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The Federal Government on Monday explained why it has not resume flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika gave the explanation during the briefing by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19. He said Nigerian flights had not resumed to UAE because of the discriminatory protocol the Gulf country introduced. The minister […]

Tension is brewing in Lagos State over the planned July 3 Yoruba nation rally being championed by the secessionist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Igboho had held a similar rally in Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo States. Following the last year’s #EndSARS protest which led to the destruction of public facilities in […]

The Federal Government has extended the ban on travellers from Brazil, India and Turkey due to the rising COVID-19 cases in those countries by one month. It has also added travellers from South Africa to the list. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the threat of the Niger Delta Avengers to resume hostilities. In a statement on Saturday, the group accused the Federal Government of failing to meet its demand. The militant group, which announced the launch of “Operation Humble”, vowed to attack oil installations and hit politicians. It also passed a […]

Legal provisions will be utilised to collect taxes on profits made locally by global technology and digital firms not based in Nigeria, but with significant economic presence in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this during an interaction with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, led by its President, Adesina […]

The family of late Michael Usifo Ataga, who was allegedly stabbed to death by Miss Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level student of the University of Lagos, last week, in the Lekki area of Lagos, has urged the Police to carry out an in-depth investigation into the matter, to unravel identities of others involved. The family’s […]

EX-President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed concern over the increasing crime wave in the country but concluded that most of them were caused by consumption of drugs. Jonathan expressed his views during a courtesy call on him by the Chief Executive Officer of the Albino Foundation, Jake Epelle, its management and partners to appreciate him for […]

A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison, with three of those years suspended. She was released because she […]

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has endorsed the idea of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, vying for the Nigerian Presidency in 2023. The Olubadan expressed his support while receiving members of the Tinubu Vanguard, a support group for Tinubu’s presidency project in Ibadan on Saturday. A statement by Dr. […]

Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group that almost crippled Nigeria’s economy during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari, says it is back. Buhari was barely a year in office when the militant group started attacking oil installations, forcing Nigeria into recession. The attacks cut oil production from a peak of 2.2 million barrels per […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday suggested that the effects of drug abuse in the country was worse than acts of insecurity and banditry. The President made the comment at the launch of War Against Drug Abuse at the State House in Abuja. The launch event was held in commemoration of the United Nations International Day […]

With investigation still ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, the prime suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, during an exclusive interview with Sunday Punch on Saturday, said she doesn’t want to die over the case. Amid cries, the University of Lagos undergraduate said, “I regret killing Mr Ataga. I don’t know […]

US President, Joe Biden has said the sentencing of Derek Chauvin to 22 years in prison, ‘seemed to be appropriate’ for the offence. Biden stated this at the Oval Office in his response to Derek Chauvin’s jail term, BBC reports. On Friday, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced former Minneapolis police officer, Chauvin to 22 […]

Tough times have caught up with most Nigerians as they lament the rising cost of foodstuff and other commodities due to inflation. From insecurity to job losses and salary cuts, many say their purchasing power is on the decline while the prices of food items continue to soar. They have lamented the rising cost of […]

Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a Minneapolis court before Judge Peter Cahill handed down a lesser […]

The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom earlier scheduled for yesterday, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed. This is according to a short statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. According to Mr. Adesina, a new date will be announced in due course. On Thursday, […]

Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level student of the University of Lagos arrested over the death of Mr Usifo Ataga, chief executive officer of Super TV, has given the reason for her action. Speaking when she was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday, Ojukwu said she stabbed him because he attempted to force himself […]

Dr. Bunmi Ajibade, a Senior Lecturer at Mass Communications Department of the University of Lagos, says he has made some investigations about Chidinma Ojukwu, a murder suspect. Ojukwu is currently being detained at the headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja over the murder of Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super […]