@idrisconnectinglagos.ngThe Office of the Youth Organising Secretary, Lagos state and the convener of ‘Our Lagos, Your Lagos initiative,’ Aregbe Idris, greatly commend the sustained efforts of Lagos state residents and the entire nation as regards the collection of their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) ahead of the 2019 General Elections.As we look forward to a peaceful, […]

Ted Odogwu, Kano Kano State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers. According to a press statement, issued by the Command’s Spokesman, SP Musa Magaji Majiya, police swung into action on Friday following the reported case of a missing boy. Police said the kidnappers of the four-year-old boy, were demanding a ransom of N100,000. The police […]

Former Governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party. The media Aide to the former governor, Sule Ya’u Sule, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Adeleke, Ogunbiyi trade words over botched reconciliatory moves Ya’u Sule, who did not give […]

US Open men’s singles quarter-finals line-up (x denotes seeding): Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) v Dominic Thiem (AUT x9) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x3) v John Isner (USA x11) Marin Cilic (CRO x7) v Kei Nishikori (JPN x21) Novak Djokovic (SRB x6) v John Millman (AUS) (AFP)

Punch Editorial Board President Muhammadu Buhari demonstrated his cluelessness afresh on Sunday when he blamed herders’ act of horrific violence on the shrinking Lake Chad and alleged biased media reports. His narrow narrative seeks vainly to explain away the campaign of terror and mayhem by bandits on the displacement of herdsmen from the lake area […]

Polling for presidential election kicked off Tuesday in Pakistan with three candidates competing for the slot of the 13th president of the country for the next five-year term. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party fielded Arif Alvi, Pakistan Peoples Party chose Aitzaz Ahsan while joint opposition comprising of other political parties including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has […]

US Open women’s singles quarter-finals line-up (x denotes seeded player): Serena Williams (USA x17) v Karolina Pliskova (CZE 8) Sloane Stephens (USA x3) v Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x19) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x30) v Madison Keys (USA x14) Naomi Osaka (JPN x 20) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) (AFP)

Former Bordeaux and France midfielder Rio Mavuba announced his retirement from football on Monday. The 34-year-old, who was captain of Lille when the northern club won a rare league and Cup double in 2011, is now set for a career in the media as a pundit with French television channel RMC Sport. READ ALSO: Crocodile eats […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday in Abuja urged its campaign committee to do everything within the law to win the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun. National Chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, gave the charge when he inaugurated the party’s National Campaign Committee for the election. The committee has President of the […]

Touch screens are great when they work, but when a touch screen stops working, all that ease of use goes out the window and frustration sets in very quickly. The biggest problem is that with some devices, the touch screen is the only way you have of interacting with your phone or tablet. According to […]

Portuguese goalkeeper Jose Sa and Argentine-born Spanish winger Matias Nahuel have signed for Olympiakos, the Greek Super League club announced Monday. No financial details were revealed by the Piraeus squad. Sa, 25, is on loan from Porto where he played from 2016. Nahuel, 21, previously played for Spanish sides Betis (2016-2018) and Villarreal (2012-2016). (AFP)

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s highest court on Monday ended former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba’s bid to stand in this year’s presidential election, upholding an earlier ban imposed on him for bribing witnesses. “The constitutional court… confirms the ineligibility of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for suborning witnesses by resorting to bribery,” said the court’s president, announcing the […]

Oladimeji Ramon The General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry, Dr Daniel Olukoya, has filed a libel suit against the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore, demanding N10bn in damages. In the suit filed before the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, the MFM founder said he was constrained to take legal […]

Tony Okafor, Awka A 19-year-old man, who was identified as Prince Chigozie, has reportedly committed suicide because he was denied some bananas by a relation of his. The incident took place in Mmakwum village, Obosi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered on Monday that Chigozie hanged himself in […]

Austria’s ruling conservative party on Monday ejected a parliamentarian after he implied a politician from neighbouring Germany reached her position on “her knees”. Asked by a Twitter user how Berlin state secretary Sawsan Chebli got her position, Efgani Doenmez tweeted over the weekend: “Look at her knees, maybe you find an answer there”. READ ALSO: Buhari’s […]

CAF Champions League quarter-finals draw made in Cairo on Monday: Primeiro Agosto (ANG) v TP Mazembe (COD) Esperance (TUN) v Etoile Sahel (TUN) Entente Setif (ALG) v Wydad Casablanca (MAR, holders) Horoya (GUI) v Al Ahly (EGY) First legs: Sept 14/15, second: Sept 21/22 Semi-finals Horoya or Ahly v Setif or Wydad Primeiro or Mazembe […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has urged the National Assembly to override the vetoing of the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. The PDP said Buhari’s veto did not come as a surprise, alleging that his commitment to a free and fair 2019 election was mere lip service. READ ALSO: […]

