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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has raised the alarm over the exodus of lecturers from the nation’s universities for greener pastures abroad. The union attributed the development to the Federal Government’s poor treatment of its members which it said had forced many to venture into other sources of livelihood. Speaking to Punch, on Sunday, […]

A 24-year-old woman who was arrested in Rwanda for wearing “shameful” clothing faces up to two years in jail for “public indecency”, prosecutors said Thursday. Liliane Mugabekazi was arrested on August 7 after she attended a concert by popular French musician Tayc eight days earlier, wearing a sheer dress. “She attended the concert while wearing […]

A man has been dubbed “South Africa’s dumbest criminal ” after walking into the police station to check on his application to join the force. Thomas Ngcobo, 40, had been on the run for seven years after he was wanted for stealing hardware products worth more than £1,000 that he was meant to deliver to clients in […]

There seems to be no end in sight to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as the Federal Government and the union Thursday stuck to their guns.  The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, told State House reporters in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari rejected a report he submitted on the […]

Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights from Nigeria with effect from September 1, 2022. The decision was due to the inability of the airline to repatriate its funds from Nigeria. Recall that the airline had in a leaked letter to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said it would reduce its […]

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has said that same faith ticket fielded by the party is the best thing Nigerians need at the moment. Speaking with BBC Hausa service, Adamu also noted that the Muslim/Muslim is the best strategy for the APC to win the forthcoming general elections. The APC […]

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested four suspects over alleged blackmail and stealing. The suspects were identified as Okechukwu Ogoejiofor (male), 36; Nonso Nwizu (male), 34; Esther lfeanyichukwu (female), 21; and Obianuju Nduba (female), 20. The state police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects used social media to lure […]

A British billionaire, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has shown interest to buy Manchester United. News of the 69-year-old’s interest follows a Bloomberg report that the Glazer family are willing to sell a minority stake in the club. “If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer,” Ratcliffe’s spokesperson told The Times, the BBC […]

The Japanese government has launched a nationwide competition calling for ideas to encourage people to drink more alcohol after a change in attitudes among the young resulted in a slide in tax revenues. The Sake Viva! campaign, which is being run by the National Tax Agency (NTA), asks 20- to 39-year-olds to come up with […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has paid a courtesy visit to afrobeats king, Femi Kuti, days after the singer noted that he is not part of the ‘Obidient’ movement. The term, Obidient, is used by the supporters of the LP candidate. However, a few days […]

Cristiano Ronaldo has hit out at the “lies” surrounding reports about his future at Manchester United. The Portugal forward missed United’s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia due to personal reasons as speculation swirled over whether he would be leaving Old Trafford. It has been reported Ronaldo wants to play Champions League football, but United […]

The naira has dropped to N683 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure represents a depreciation of N3 or 0.4 percent from the N680 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change operators who spoke to TheCable on Tuesday said there is still FX scarcity […]

Tragedy struck on Tuesday at the Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, after four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water. Punch gathered that 10 secondary school leavers, aged between 14 and 15, went to swim at the beach to celebrate the completion of their West African Senior School Examination. They were said […]