Rafael Nadal’s coach Carlos Moya has indicated the world number one is targeting a return from injury next month at the Paris Masters. Nadal has not played a match since retiring from the US Open semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro three weeks ago, due to a problem in his right knee. After missing Spain’s […]

Nigeria’s D’Tigress have crashed out of the FIBA Women’s World Cup holding in Spain, after the USA team beat them 71-40. According to the FIBA Liveblog, D’Tigress started the game on a winning note as they held USA to nine points in the first quarter, the first time ever that happened to USA in World […]

The Management of the Nigerian Prisons Service has dismissed three Junior Prison Officers for alleged grievous security offences. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Francis Enornore, confirmed their dismissal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Enorbore named the affected officers as IP Samaila Inusa, […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has resolved to hold its National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The decision was taken at the NEC meeting which just ended at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Friday. Details later …

Following the unrest in parts of Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas of Plateau State, the government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Mr Richard Tokma, the Acting Secretary to the Government of the State, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Jos. Tokma said the decision to impose the curfew followed […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has chided Nigerian elite for remaining silent in the face of alleged misrule of the country by the Peoples Democratic Party between 1999 and 2015. He said while they allowed Nigeria to be mismanaged in 16 years without raising a voice in consternation, they have been accusing him of […]

John Alechenu, Abuja The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has appointed governors to serve as returning officers for its presidential direct primary election holding across the states and the Federal Capital Territory on Friday (today). This was contained in a statement signed by the acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini […]

• PDP rejects results, says it’s black day for Nigeria • I’ll retrieve my stolen mandate at tribunal —Adeleke Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Olufemi Atoyebi and Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, as the Governor-elect of Osun State. The rerun of the Osun State governorship election […]

’Femi Asu and Ozioma Ubabukoh The supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country are under threat as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association have joined the strike ordered by the Nigeria Labour Congress. The NLC on Wednesday directed all its members and affiliate […]

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on Thursday called on the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve its warning strike in order to allow the office to complete the process of payment of salaries of civil servants. Idris, who said this in a statement issued in Abuja, noted that the industrial action […]

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party met in Abuja on Thursday over the conduct of the rerun governorship election in Osun State. While rejecting it, the party also said that the Thursday election was one of the worst days in the history of Nigeria. It described the election as a black day for […]

Sesan Olufowobi, Samuel Awoyinfa, Olalekan Adetayo, Ifeanyi Onuba, Success Nwogu, Ozioma Ubabukoh,Oladimeji Ramon, Feyisayo, Popoola, Olwatobi Akindele, Ihuoma Chiedozie,  Peter Dada, John Charles, Armstrong Bakam, Theophilus Onojeghen, Ogbonnaya Ikokwu and Gbenga Odogun  The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, on Thursday met some labour leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to resolve the […]

Olaleye Aluko, Abuja A civil society organisation, the Centre for Democracy and Development, said its findings revealed that the conduct of the governorship rerun election in Osun State ran contrary to democratic norms and standards. The CDD said on Thursday that a number of the incidents recorded during the poll undermined the sanctity of the […]

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a security guard for allegedly stealing a vehicle belonging to a lawyer, Fatiu Badmus. The police alleged that the guard, Mohammed Usman, connived with some people to steal Badmus’ Toyota Corolla, valued at N1.6m. It was gathered that on September 8, 2018, the legal practitioner parked […]

A former student of Hillcrest School, Jos, has dragged the school authorities before a Jos Federal High Court, demanding N100m as damages over the `deliberate cancellation’’ of his admission. The minor, who sued the school through his friend and guardian, Mr Steve Gukas, accused Hillcrest School management of breaching his fundamental human rights to education […]

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command have rescued an undergraduate of Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, Esther Nnabuo, from her abductors. The police also recovered the N200,000 the family of the 18-year-old paid for her freedom. The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi told journalists on Thursday […]

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano State governor and PDP presidential aspirant, says he will “easily beat President Muhamadu Buhari” if given his party’s ticket to contest the presidential election in 2019. Kwankwaso, who spoke on Thursday in Jos, during a consultation visit to the North-Central state, said he has the ability to wrestle power from the APC. […]

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday said it had concluded all arrangements to conduct its governorship primary on Saturday. The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Abiodun Salami, made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Salami spoke to NAN […]

