John Alechenu, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has said the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, like the Senate President Bukola Saraki, must resign or be prepared to be impeached. In separate telephone interviews with Saturday PUNCH, in Abuja, on Friday, the APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena and the National Vice […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance. In a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President thanked the minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits. Buhari also approved that the Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, should […]

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it never sanctioned any raid on Standard Chartered Bank, adding that the act may have been carried out by officials on illegal duty. The EFCC said this in a statement by its Spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday. The commission said its modus operandi was […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday said  South Africa like in the past will continue to put African issues on the BRICS agenda. Ramaphosa said this in Pretoria while addressing members of the diplomatic corps. South Africa has always said its membership to multilateral institutions is guided by its pursuit of putting the African continent first. […]

Commercial banks, markets and business outlets in Umuahia, the Abia capital, opened for business on Friday, defying the sit-at-home order by the Independent People of Biafra. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the city was initially enveloped by an air of uncertainty in the early hours of the day as residents and commuters kept off […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes too much demand is placed on international stars who have had barely any rest following the World Cup. Klopp’s men play away on Saturday against Tottenham who had nine players involved on the final weekend of the World Cup, less than a month before the start of their Premier League […]

Pep Guardiola has urged Raheem Sterling to end his prolonged contract talks with Manchester City and sign an extended deal with the Premier League champions. The England forward is expected to be back in action for City against Fulham this weekend after missing the Three Lions’ clashes with Spain and Switzerland over the past week […]

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has opened the door for former captain John Terry to return to Stamford Bridge as part of his coaching staff. Terry left Stamford Bridge after 22 years’ service in June 2017 for a season-long stint with Aston Villa and rejected a move to Spartak Moscow this week. Sarri believes Terry, 37, […]

Nigerians on Twitter have been reacting to the alleged resignation of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. While some applauded her action and called it a dignified step, considering her lingering National Youth Service Corps certificate scandal, others are calling for her arrest and a refund of the salaries she had been paid while in office. […]

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation with the rate rising from 11.14 per cent in July to 11.23 per cent in August. The bureau in the report which was made available to our correspondent stated that this is the first year on year rise […]

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, has revealed that the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari and the emergence of more presidential aspirants will not “stop him emerging the next leader of Nigeria.” Sani said this when he appeared on a political programme on Channels  Television on Thursday to discuss why the ruling party, the All Progressives […]

The Federal Government says it will start a five-year training for intending retirees in the civil service on various businesses which they can engage in after retirement. Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation  stated this in an interview with the News Agency […]

Amaju Pinnick, Pesident, Nigeria Football Federation, has charged the U-17 national team, Golden Eaglets, to keep level heads and stay focused to conquer Ghana’s Black Starlets in Niamey. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Eaglets will take on the Black Starlets in the final of the CAF U-17 Cup of Nations WAFU B […]

The UN Children’s Fund on Friday said that it will open a new Ebola-response front in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). WHO said that it would provide support to thousands of people, including children, following the recent confirmation of new Ebola cases there. In a latest development, the DR Congo authority said that […]

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku defended Jose Mourinho’s confrontational style of management, saying that the Portuguese deserves respect for not hiding his true feelings like several Premier League bosses. Mourinho has had strained relationships with some of his players at the club since taking charge in 2016. Most notably with record signing Paul Pogba, but […]

On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi, as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services. This appointment wasn’t an exactly exciting development as some Nigerians on twitter decried what they termed the ‘lopsidedness’ in the appointment of security chiefs. Others, however, argued that Buhari has the right to appoint […]

The co-chairman West Ham, David Gold, has backed proposals to stop clubs spending millions on football agents. At a meeting of Premier League clubs on Thursday, a proposal was made to prevent the same agent representing both the club and the player in transfer deals and receiving a fee from each — a system known […]

South Africa Captain Siya Kolisi did little to ease any fear that his side can arrest their slide in the Rugby Championship, ahead of their clash with the All Blacks on Saturday. The Springboks have lost their last two matches in the southern hemisphere competition, while the All Blacks are on the verge of clinching […]

Nasarawa State Government on Friday said it had concluded arrangement to fly some victims of the Lafia gas explosion to South Africa for further treatment. Gov. Umaru Al-Makura stated this when the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Dr Yahaya Adamu paid him condolence visit at the Government House, Lafia. Al-Makura revealed […]

