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A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on Saturday took a swipe at political office holders in the country. The ex-vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections said it is madness for political office holders to have 22 cars in their convoy. He said as a former governor, […]

The Federal Government has released N386 million to two health agencies to strengthen Nigeria’s preparedness to combat Coronavirus (COVID19). The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Mr Abdulaziz Mashi Abdulaziz,  told reporters in Abuja that  the amount was released by the government in two batches. He said: “While the first batch of N71 million […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the condition for reopening Nigeria’s land borders to goods from neighbouring countries. He revealed that the reopening the borders would be determined by the report from the Tripartite Committee comprising the governments of Nigeria, Benin Republic and the Niger Republic. The President stated this when he met with President Roch […]

Police in Edo State have tendered unreserved apology to students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, for slapping the President of the Student Union Government (SUG), Osamagbe Eghobamien. The apology followed a protest by students of the institution, during which they blocked the busy Benin/Auchi highway, took to streets of Ekpoma town and later sat […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more investment in the agricultural sector of the country. Receiving members of the Council for New Nigeria Initiative (CNNI) in Abuja on Friday, he gave an assurance that his administration would make faster strides through it as a nation. “Those who went into farming have no regrets, and we […]

The United States Department of Justice has alleged that the Federal Government led by the President, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is planning to hand over about $100m out of the money looted by former Head of State, late Gen Sani Abacha, to Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. The US Department further stated that the […]

A pastor who is to perform deliverance on a family in Anambra State has died in his sleep, a day to the exercise. It was gathered that the pastor was invited to Anambra from Warri, Delta State. A member of the family, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Punch correspondent that the development was […]

Larry Tesler, a pioneer of personal computing credited with creating the cut, copy and paste as well as the search and replace functions, has died. He was 74. Tesler was not nearly as well known as computing giants such as Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. But he played an early, central role in making computers […]

The Federal Government has called on the United States of America to consider the long-standing relationship between the two countries and reverse its Visa restrictions on Nigeria. Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, in a statement said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the call on Thursday. Manga […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari will not resign over the security challenges in the country. He stated this while addressing a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. “To those asking Mr President to resign, I wish to say this very clearly; Mr President […]

A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Thursday sentenced a lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa, to 21- year imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old girl admission seeker. A former lecturer at the University of Lagos, Azeez Baruwa, has been sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment by the Lagos State High Court for raping […]

Nigerians should be prepared to pay cost-reflective electricity tariffs in order to enjoy the benefits of the liberalisation of the power sector, the government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, who said this on Thursday, noted that the government had continued to pump money into the […]

At least eight people have been killed in shootings in the German city of Hanau, according to a statement by the Southeast Hesse Police. The shootings occurred in two locations on Wednesday evening. Two hookah lounges reportedly were targeted. Authorities were searching for the perpetrators early Thursday, hours after the shootings at about 10 p.m. […]

Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said its cashless policy was to cut down the volume of cash in circulation and to place Nigeria on the scoreboard of global best practices, disclosing that the policy has been put to test in five states in Nigeria including FCT. Noting that it would go nationwide on March 31, […]

The United States government has given the Nigerian government conditions under which the recent visa policy affecting six countries, including Nigeria, could be reviewed. The US government maintained that once Nigeria improves her data intelligence, such that it would be easy to investigate any immigrant wishing to visit the United States and meet information-sharing systems, […]

The European Union says it can impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigeria, if it fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally in the EU. The EU, which comprises Germany, Italy, Spain, France and 23 other countries, further stated that although it  would not  place a visa […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that the US travel ban on Nigeria came as a rude shock to the country. The minister, who spoke during the visit of the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, to his office, stressed that owing to the impact Nigerian professionals have on […]

Queen Elizabeth II’s nephew, the Earl of Snowdon (second from left), has announced he is to divorce his wife (far left) after 26 years of marriage. David Armstrong-Jones — son of the late Princess Margaret — and his wife Serena have “amicably agreed” to separate, a spokesman for the couple confirmed in a statement to CNN on […]