Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Debt Management Office on Wednesday announced that it had raised additional N96.74bn to finance the 2018 Appropriation Act. A statement issued by the DMO and made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday said that the funds were raised through issuance of the FGN Bond in the primary debt market. […]

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says Nigeria is in need of a highly educated and competent President. Dickson noted that the time had come for Nigeria to be led by a visionary leader, a nation builder and a democrat. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations to the Governor, Mr […]

US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an agreement to start negotiations on a trade deal on Wednesday, dampening the prospect of Washington imposing tariffs against another trading partner. After talks in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the two leaders issued a joint statement about […]

Chief David Olukoga, an aide to former Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, and Chairman, Edo State Traffic Management Agency, on Wednesday, formally defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party . Olukoga led several of his supporters, majority of who were youths, to the PDP Secretariat. They were received by Chief Dan Orbih, the […]

Some applicants at the ongoing Federal Road Safety Corps recruitment on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to review the age limit of prospective candidates. They told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the government should review the age limit from 30 years to 35 years. NAN reports that the FRSC had stipulated that […]

John Charles, Makurdi Hundreds of workers in Benue State on Tuesday expressed shock over the alleged recall of the final tranche of the Paris Club refund earlier paid to the state government. Two workers were alleged to have slumped as they received the news of the recall of the Paris Club refund. Governor Samuel Ortom […]

Olusola Fabiyi  and Ade Adesomoju The Department of State Services has detained Mr Baban-Inna, who is the Aide De Camp to the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, over an allegation of N2.5bn fraud. The spokesman for the DSS,  Mr Nnochirionye Afunanya, told one of our correspondents that the case was handed over […]

Enyioha Opara, Minna THE Governor of Sokoto State and one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Aminu Tambuwal, said on Tuesday he would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming 2019 general elections Tambuwal, who said this while responding to questions from newsmen at the PDP Secretariat in Minna, […]

Deontay Wilder’s representatives have “no desire” for a meeting to negotiate a fight against Anthony Joshua. IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Joshua, moments after beating Alexander Povetkin at the weekend, made it clear that his preferred next opponent would be WBC titleholder Wilder. Wilder is first due to face Tyson Fury but Joshua’s promoter […]

Olaide Oyelude, Katsina A 29-year-old civil servant in Katsina State,Abdurahman Ibrahim, has got himself into trouble after engaging in an unlawful sexual affair with a married woman. Ibrahim of Unguwar Alkali Quarters, Batsari, who  had already admitted to the crime before a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court, will be sentenced on October 4,2018. He was dragged […]

…to discuss with MTN, banks over N8.1bn fine  Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday warned that weak economic fundamentals currently being shown by the economy were putting the country’s exit from recession under threat. The Nigerian economy exited recession in 2017 after suffering contraction for five […]

Oluwatobi Akindele Eight men have been arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly belonging to a cult and unlawful possession of arms. PUNCH Metro learnt that the defendants had been involved in a street fight. Some residents were said to have made a distress call to the police, which led to the arrest of […]

Lekan Sote Under military dictator Ibrahim Babangida’s convoluted political transition programme, the progressives of the Lagos State chapter of the former Social Democratic Party had fierce dispute on who would be their governorship candidate. Their leader, former Lagos State Governor Lateef Jakande, preferred Prof Femi Agbalajobi, but Dapo Sarumi, from Epe Division as Agbalajobi, offered […]

Olufemi Atoyebi and Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday,  visited the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, in Ile Ife to woo him ahead of the rerun holding in seven polling units in four local government areas of Osun State on Thursday. Our correspondent […]

Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Chukwudi Akasike, Sam Awoyinfa, Godwin Isenyo and Chidiebube Okeoma The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday released its approved mode of primaries for 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory for Saturday’s governorship primaries. According to the list, the direct method, which involves all registered card carrying […]

Nigeria’s D’Tigress has won their second game in the FIBA Basketball World Cup going on in Spain. At the end of the fourth quarter, D’Tigress won by 75 points against Argentina’s 70. According to the D’Tigress Twitter handle, @DtigressNG, this feat makes Nigeria, the first ever African team to win two games in a single […]

Disgraced US television icon Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison by a judge on Tuesday and branded a “sexually violent predator” for assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago. The 81-year-old, once beloved as “America’s Dad,” is the first celebrity convicted and sentenced for a sex crime […]

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Two suspects were said to have been arrested on Tuesday for flying a drone over the house of a former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, located within the Ibara, GRA, Abeokuta. This was contained in a statement signed by one of the aides of the ex-governor, Adekunle Adeyemi, a copy […]

The Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Dr kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday visited Sen Iyiola Omisore, the Social Democratic Party, governorship aspirant in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Fayemi paid the visit to Omisore in his house at Oduduwa Estate, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife. Fayemi, however, told newsmen that his visit was not on political issues, but personal. READ ALSO: Two held […]

Paul Pogba has been told by Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho he will never captain the club again while the Portuguese remains in charge, according to reports on Tuesday, as tensions between United’s star midfielder and manager continue to rise. Pogba has deputised as skipper in the absence of club captain Antonio Valencia on three […]

The Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States have called for peaceful, free, fair and credible completion of Osun State governorship re-run election on September 28. The missions in a joint statement on Tuesday in Abuja called for support to ensure the success of the process as Independent National Electoral Commission re-runs […]

Ozioma Ubabukoh The statistics are a bit dire: 20 per cent of small businesses do not make it past their first year — and fully half will close their doors before their five-year anniversary. Nonetheless, eager entrepreneurs regularly take the plunge in order to follow their dreams of owning their own business. If you are […]

The exiled former president of the Spanish region of Catalonia wants Europe to step in to mediate an end to the stand-off with Madrid, he told AFP Tuesday. In a book on the crisis that forced him to flee a Spanish arrest warrant, Carles Puigdemont suggests that EU President Donald Tusk would fit the bill. […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Department of State Services has detained Mr. Baba-Inna, who is the Aide De Camp to the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari over an allegation of N2.5 billion fraud. Spokesman for the DSS,  Mr. Nnochirionye Afunanya, told our correspondent that the case was handed over to the agency by the […]

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on Tuesday visited the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party to canvass for support for his presidential bid in 2019. He asked the PDP faithful in the state to take a critical decision in the 2019 poll that would save the country from its present situation. READ […]

Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray was made to work up serious sweat by unheralded Zhang Zhizhen at the ATP Shenzhen Open on Tuesday before the Chinese player retired at 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 4-2. It was a disappointing end to a spirited display from Zhang, a 21-year-old from Shanghai who is ranked 340th but who raised hopes of an upset […]

World number two Caroline Wozniacki and Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber eased through their opening matches at the Wuhan Open in China on Tuesday. Australian Open champion Wozniacki, who received a first-round bye, was barely troubled by the 61st-ranked Swede Rebecca Peterson, winning 6-4, 6-1 to set up a third-round clash with Olympic champion Monica Puig, […]

John Alechenu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has cautioned the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, against conduct and utterances capable of bringing his person into disrepute. The APC gave the advice in a statement signed by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja, on Tuesday.   According to the APC, […]

The Edo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress on Tuesday in Benin described the purported expulsion of the Deputy Chief Whip of House of Representatives, Pally Iriase, as a nullity. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the APC Ward Nine (9) in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo, had on Monday, issued a […]

Former Gabon international Daniel Cousin has become the sole coach of the national team after Pierre-Francois Aubame Eyang, father of Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, refused an offer to join the set-up. “We have worked hard to confirm the choice of Daniel Cousin, to whom we entrust the national team,” the Gabonese Minister of Sports, Alain-Claude […]

World Health Organisation on Tuesday said Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo could deteriorate rapidly because of attacks by armed groups, community resistance and geographic spread of the disease. “We are now extremely concerned that several factors may be coming together over the next weeks and months to create a perfect storm,” Peter Salama […]

Olufemi Atoyebi and  Femi Makinde, Osogbo A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Alhaji Fatai Oyedele, popularly known as Diekola, was reportedly attacked by some hoodlums suspected to be loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Our correspondent gathered that some hoodlums believed to be working for the PDP had followed some […]

Samson Folarin Some trainees of Chevron Nigeria Limited have protested against what they described as enslavement by the management of the company. The men and women, who marched on the Lekki-Ajah Expressway, Lagos, alleged that Chevron wasted more than five years of their lives by promising them jobs which they never got. They also alleged […]

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday warned 30 newly-appointed Senior Advocates of Nigeria that the rank could be withdrawn from them if they abused it. He also said the police were investigating some lawyers found to have forged court judgments they present3ed during the process of appointment as […]

Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, Leke Baiyewu and Olaleye Aluko The Coalition of United Political Parties on Monday alleged that INEC was giving to Osun State officials unclaimed permanent voter cards in units where there would be supplementary election. The coalition members alleged that the conspiracy was being spearheaded by some unnamed national officers […]