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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, congratulated President Buhari on the occasion of his 79th birthday. Lawan acknowledged Buhari’s purposeful leadership, vision, courage and steadfastness in the pursuit of the right cause and common good. This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Ola Awoniyi. “I join […]

The Federal Government on Thursday warned Nigerians to take responsibility for their health as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, who stated this in an interview with one of Punch correspondents, said, among other measures, there was the need for Nigerians to take responsibility […]

Citizens and residents of North Korea have been banned from laughing and drinking alcohol for 11 days to mark the tenth death anniversary of their former leader, Kim Jong II. This order, which forbade North Koreans to show any signs of happiness, was given by the government authorities to commemorate the death of Kim Jong […]

People of Ihitte Ihube autonomous community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state have been thrown into mourning following the discovery of remains of their abducted traditional ruler, Eze Pau Ogbu. Eze Ogbu and a youth leader in the community were kidnapped on Sunday after his palace and vehicle were razed. But his […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, departed Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey. In a statement, a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the President will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, Aisha Buhari; the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has admonished Southeast elders to channel their energies towards the realisation of  Biafra instead of begging for Igbo Presidency. It warned the elders not to use its name or that of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu to seek political appointments. IPOB also asked the elders, political leaders, and groups, including […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best to proffer solutions to the security challenges confronting the nation, adding that Nigerians should not expect more from the Katsina-born retired major general. Obasanjo made this known this week when leaders of socio-cultural organisations met in Abuja at a retreat on […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has uncovered an additional $72, 870,000 million linked to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The sum was said to have been discovered in an account domiciled in Fidelity Bank Plc. Consequently, a former Managing Director of the bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been arrested. Okonkwo, who is […]

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has said if not for the actions of President Muhammadu Buhari, terrorists would have declared Islamic State in Nigeria. Addressing reporters in Abuja on Wednesday, the minister said posterity will be kind to Buhari, whom he said has made security one of the cardinal focuses of his […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved “peculiar allowance” for the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force to take effect from January 2022. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, announced this Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the federal cabinet meeting held at the newly upgraded Council Chambers of the Presidential, Villa Abuja. […]

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will not turn down calls for him to contest for the 2023 presidency. Tinubu stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with members of the Northern Alliance Committee in Abuja. Many support groups […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Tuesday, said the debt profile of Nigeria rose to N38trn in the third quarter of 2021. The DMO, in a terse statement, said that the country’s domestic and external debt hit the new figure owing to a $4bn billion Eurobonds issued by the federal government in September 2021. -DailyTrust

The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of 5.8 billion dollars and grant of $10 million. The loans are to be sourced from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, China Exim bank, Chinese Africa Development Fund, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. In approving the loan, the House asked that the […]

The Ministry of Interior has debunked reports making the rounds that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all marriages conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry illegal and invalid. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Permanent Secretary and Principal Registrar of Marriages, Ministry Of Interior, described the reports as “false, misleading and […]

The naira continued its downward trend as the dollar was sold for N570 in the parallel market on Tuesday. Operators, who spoke to Punch’s correspondent, said the dollar was bought and sold for N567 and N570 respectively on Tuesday, compared to N550 and N555 three weeks earlier. Some Bureau de Change Operators attributed the further […]

About 70 million active mobile line owners in the country do not have bank accounts, the CEO of eTranzact International Plc., Niyi Toluwalope, has said. Toluwalope, who stated this recently at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigerian (CAMCAN) 2021 Annual Workshop in Lagos, said that 110 million Nigerians owned 150 million mobile phone lines but […]

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the State Security Service (SSS) over allegations of gross violation of his fundamental human rights. Mr Kanu is being held by the SSS at its headquarters in Abuja, after the Nigerian government repatriated him from Kenya in June this year, an […]