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Ketron Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Persianas Investment Limited, has completed the acquisition of Shoprite operations in Nigeria. Persianas, a property firm and developer of the popular The Palms, is owned by Tayo Amusan. Last year, Africa’s largest food retailer informed investors of a potential divestment of its business in Nigeria, while Amusan’s Persianas became the preferred bidder for the […]

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to prohibit discrimination between the university degree and the Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate holders in the country. The bill was sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure and passed the third reading during Wednesday’s plenary session. The Chairman of the Joint Committee which worked in the legislation Senator Ibrahim Shekerau […]

The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial institutions has said its members are not afraid to declare their assets as being required by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The union’s National President, Anthony Abakpa, disclosed this on Wednesday in a telephone interview with Punch. The Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, had said recently […]

House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said the 1999 Constitution is being amended to address critical national issues the current document has failed to address. The Speaker said this on Tuesday at the opening of the zonal public hearing on amendment to the constitution in Lagos. He noted that the current document falls short […]

The Naira lost ground on Tuesday to all the major currencies, depreciating between 0.2 to 0.6 per cent in various markets where it was traded. The Nigerian currency fell 0.6 per cent at the parallel market, also known as the Black Market to sell at N498 to the U.S. dollar. It also fell 0.3 per […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday issued a stern warning to those plotting to destroy Nigeria, saying they will soon receive the shock of their lives. Speaking after he received a briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral body around the country, […]

After more than two months of relief, Nigeria on Monday recorded her highest fatality figure since the outbreak of the coronavirus infection in the country in February, 2020. According to an update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its verified Twitter handle on Monday night, Nigeria recorded 28 deaths in a day. The […]

The convener of the #RevolutionNowMovement, Omoyele Sowore, has narrated how he was shot by a policeman during a rally in Abuja on Monday. While speaking after being discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, Sowore said claims made by the police that no one was shot at the rally were false. The Police Command in the […]

Bandits who kidnapped pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have contacted the management of the institution. The bandits contacted the school headmaster, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, around 4pm on Monday, asking him to pay N110m as ransom for the release of his pupils. Speaking […]

A couple smashed through their balcony railings and fell 25ft to the pavement below while having an argument. Footage shows Olga Volkova and Yevgeny Karlagin, both 35, struggling on the balcony of their second-floor home in St Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday morning, May 29. While the pair were arguing, they smashed into the balcony railings […]

The federal capital territory (FCT) police command has denied that Omoyele Sowore, an activist, was shot by the police in Abuja. Sowore’s aide had told TheCable that he was shot at by the police at the Unity Fountain while he was trying to gain entrance into the place on Monday. Protesters had converged on the […]

Some Nigerians, especially those who need to buy drugs for one health condition or the other, have said they are encountering hardship in procuring drugs from out-of-pocket expenses as their prices continue to increase. The rising price of drugs in Nigeria has been linked to the non-production of pharmaceutical raw materials in drug-producing countries such […]

A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, says the de-proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist organisation will pave the way for dialogue and amicable solution to the crisis engulfing the South-Eastern part of the country. Ejiofor stated this in an exclusive interview with Punch on Monday. He also said […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday said the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) cannot issue a sit-at-home order to the people of Rivers State. Wike stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today, adding that Rivers is a South-South state and not one of the South-Eastern states. IPOB had through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful said […]

Residents of the five southeastern states are gripped with fear over the sit-at-home order issued by the leader of the proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to mark the anniversary of the Biafra Republic Remembrance Day. IPOB is remembering civil war victims over two days, with a candlelit march on […]

Canada flew its flags at half-mast Sunday in mourning for 215 children whose remains were discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate indigenous peoples. “To honour the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who […]

The Nigerian Army has reiterated its commitment to crushing Boko Haram terrorists, members of the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and ending all forms of criminality in the country. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Farouk Yahaya stated this on Saturday during the passing out parade of the 80 regular recruits intake […]

Security operatives on Sunday raided a church on Owerri Road, Enugu State, and marched suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra away. In a video sighted by Punch, the security operatives, especially policemen, held guns while members of the church marched out one after the other. The church members were seen raising their hands and […]