John Alechenu, Abuja The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has disqualified the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu from contesting Saturday’s Oyo State APC governorship primary. The party, however, cleared Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode and his two challengers, Obafemi Hamzat and Jide Sanwo-Olu. This was contained in a report of the screening […]

South Africa’s retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was hospitalised in Cape Town on Thursday for “a series of tests”, his office said. “The Archbishop was in good spirits after settling into his ward. He hopes to be back home in a few days,” said a statement released by his office. The Nobel Peace […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Peoples Democratic Party has described the rerun election held in Osun State as the biggest electoral robbery ever witnessed in the history of the state. The Chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Mr Soji Adagunodo, said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Thursday. Adagunodo […]

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Accountant-General of the Federation, Alh Ahmed Idris, on Thursday called on the Nigerian Labour Congress to shelve it’s warning strike in order to allow the office complete the process of payment of salaries of civil servants. Idris who said this in a statement issued in Abuja noted that the industrial action […]

Tiger Woods will partner Patrick Reed on his Ryder Cup return for the United States on Friday, facing Europe’s Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood in the fourballs. American Jim Furyk has opted for three-time major champion Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau to kick off proceedings in the opening match at 0610 GMT in France — […]

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 1, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 58th Independence Day. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Thursday in Abuja. The statement was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Mohammed Umar. […]

Workers deserted both the Federal and State Secretariats in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday in compliance with the seven-day warning strike declared by the organised labour. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some commercial banks in Ibadan metropolis also shut down their activities in compliance with the directive by the labour groups. NAN reports […]

Cristiano Ronaldo will be able to face his old club Manchester United in the Champions League next month after UEFA handed the Juventus forward a one-game ban on Thursday. The Portuguese superstar was sent off in Juve’s win away to Valencia last week and risked a potentially lengthy suspension, but instead he will only sit […]

Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s top court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail terms unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. It was the second legal decision this month reflecting a more liberal outlook in Indian society with the Supreme Court having on September 6 scrapped a ban […]

Government offices, banks and public schools were on Thursday closed in Lagos State as the organised labour began its strike over delay by Federal Government in concluding negotiation on a new minimum wage. The enforcement teams of the organised labour set out from Ikeja to the State Secretariat, Alausa, at 7:20 am and workers who […]

The Acting Registrar of National Examination Council, Mr Abubakar Gana, says the ongoing reforms embarked upon by the council are beginning to yield results. Gana made the assertion while speaking with newsmen on NECO’s efforts over the past four months at fulfilling its mandate in Abuja on Thursday. The acting registrar explained that dividends of […]

Thursday with Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com The All Progressives Congress is reeling from the shock that their party was almost entirely trounced by the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke (aka “the dancing senator”), at the Osun State governorship election last Saturday. Since the outcome of the election unraveled, their propagandists have been in a full attack […]

Deji Lambo A suspected leader of a cult, Olamide Oloruntobi, has been shot dead by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command during a gun battle. The 31-year-old, who allegedly terrorised residents of Cele Nizer, in the Ishashi area of Lagos State, was shot dead around 8.40pm on Tuesday. The Lagos State Police Public Relations […]

Samson Folarin Nine people have been confirmed dead, while one other was injured after a Toyota Hummer crashed into a truck in Awo community, in the Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the vehicle was coming from Lagos and heading to Abuja when the accident occurred around 6am on Igede-Awo […]

Oluwatobi Akindele A postgraduate student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has accused a man, Adesoji Orenowo, of raping her in his house at European Quarters, Meiran, Lagos. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 24-year-old met Orenowo at a wedding ceremony in Ibadan, Oyo State, in December 2017. The duo had reportedly exchanged telephone numbers […]

• As meeting with FG deadlocked Everest Amaefule,  Adelani Adepegba, Ade Adesomoju, Olaleye Aluko, Tony Okafor and  Ogbonnaya Ikokwu The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed all its members and affiliate unions to commence a nationwide strike on Thursday (today). The organised labour had held a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, […]

…says Rivers people will teach party a lesson Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that there will be consequences if the Peoples Democratic Party succumbs to pressures from some “planted presidential aspirants” to move the party’s national convention away from Port Harcourt. Wike also declared that the state would not […]