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Members of the Anambra State House of Assembly have reportedly rejected Toyota Prado SUVs from the state government as their official vehicles. The lawmakers described it as a waste of state resources for the executive arm of government to think in that direction in an austere period. Punch correspondent gathered that the Speaker of the […]

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has restated its plans to begin nationwide enforcement of the new drivers’ licence and plate numbers on October 2. FRSC Osun Sector Commander, Peter Oke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Wednesday. Mr Oke said the Osun command had marshal out strategies […]

Business tycoon, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says he hopes to give out a chunk of his $9.2bn wealth like billionaire philanthropist, Bill Gates. Dangote, who is Africa’s richest man, said this at the 2019 Goalkeepers’ event hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in New York on Wednesday. Dangote, who was a discussant alongside Gates, […]

A yet-to-be identified woman is on the run after her sexagenarian lover, Raji Adio, died while they were allegedly making love in a room at the River Bank Hotel in the Ijora-Badia area of Lagos State. Punch gathered that the 60-year-old Adio, visited the hotel, located at No. 89 Gasikiya College Road, Ijora-Badia, in company with […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, have formally filed their 66 grounds of appeal against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal at the Supreme Court. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, a senior lawyer in the legal team of Mr Abubakar and PDP, disclosed that […]

A medical doctor is reported to have carried out an abortion on a wrong patient by mistake in South Korea. The incident occurred on August 7 at a clinic located in the district of Gangseo, in the country’s capital Seoul. The patient had gone to the medical facility to receive a nutritional shot, only for […]

The house of representatives has resolved to investigate all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country. The lower legislative chamber made the resolution on Tuesday while debating a motion on Nigeria’s security challenges. Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker, also hinted that the lawmakers may reintroduce a bill seeking to regulate the operations of the NGOs. The […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. The court made the order after saying on Tuesday that there was no extant order allowing Mr Sowore’s further detention by the State Security Service. The court said Mr Sowore must deposit his international passport […]

United States S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, saying he had violated the constitution in seeking help from Ukraine to hurt Democratic opponent Joe Biden. “The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable facts of the president’s betrayal of his oath of office, […]

Justice Tanko Muhammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, has said that the judiciary under his watch will strongly hold on to the tenets of the constitution as the Supreme law of the land. He said his administration will not tolerate the disobedience of binding court orders. Mr Muhammad said this on Monday at the special […]

Four years ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, politics of who emerges the next President of Nigeria seems to be dominating the social media space, no thanks to political posters posted in some strategic parts of the country. Those whose posters can be seen in parts of Nigeria include the All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola […]

Lionel Messi, Barcelonian forward, has set a record of winning the FIFA best male footballer of the year six times. The 32-year-old was announced the winner at a ceremony on Monday; beating his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk, who was recently named UEFA player of the year. Having missed the cut last season, […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the transaction charges on deposit and withdrawal in furtherance of the implementation of its cashless policy is on the amount in excess of the set limits. The Director, Corporate Communication Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made the clarification in Abuja on Monday. NAN reports that CBN on Sept 17 […]

Antonio Saca, former president of El Salvador, has been sentenced to two years in prison for bribery. This was disclosed by the country’s attorney-general office (FGR). The 54-year-old was found guilty of attempting to bribe Ángela Iracema Avelar, an employee of the supreme court of justice (CSJ), with $10,000 in a bid to obtain information […]

A popular Pentecostal pastor in Nigeria, Tunde Bakare, has declared his intention to run for the country’s president in 2023. Mr Bakare, a senior pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, said in a video circulating on Facebook and Twitter that there was a divine arrangement for him to become Nigeria’s president when President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure […]

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris  Ngige, has warned that Nigeria may explode sooner if unemployment in the country is not tackled urgently. The minister disclosed this in Enugu at the weekend where he received an award from the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria , Nsukka  (UNN) alongside other alumni. While taking a critical […]

The Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has sternly rebuked the Buhari administration after it filed charges of treason against the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. Mr Soyinka said the government “has indeed attained an unprecedented level of paranoia” over the “improbable” charges that include “insulting” President Muhammadu Buhari. Charges against the activist became public […]

About 70 percent of prison inmates in Nigeria have not been proven guilty by the court as prescribed by law, Kano State’s Programme Officer, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Katume Mohammed, has said. She spoke at a media capacity building seminar organized by the NGO in Kano to train crime reporters on various human […]