The Punch Newspaper Archive

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

Arsene Wenger denies rumours linking him with PSG

Barcelona clinches 22nd Spanish league title

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Nasarawa: AIG takes over investigation

Pat Faniran’s glow

These Fasinro brothers

18 dead in Turkey car bombings

Music is my Mrs. Right — Capital FEMI

Dangote, Elumelu lounge on air

Yinka Idowu celebrates

Bravo SUNDAY PUNCH, Ecobank

Rock bow ties

2015:Ijaw group supports Kuku, Dokubo

What’s up with Ngozi Edozien?

I haven’t decided on my 2015 ambition — Aliyu

Disturbing thoughts on Nigeria

Decoding the business casual dress code

Business can’t survive on luck — Ojelua

Foursquare building collapse My cousin was reluctant to work in the church –Victim’s uncle

Jonathan has failed Nigerians — Okurounmu

The beginning of the end of the classroom

Shell producing from unlicensed oil blocks — Investigation

N’Delta can’t determine who’ll be President – Musa

SURE-P: FG spends N2.7bn on road repairs

Jonathan deserves to be re-elected in 2015 — Kuku

Why macroeconomic prudence isn’t prudent

Tracking excess bank charges

No strategy for road maintenance – Minister

Gunmen kidnap Supreme Court Justice’s wife, daughter

‘Alcohol abuse leads to low sperm count’

At 75, Alaafin jogs for three hours every week — Daughter

Violating principle of equal access to justice (3)

Nigerians are peacemakers –Australian envoy

Nigerians lack tax culture — Mashi

How government can partner with industries to empower youths

Protect Nigerians from attacks, nscia tells fg

Friday, May 10, 2013

Error on JAMB form made me study fashion design –AY’s brother, Yomi Casual

We’re monitoring Eagles – Kenya

Wenger hails exceptional Ferguson

I want Nigeria to become largest supplier of tomatoes –Hargrave

Work begins on $15bn industrial park soon

Insecurity: FG assures foreign investors of safety

SON to begin regulation of second-hand vehicles

Stockbrokers seek sustained market recovery

Emenike promises Eagles $50,000

UNILAG girls preferred me to boys with sight – Blind banker

Voter card saga: Court remands suspect in prison

Insecurity: Northern govs, VIPs shun public mosques

Anichebe, Osaze can fire eagles – Lawal

Ngige lied on N2trn 7-year allocation to Anambra – Obi

Current insecurity worse than civil war period – Atiku

I’ll make Rivers a better place – Amaechi

Adoke: Police invite Melaye for interrogation

26 women die daily in Nigeria from cervical cancer –Report

Nigeria records 5% decline in exam malpractice

FG may declare state of emergency in Borno, others

US, UK demand probe of Baga, Bama killings

$620,000 bribe scam: Farouk Lawan must face trial – Court

‘Include Northern Christians, ACF leaders in B’Haram committee’

Sir Alex and his big shoes

‘Dangote cement abandoned me after losing my arm to machine’

Two bus conductors jailed for stealing

‘Westerhof saved nigerian players’ – Kpakor

Granting amnesty to kidnappers

Ingredients for pepper soup

‘My mother-in-law ate my unborn child’

‘My joblessness gave my husband a second wife’

2015 and ACN’s regime of imposition in Lagos

Creativity: The next generation in Nigeria

Bladder cancer deserves urgent attention

Emirates’ 2012 profit surges amid expansion push

History favours City

Leave me out of Rivers PDP crisis – Police boss

Nwosu backs Keshi over sacked assistants

Antibiotics may cure 40% of chronic back pain cases

Removal of immunity clause won’t stop corruption – Odom

My husband feels good when other men admire me –Omoni Oboli

Antibody offers possible treatment for serious blood cancer

Kissing and good sex

Nasarawa governor confirms more deaths of policemen

US faults military approach to insurgency

Police confirm attack on Elechi’s ADC in Abakaliki

Akintola Williams, PPPRA responsible for subsidy overpayments – EFCC

Bangladesh building collapse: Woman found alive after 17 days in rubble

Presidency probes Adoke as police invite Melaye for interrogation

$620,000 bribe: Farouk Lawan, Emenalo must face prosecution – Court

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Gospel singer gears up for Testimony

Why Golden Tulip went to Ibadan – CEO

Arthouse to auction 117 art works

Ngozi Nwosu returns

Why won’t they fail UTME?

Enough of recriminations, killings

Insecurity in Borno

Time to tame Fulani herdsmen

Reps and Dokubo

Crime suspects’ photos

I am back on my feet – Lere Paimo

With Olamide, there is no missing Dagrin forever

First Dubai-bound Legend promo winners emerge today

WED Expo eyes Abuja

NCC battles pirates in Oshodi

NSC holds sports medicine course

Dosu backs Enyeama for Kenya clash

CCSF trains pupils in taekwando

Jossy Lad passes on at 72

Sylva’s arrest

Confusion over power supply

FIFA rankings: Keshi not moved by Eagles lift

Ferdinand, Carrick happy with Moyes appointment

‘Mourinho not right for United’

Chelsea not Europa League favourites –Benitez

Karanka urges Ronaldo to commit

Helen Joseph eyes world title July 27

Serena, Sharapova win to reach Madrid quarters

Nigeria’s Ujiri named NBA’s top executive

Zenith League: Players focus excites Deepwater coach

Nasarawa: Death toll now 30, Jonathan aborts trip

Boko Haram: Amnesty panel meets Kabiru Sokoto, others

Unverified biometric registration: JAMB to clear results on Friday

Amosun tasks LearnAfrica on quality book production

College engages NSCDC to guard against rape

Niger spends N15bn on free education in six years

‘Tougher exams will not guarantee higher standards’

School repairs bad portions on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway

Be more pro-active, Ajimobi charges educationists

ECA: FG, states fail to settle out-of-court

Why Nigeria lags behind

Exercise books now weapons of mass distraction

Jonathan’s aides threatening Nigeria’s unity –Tinubu

Merger giving FG sleepless nights – Buhari