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Doyin Okupe, former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has apologised over a series of comments he made about Igbo presidency in 2023. Okupe, in a now-deleted post via Twitter on Saturday, said only through a national consensus can an Igbo emerge president in 2023. The former aide added that such a consensus cannot emerge until the […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Federal Government will be held responsible if Samuel Ortom, his Benue counterpart, is assassinated. The convoy of Ortom was attacked along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue on Saturday. In his reaction to the incident, Wike said if the Benue governor is killed, there […]

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has read the riot act to criminals following the recent attacks on police and naval formations in the state. In a state broadcast on Sunday in Akwa, he noted that another incident was foiled by security operatives and the security agencies have been directed to resist such attacks going forward. […]

Former President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, Friday appealed to Nigerians to give the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, another chance to lead the country in 2023. Saraki, who made the appeal while inaugurating some projects and programmes executed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said there are still remnant of PDP faithful who have capacity and […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said God used him to make the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, the state governor in 2007, claiming that the Amaechi said he was next in his life after God. Wike said this in an interview with BBC Pidgin in Port Harcourt, the state capital, monitored by Punch’s correspondent. He […]

Nigerians have reacted to viral photos of President Buhari’s look-alike. In the photos shared online, the President’s look-alike was spotted driving a bus in Lagos. The uncanny resemblance between him and the Nigerian leader has left social media users stunned.  See photos and reactions below;  -LIB

Power consumers have raised the alarm that power distribution companies were now selling the free meters that were provided for electricity users by the Federal Government. In October 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated the National Mass Metering Programme in respect of which the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a framework for financing the scheme. The […]

The naira slumped further as it exchanged to a dollar for 485 at the parallel market on Friday, after starting the week at 483/$. At the Investor & Exporter forex window, the exchange rate hit a high of N412/$ before closing at N410.05. The Central Bank of Nigeria recently disclosed that the naira depreciated at […]

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano said several videos showing him stuffing bales of dollars into his pockets in 2018 were fake. “No doubt the video is fake,” Ganduje told the BBC Hausa Service on Friday. “We are making some underground plans, which we will not reveal. But I assure you it is fake, and all those behind […]

The happiest country is determined by various factors including levels of GDP, life expectancy, generosity, social support, freedom and corruption income among others. The World Happiness Report, which was launched in 2012, is an annual survey conducted by the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The survey ranks global happiness in countries around the world. However, […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded another day of zero death and 130 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of infections in the country has now risen to 161,539 and the death toll remains at 2,027. “On the 19th of March 2021, 130 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country. “Till date, […]

The former lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye on Friday said he is full of regret for supporting the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Buhari contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) six years ago and defeated ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples […]

The European Union’s medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries suspended their rollouts following reports that it could be linked to blood clots. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s executive directorEmer Cooke said the agency had “come to a clear scientific conclusion: this is a safe and effective […]

Primary and secondary school teachers in Imo State on Thursday staged a peaceful protest over the state government’s failure to pay their salaries for 12 months consecutively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the protest, which was held in front of the Government House, Owerri, temporarily halted human and vehicular movement in the […]

Spanish MPs on Thursday legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with serious and incurable or debilitating diseases who want to end their life, despite facing strong opposition from religious groups and the far-right. “Today we are a more humane, just and freer country. The euthanasia law, widely demanded by society, finally becomes a reality,” […]

A cook, Emmanuel Oko, who once worked with a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, says the ex-minister once chased him around the house with a knife because he was not happy with his cooking. Oko, who worked for the ex-minister for six months, said his salary was N150,000 but Fani-Kayode was fond of […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the perceived risks associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine cannot be compared to its benefits. The vaccine has been generating controversies amid reports that some people experienced blood coagulation disorder after using it. Several European countries have temporarily suspended administering the vaccine on their citizens. In a communique issued […]

President John Magufuli of Tanzania has died from heart complications, according to Samia Suluhu Hassan, his deputy. In a statewide broadcast on Wednesday, Hassan broke the tragic news and said there would be 14 days of national mourning while flags would fly at half mast. “It is with deep regret that I inform you that […]