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The Director-General, Tinubu Support Groups Mgt. Council, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has confirmed that former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will indeed be contesting in the forthcoming 2023 Presidential election. “Sometimes I find it a bit funny when I hear people saying is he contesting or not. […]

The Federal Government has disbursed about $300m to the poor and vulnerable in its National Social Register through N5,000 cash transfers in four years. This was disclosed by the National Coordinator, National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office, Mr Apera Iorwa, in an exclusive interview with Sunday Punch. The agency, which is under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian […]

The United Nations Children Emergency Fund on Friday decried the high rate of children’s abductions, violations among others in 2021. This was as the UN organisation classified Nigeria, Somalia, Congo, Chad, Cameroon and Niger as the countries with the highest cases of verified abductions. This was also as a tally conducted by Saturday Punch revealed that no […]

Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below the tertiary level in the state will resume for the second term 2021/2022 academic session on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, made this known in a statement on Friday, titled, ‘Lagos public and private […]

The People’s Democratic Party has urged Nigerians to use the New Year to rekindle the virtues of love, unity, social justice as well as the quest for good governance in the country. This is as the party noted that surviving the year 2021 under the “repressive, treasury-looting, completely rudderless and lying All Progressives Congress-led administration […]

Nigerian naira weakened against the dollar at the parallel market to trade at N570 amid demand for the currency during the yuletide season. This is a drop of N5 or 0.9 percent from the N565 it traded last week. Street traders across forex markets in Lagos quoted the rate at N570 to a dollar on Thursday. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday met with the former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, at the presidential villa, Abuja. The agenda of the meeting with the former president which took place at about 3 pm was not made public. However, Jonathan regularly comes to the villa to brief the president on his activities as ECOWAS Special Envoy […]

Billionaire and club owner, Obi Cubana has built a church in his home town, Oba, Anambra State. The philanthropist said that the Anglican Church is in memory of his late mother who was buried months back. In a video of the newly built church posted on his verified Instagram page, Obi Cubana revealed that construction […]

Sirajo Saidu, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s staunch supporters on Facebook, has dumped the president. He has now declared support for a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Mr Saidu, from Sokoto State, said his decision was influenced by the recent kidnap of five of his brothers by bandits. Premium Times reported how bandits on December 12 abducted […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of  Rivers State has recalled how a chieftaincy dispute in his community led to the arrest and detention of his father, himself and other family members. He said this while eulogising Emmanuel C. Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Wike said it was Ukala, who […]

Reno Omokri is of the opinion that only a virgin bride deserves full bride price. According to him, the highest valued wife is one who is married as a virgin. He shared this thought on his Instagram page. Read below; ”Dear men, Look at the Alaafin of Oyo. 83, and still having babies. Therefore, never […]

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has shared that many Nigerians are obsessed with him and pay strong attention to his daily activities. This comes amidst his ongoing custody battle with estranged wife Precious Chikwendu. His post on Instagram reads; ”The obsession that many Nigerians have with FFK amazes me.What he does, what he says, where […]

The Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed a proposal by its Technical and Development sub-committee for the appointment of Portuguese manager Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. His appointment follows the sacking of Gernot Rohr earlier this month. The executive committee of the NFF has, however, resolved that the interim head […]

Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, has accused Hope Uzodimma, governor of the state, of ordering the arrest of Uche Nwosu. On Sunday, Uche Nwosu, former governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) and son-in-law of Okorocha, was arrested during a church service in Imo. Although Nwosu was released from custody hours after he was picked up, the […]

Taking an unauthorised pictures of someone in public is now a punishable crime in the UAE, according to the country’s amended Cybercrime Law. The offence is rewarded with six month jail or fine between Dh150,000 to 500,000 or both, reports Gulf News.com The amended cybercrime law, which becomes effective 2 January 2022, will offer greater […]

After many years of enquiry, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has finally revealed those that support and finance its activities. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB, averred that no single individual can sponsor the organisation. The organisation headed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, stated in its latest statement titled: “Abduction of […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerian men to desist from using performance-enhancing substances, known as “aphrodisiac”, in order to impress their female partners. The is contained in a statement for the Christmas and New year goodwill message to Nigerians by the the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. […]

No fewer than 15,049 nurses trained in Nigeria obtained licence to practise in the United Kingdom within a period of five years spanning from March 2017 to March 2021, Punch has learnt. This was disclosed in a report obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of the UK on Tuesday in Abuja. Punch correspondent observed that […]