Benchmark Naija

Pandemonium and chaos was the order of the day as students and teachers of the Government Day Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa State, was thrown into utter confusion when a male teacher reportedly  stabbed  a female student multiple times. Eyewitnesses report that the said teacher who is simply identified as Mr. Babbal, stabbed a Senior Secondary School 2 student, Zainab Adamu, over what some students who are friends of the victim say it had to do with her refusal to have an affair with him which led to a heated disagreement and the girl threatened to report the issue of  sexual harassment  to the school authority. It took the timely intervention of the police attached to the Divisional Police Station, Wuro-Hausa, Yola, to calm frayed nerves as students r eportedly mobbed the erring teacher beating him to a pulp. Babbal was said to have been arrested while other teachers in the school were invited for questioning while the  victim  was rushed to the ...

The turnout of supporters at the declaration ceremony of Tony Chucks Obuh has sent many book makers to retract their analogies concerning his aspiration. Before now many names have been thrown at him; a stooge, fake coke, political neophyte and a man that is not putative by the generality of Delta People, but the mammoth crowd that thronged the declaration of the former Permanent Secretary have cracked their assessment to mire. The morning of Friday, 07 November, 2014 was naturally balmy. As early as 7am, the venue managers had assembled the protocol staff and security operatives for a final briefing. Even as the officials were putting finishing touches on logistics, the crowds started trooping into the Cenotaph, Asaba for the grand declaration of Tony Chucks Obuh for the Governorship seat of Delta State. The supporters and enthusiasts took their seats before 7.30am when the event that was billed to kick start at 10am. Lo, the Cenotaph was full. The central planning committees we...

Benchmark Naija: Uduanghan Picks Nomination form for Senate.

Residents of Kubwa in Abuja were thrown into confusion on Monday, November 3, when they found a middle-aged woman named Ope Kubona, stark naked on top of the roof of the All Saint’s Fellowship Church close to the Kubwa Village market. This attracted a huge number of spectators who branded her a witch. Kubona, who sold beans cake and was well known in the neighbourhood would have been lynched but for the quick intervention of the police, Punch reportsThe police team, led by the Kubwa Divisional Police Officer, Surajudeen Ayobami, brought her down from the roof and asked her children to bring items of clothing for her before taking her to the station. At the Police station, Kubona was said to have lashed out at the policemen and her children, accusing them of disrupting her peace. The woman who described herself as a prayer warrior almost attacked a pregnant woman who attempted to take her picture with her smartphone.

According to Thisday report, some senators of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday threatened to impeach President Jonathan for working against their political interests in their various states. It was gathered that the lawmakers also vowed to team up with the House of Representatives to impeach the president if doing so eventually becomes an option they would have to explore. This decision was the fallout of the closed-door session held by the PDP caucus in the Senate in protest of their losses at last Saturday’s congresses of the ruling party in their various states.

There was palpable panic yesterday  at the Lagos international airport when a Nigerian, who had been cured of  the   Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone arrived    the country. Theophilus Onnakhinon, arrived at Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in company of his younger brother onboard Royal Air Maroc at 6:00 a.m. He  was said to have been treated of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and cured of the disease by the health authorities of that country and released after few weeks in their custody. The victim, according to information gathered, was accompanied into the country by the Nigeria’s consular official, Mrs T. Mohammed. According to the source, the consular officer accompanied the victim into the country in order to avoid stigmatisation by the Nigerian health officials and other authorities at the airport. On arrival in Nigeria, the victim was immediately handed over to the Port Health officials at the Lagos ai...

True to widely held belief, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan's Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Delta South Senatorial district were submitted at the Peoples Democratic Party State Headquarters Asaba, Thursday. Governor Uduaghan, whose forms were bought on October 17 by some of his political associates in G3 at the National Secretariat of the P DP, Wadata House, Abuja, has expressed his deep appreciation to all PDP faithful and Deltans for their outpouring of love and support and promised quality representation at the Red Chambers. In his words, “History is in the making and I have to heed the calls of my people who have severally urged me to go to the Senate after my tenure as Governor of Delta State. I will not disappoint them. I will, by the grace of God  give my senatorial zone quality representation. I also want to appreciate President Goodluck Jonathan and assure him that I will put all my National and International reach at his disposa...