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President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is looking forward to returning to his farm in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State. The president said this in Istanbul, Turkey, where a surprise birthday was organised by the Nigerian embassy in  the country. Buhari, who is currently in Turkey for a summit, clocked 79 on Friday. According […]

Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travelers from 10 African countries, while reimposing testing and warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals. The travel restriction on flights from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt will end at 11:59 pm on Saturday […]

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, congratulated President Buhari on the occasion of his 79th birthday. Lawan acknowledged Buhari’s purposeful leadership, vision, courage and steadfastness in the pursuit of the right cause and common good. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ola Awoniyi. “I join […]

The Federal Government on Thursday warned Nigerians to take responsibility for their health as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, who stated this in an interview with one of Punch correspondents, said, among other measures, there was the need for Nigerians to take responsibility […]

Citizens and residents of North Korea have been banned from laughing and drinking alcohol for 11 days to mark the tenth death anniversary of their former leader, Kim Jong II. This order, which forbade North Koreans to show any signs of happiness, was given by the government authorities to commemorate the death of Kim Jong […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has uncovered an additional $72, 870,000 million linked to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The sum was said to have been discovered in an account domiciled in Fidelity Bank Plc. Consequently, a former Managing Director of the bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been arrested. Okonkwo, who is […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will not turn down calls for him to contest for the 2023 presidency. Tinubu stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with members of the Northern Alliance Committee in Abuja. Many support groups […]

The Ministry of Interior has debunked reports making the rounds that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all marriages conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry illegal and invalid. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Permanent Secretary and Principal Registrar of Marriages, Ministry Of Interior, described the reports as “false, misleading and […]

The naira continued its downward trend as the dollar was sold for N570 in the parallel market on Tuesday. Operators, who spoke to Punch’s correspondent, said the dollar was bought and sold for N567 and N570 respectively on Tuesday, compared to N550 and N555 three weeks earlier. Some Bureau de Change Operators attributed the further […]

About 70 million active mobile line owners in the country do not have bank accounts, the CEO of eTranzact International Plc., Niyi Toluwalope, has said. Toluwalope, who stated this recently at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigerian (CAMCAN) 2021 Annual Workshop in Lagos, said that 110 million Nigerians owned 150 million mobile phone lines but […]

The Nigerian Government has threatened to ban travellers and airlines from Canada, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Argentina if they do not take Nigeria off their red list. The countries had included Nigeria among nations restricted over the Omicron COVID variant. The ban imposed on Nigeria and some other African countries has triggered backlash, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the sympathies of the nation to the government and people of the United States following devastating tornadoes that ripped across six states, leaving destruction and death on their trail. “The destruction of whole towns, flattening of houses, schools, hospitals, businesses and other social infrastructure on a scale never seen before […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has terminated the contract of Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr and appointed ex-international, Augustine Eguavoen, currently it’s Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser on an interim basis. Eguavoen’s appointment is with immediate effect, and ends the NFF’s relationship with Franco-German Gernot Rohr, who has been in charge of the three-time African […]

Nigerian billionaire and Executive Chairman of Geregu Power Plant Plc , Femi Otedola, has given N2 million to the Abdulwaheeds who gave birth to quadruplets after their fourth child. This is happening barely two weeks after it was reported that the couple residing in Gwako, a suburb of Gwagwalada area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory […]

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan says governments at all levels need to make information available to the public to stop the spread of fake news. According to NAN, Jonathan said this on Friday at the 10th anniversary of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act awards night in Abuja. Represented by Ann Iyonu, the executive director of Goodluck Jonathan […]

Emirates Airline on Friday said it was suspending all its flights between Nigeria and Dubai from December 13. The airline’s decision comes after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) limited its flight activities in Nigeria. The NCAA had accused UAE authorities of not granting equal rights to the sole Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, flying to […]