracy to speak at leadership summit

How big is your heart?

Mauritanian policeman jailed for Al-Qaeda plot

Arming jobless youths to win elections

‘Managers’ productivity will inspire other employees’

LASG rejects Hijab in public schools

Masari resumes as SMEDAN boss

Bahrain blogger flees to Britain

‘My son was baptised days before his death’

18-year-old undergraduate stabs father to death

Sunny Ade’s guitarist jailed for three years

Nigerien, traders arrested for theft

Policemen batter PUNCHman in Lagos

Gambari family sues Kwara, Saraki over mall

Jonathan declares state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe

Jonathan to address the nation any moment from now

Jonathan, amnesty committee members meet

Five Expatriates Kidnapped Off Bayelsa Coastline Freed

ICPC Vs Ogbulafor: Court adjourns hearing to June 6

Commissioner raises alert on expected heavy rain in Katsina

Monday, May 13, 2013

Commercial bus drivers, conductors to wear uniform

Commercial sureties hold Lagos courts to ransom

Heartbreak worse in digital age

Hanging out on Google+

Social media questions for online publishers

Nigeria ranks 69th on global cyber threat list

Mama na nine! Story of a prolific writer

Lake Chad water transfer likely to start in 2017 — Commission

Expert urges military, police to adopt protection measures

US verdict on Nigeria’s anti-graft war

Jonathan, Rivers dispute dangerous

Reform in judiciary meant to bring sanity —CJN

Stop employing uncertified lab technologists, NISLT warns employers

FG earns N179.5bn from non-oil sector

Preparations on for 2016 Olympics – AFN

Samsung brings Galaxy S4 to Nigerian market

How to multitask

Pirates attack 10 boats in Bayelsa

Opposition political parties are jokers —PDP Chief

Blatter appalled at Milan/Roma racist incident

Group seeks support for the less privileged

Man in court for serial car theft

UBA’s Q1 profit up by 19%

Curb insecurity before 2015

I want my son’s corpse – Father of slain cop

LAN honours Bukar Usman

Iranian, Nigerian jailed 17 years for illegal firearms importation

Gunmen abduct Mimiko’s ex-commissioner’s mum

Bomb detectors installed at Lagos motor parks

Lagos dismisses 157 LASTMA officers

Governors Forum wants FG to ignore agitations to declare state of emergency in some states

I’m still looking for my son says father of Nasarawa shooting victim

Cleric rallies support for amnesty committee on Boko Haram

Again, Jonathan, security chiefs meet over insecurity

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Tailor faces trial for raping 15-year-old girl

Four arraigned for stealing, house-breaking

Why govt and banks are afraid of dollar certificates

Tighten laws on bank frauds

Compensation for slain police officers’ families

After the merger, what next?

Nasarawa police massacre

Gov Aliyu and Reps utterances

Jossy Lad’s demise

Distorted name

Dokubo’s remark

State of emergency, overdue

Bravo, Ogun TRACE

Jonathan seeks surveyors’ assistance on disaster management

Lagos to generate 50MW of electricity from waste

Motorists carelessness aids crashes – Stakeholders

LASG issues 79, 161 number plates

Fire guts 30-flat building

Workers storm OAU over alleged N178m scam

Tricyclist, passenger arraigned for unlawful possession of firearms

Journalist diagnosed with failed kidneys

Ambassador ignores govt order on Ekiti regency tussle

Traditional ruler-elect dies 48 hours to coronation

SoftBank asks banks not to finance Dish’s Sprint bid

Four Filipino peacekeepers in Syria released

The you in YouTube

Milo basketball: Lagos, Oyo battle in semis

Moyes delighted after Goodison farewell

Insecurity: Stop shedding crocodile tears, Falana tells FG

‘Propagate truth with social media’

Minister warns Immigration officers against passport racketeering

A’ Ibom Assembly faults LGs under caretaker committees

Address grievances of INEC officials, stakeholders urge Jega

Govt must address insecurity – NSCIA

INEC awaits CPC, ANPP’s resolutions on merger

Nigeria sliding into lawlessness –Sultan

Ogun releases N200m for LG workers’ salary arrears

Gunmen raid southern Kaduna village

Jonathan: Ex-militants threaten to resume violence in 2015

‘PDP’ll form Ekiti next govt’

2,000 Ogun ACN members defect to PDP

Osun ex-commissioner to face prosecution for $1m contract

Be calm, Lagos assures residents on flooding

The day the baby died

Eating for good weight

Hormone reverses symptoms of heart failure

Making the home germ-free

Using bacteria to stop malaria

Ferguson says emotional farewell as United defeat Swansea 2-1

Sultan decries Bama, Lafia Killings, urges citizens to wary of happenings around them