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Emirates Airline has announced the commencement of its ‘Hello 2018 fare sale’, which offers special deals on economy and business class flights to popular destinations for its Nigerian travellers. According to the airline, the offer is for those looking to take their dream holiday or plan to visit loved ones before or during the New […]

Around $321 million in public funds stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha will be returned to the African country, Switzerland said Monday. The money, originally deposited in Luxembourg, was confiscated by a Swiss court in late 2014 and in March last year the two states signed an agreement on its repatriation. “In accordance with […]

About 80 million Nigerians living in 8000 villages across the country lack access to electricity, the World Bank has said. World Bank Global Lead, Energy Access, Mr. Mac Cosgrove-Davies, said this during the opening ceremony of the “Fourth Mini Grid Action Learning Event:  titled, ‘Up scaling Mini Grids for Low-Cost and Timely Access to Electricity’ in Abuja on […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday weakened the Naira marginally, selling dollars at N307 each for the first time on the official interbank market, in what traders say could signal a gradual move to merge its multiple exchange rates. The bank has sold $500,000 almost on daily basis on the official spot market […]

Pollution is the world’s biggest killer and governments and businesses must do more to reduce it, the executive director of the UN Environment Programme has said. “13 million people die from pollution; that makes pollution the biggest killer on the planet and we need to reduce it,’’ Erik Solheim said on Monday at the start […]

The Federal Government has assured of adequate security measures to thwart any possible terror attack in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and elsewhere around the country. Government said there is no cause for alarm, despite latest travel advisories by some Western countries. At the weekend, the British and United States of America governments warned their citizens […]

Former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, at the weekend, said Igbo will give President Muhammadu Buhari over 70 per cent votes in the 2019 presidential election. Buhari had stated that Igbo gave him five per cent votes at the 2015 presidential election and, as such, should  not expect him to reciprocate differently.  But, Kalu, […]

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that despite being granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja where he is being prosecuted alongside others on charges of treasonable felony, he is still entitled to the $800m compensation for his alleged unlawful arrest and detention in 2015. This […]

Twenty more exotic cars imported for members of the House of Representatives have arrived at the National Assembly in Abuja, Punch learnt on Sunday. Findings showed that the additional 20 units brought the total number of cars delivered to 260. It implies that 100 units are still being awaited to make the vehicles go round all […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday promised to create jobs if elected president as he announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said issues that led to his exit from the PDP four years ago had been resolved. In his view, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians. Atiku who made […]

Following the pool of reactions trailing the alleged slave market in Libya, the Libyan government has finally opened up, saying that there is a campaign of calumny against its government. The Charge d’Affaires/Ambassador-Designate of Libya to Nigeria, Dr Attia Alkhoder, who spoke with some select government-owned media in Abuja, said the press conference was coming “at […]

The British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, made available to Sunday Punch, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise the terrorism […]