Lionel Messi has admitted he was surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to leave Real Madrid and join Juventus. Messi also believes the transfer will leave Madrid worse off and says Juve are now among the clear favourites to win this season’s Champions League. READ ALSO: Anambra man commits suicide over banana Ronaldo swapped Spain for Italy […]

A former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that fairness and equity are important in promoting good governance and addressing the needs of Nigerians. Kwankwaso, a presidential hopeful under the Peoples Democratic Party, said this on Monday after paying a courtesy call on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia at Government House, Umuahia. The […]

Enyimba of Nigeria had mixed luck when the draw for the CAF Confederation Cup knockout rounds was made in Cairo on Monday. The club from southeastern city Aba will be happy at being paired Rwandan club Rayon Sports in the quarter-finals. READ ALSO: Man steals hearse with corpse of 80-year-old man inside Rayon appear the weakest […]

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police have arrested 31 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers terrorising commuters on Abuja-Kaduna highway and Kaduna-Birnin, Gwari-Funtua-Zamfara expressway. The suspects were said to include three bandit kingpins who were killing people and destroying communities in Zamfara State and suspected kidnappers of Sheik Mohammed Alqarkawi who collected N12 million ransom before they […]

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party will sweep the polls in the state in 2019 given the calibre of the members of the State Working Committee of the party. Ahmed said this at Government House, Ilorin, on Monday when he received members of the newly inaugurated committee […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said it was working on secret balloting to curb vote-buying in the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun. Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, said this while making a presentation on INEC’s preparations ahead of Osun election at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue Session […]

Former Italy Coach Gian Piero Ventura, in charge last year when they lost to Sweden and missed out on the World Cup, said he would never get over their “momentous” failure and joked that he had avoided shopping at Ikea. The 70-year-old has kept a low profile since he was sacked in November, shortly after […]

Barcelona forward Malcom sprained his ankle in training on Monday, the club has announced. Malcom, who joined Barca from Bordeaux in July, is expected to be out for one week. READ ALSO: Ventura avoids Ikea, will never get over Italy’s World Cup failure A club statement read: “In Monday morning’s training session with the Barcelona squad, […]

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta A national leader of the African Democratic Congress, Chief Femi Majekodummi, says the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, will lose the state to the ADC in the 2019 general elections. The two-time governorship aspirant in Ogun State said this on Friday while declaring his intention to contest the Ogun Central Senatorial […]

A Kenyan man, Fredrick Olang’o, 24, from Bondo sub-county has committed suicide after his wife left him to reunite with her former husband. Olang’o was found hanging inside his rented apartment at Sinapanga ‘B’ village in Nyawita after his wife allegedly left him and returned to her first husband, reports Kenya’s Citizen TV. READ ALSO: Palestine […]

Cristiano Ronaldo faces stiff competition from former Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah to be crowned FIFA’s player of the year for a sixth time. Ronaldo was the competition’s top scorer in lifting a fourth Champions League title in five years before heading for pastures new with Juventus in July. READ ALSO: Man […]

Footage has emerged of Floyd Mayweather throwing away almost  $50,000 in an Atlantic City strip club, according to  The Sun. Mayweather, who is in talks with Conor McGregor over a mega-money rematch, was caught on camera enjoying some time out at the Scores Atlantic City. TMZ Sports  reported that  Mayweather  threw away over the money  […]

…to justify N143bn INEC budget John Ameh and Leke Baiyewu Members of the National Assembly are mounting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill 2018 to justify the N143bn the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Electoral Matters has just recommended as the budget for […]

Ozioma Ubabukoh Mustering the confidence to launch a start-up is hard work. Finding the right people to join that start-up is even harder, but it’s well worth your time and effort. According to recent data, the average recruitment cost for small to mid-sized companies in Nigeria is about N2m per new hire. Moreover, new employees […]

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey, the Federal Government has said. According to a report put together by officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigerian Export Promotion Council and apiculture (beekeeping) experts, Nigeria consumes about 400,000 tonnes of honey annually but produces less than […]

Dayo Ojerinde Unless there is a last-minute intervention from the Lagos State Government, resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital are set to go on strike on September 5, to press home their demands. In an emergency press conference held on Saturday at the LASUTH Resident Doctors lounge in Ikeja, the acting President […]

Oladimeji Ramon A non-governmental organisation, Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre, has dragged the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for the failure of the police to probe the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who was accused of forging an exemption certificate of the National Youth Service […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The lawmaker representing the Odo Otin Constituency at the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr  Olaoluwa Oyediran, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the African Democratic Congress. The immediate past governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, is from Okuku in  Odo Otin and he is the one that prevailed on […]