The US is concerned that increased currency swap agreements between China and African nations will reduce visibility into financial transactions and will make it harder to prevent money laundering, a senior US sanctions official said. Marshall Billingslea, the US Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing, told a congressional hearing that while there was greater […]

Cristiano Ronaldo faces Sassuolo on Sunday still chasing his maiden competitive goal for Italian champions Juventus before he returns to Spain for the first time in the Champions League. Bolstered by five-time winner Ronaldo, Juventus begin their quest for the Champions League title which has eluded them since 1996 in Valencia next Wednesday. Despite a […]

A Ghanaian wrestler, Emmanuel Tagoe, has discovered that he is not the biological father of his fourteen-year-old son. According to Yen Ghana,  Tagoe, decided to do a DNA test, when he suspected his baby mama and her family of conspiring to blackmail him. He revealed that the boy’s mother always made ‘abnormal’ demands of him, including […]

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC party Friday called off plans to hold a mock inauguration to name its leader Nelson Chamisa as the country’s president after public gatherings were banned due to a cholera outbreak. The MDC had planned the event to highlight its claims that the July 30 election was rigged and that Chamisa was the […]

•Emefiele elected West African Monetary Zone chairman Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The inability of some countries within the West African Monetary Zone to meet up with the macroeconomic convergence criteria is currently threatening the take-off of the single currency regime for the sub region. The development was confirmed on Thursday during the 37th meeting of the […]

…says his presidency was a disaster John Alechenu, Abuja   The Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress has described former President Goodluck Jonathan as a zoologist from the swamps of Otueke who ran a disastrous presidency. Ebebulem, who is an aide to the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, wrote this […]

Dayo Oketola, Sesan Olufowobi, John Alechenu, Gbenga Adeniji and Oladimeji Ramon There were indications on Thursday that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had yet to back down on his decision to find an alternative to the incumbent governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, in the 2019 governorship election. There had been […]

John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi and Ade Adesomoju The Peoples Democratic Party says the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as the  sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress has indicated that the ruling party is “irredeemably doomed for a crushing defeat” in the 2019 presidential  election. The party pointed out that Buhari’s fear to contest […]

‎Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday awarded the sum of N10.5m against the Department of State Services for the illegal detention of a journalist, Jones Abiri, for over two years without trial. Delivering judgment in a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed on behalf of the Yenagoa-based journalist by Mr. Femi […]

A romantic suspense novelist, Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 68, who once wrote an essay entitled “How To Murder Your Husband,” has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Dan Brophy. Police in Portland, Oregon, US arrested Crampton-Brophy, last Wednesday and charged her with murder and the unlawful use of a weapon. Her husband, a 63-year-old chef, was fatally […]

The Israeli army on Thursday announced it was ending an operation it says was aimed at providing Syrian civilians with humanitarian and medical aid in the occupied Golan Heights. Israel has had a policy of offering aid to Syrians who reach its lines, saying it was doing so without getting involved in the conflict. [READ ALSO] […]

A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday, said he will take a leave of absence “to clear my name” after a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him. David Keyes, Netanyahu’s spokesman for international media who has been interviewed regularly on television, was notably accused in recent days of sexual assault by […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the plan by former National chairman of the Labour Party, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam to adopt Olusegun Mimiko as the party’s Presidential torchbearer for the 2019 general elections. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President and Mrs Ebere Ifendu, the National Publicity Secretary, Labour Party, stated this at a joint news conference on […]

FIFA plans changes to the international transfers rules that would limit player loans and create a clearing house to handle agents fees, a source told AFP on Thursday. FIFA wants to limit to “between six and eight” the number of players one club can lend each season, the source said. READ ALSO: ‘African spiderman’ Gassama becomes […]

English champions Manchester City posted record revenues of £500.5 million ($652 million) in a record-breaking 2017/18 campaign on the pitch as Pep Guardiola’s men romped to the Premier League title amassing 100 points. City reported profits of £10.4million, a fourth consecutive year of profitability, with wages to revenue ratio falling to 52 per cent. READ […]

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it would welcome Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode into its fold if he decided to dump the All Progressives Congress. The Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Taofeek Gani, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Gani spoke […]