Avoiding any direct reference to President Donald Trump’s renewed criticism of the Federal Reserve’s handling of the economy, Fed chief Jerome Powell said Friday the central bank would do “whatever it takes” to head off inflation or react to a new crisis. Trump’s latest attacks, delivered in an interview this week, meant politics cast a […]

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a city surrounded by rebels, creating challenges responders were “dreading,” the World Health Organization said Friday. One probable case and one suspected case have emerged in the city of Oicha in DRC’s North Kivu province, WHO’s emergency response chief, Peter Salama, told reporters. […]

Fola Ojo A very rich man invited about 20 of his employees to his palatial abode in Texas, United States for his 60th birthday celebration sometime ago. The rich man told his workers that during the private party there would be a swimming competition in his half-an-acre sized royal swimming pool. What he did not […]

Unai Emery insists Arsenal’s spluttering start to the season won’t stop him overhauling his team’s style of play. Emery has been criticised for changing Arsenal’s tactics too quickly after the Gunners were beaten by Manchester City and Chelsea in their first two Premier League games. With Arsenal hosting West Ham on Saturday, the London derby […]

Theophilus Onojeghen, Warri Asaba, the Delta State capital, stood still as thousands of fans, friends and relations thronged the city to welcome the remains of late reggae legend, Ras Kimono, on Friday. Ras Kimono, who died on June 10, 2018, will be interred on Saturday at his Onicha-Olona country home in Aniocha North Local Government […]

The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew on Kwaru and Ungwan Yero communities in the Kaduna North Local Government Area of the state, with effect from Friday. This followed the killing of two youths in the communal clashes that took place in the two communities. Senior Special Assistant to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his long distance trek on Sallah day was not about testing his physical fitness but to show respect to thousands of people who wanted to greet him on the fateful day. The President stated this when he received some socio-political groups from Daura Emirate Council, who paid him Sallah […]

Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization who is helping to run the US president’s family business, has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors, US media reported Friday. Weisselberg was granted immunity for providing information about Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen in an investigation into hush payments to two women in […]

The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, Harrison Nwabuisi, has been recalled to the state Police Command headquarters following the corruption allegation leveled against him. According to a statement signed by the Spokesman of the command, CSP Chike Oti, Nwabuisi was recalled by the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, […]

Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles Technical Adviser, on Friday in Lagos announced a 24-man team list for the 2019 Nation’s Cup qualifier against Seychelles. The Super Eagles will play the national team of Seychelles on September 7 in Victoria, Seychelles. Rohr, at a news conference in Lagos, said 24 players and four stand-by players were invited […]

John Charles, Makurdi The National Coordinator, Miyeitti Alla Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo has warned Governor Samuel Ortom to stop dragging Miyeitti Alla in the mud. Gololo who was reacting to the claim of Ortom that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kill him said that the MACBAN is a […]

Vehicular traffic has reduced at the perennially busy Iyana Oworo area of Lagos State as a result of the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for temporary maintenance repair. See photographs, courtesy of the News Agency of Nigeria: Pic 4. Road management Officers and other security Officials on duty as a result of closure of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that, as opposed to the N6bn it was alleged to have budgeted for Police feeding in the 2019 general elections, it actually budgeted “more than 25% less than what is being bandied around.” The agency added that the feeding covers officials “numbering in excess of a million people.” […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has decided not to sign an out-of-contract goalkeeper after losing Claudio Bravo to a long-term Achilles tendon injury. Guardiola has recalled Montenegro Under-21 international Aro Muric from a loan spell with Dutch club NAC Breda to provide cover for first-choice Ederson, having considered other options. Bravo’s injury leaves City short […]

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck along Peru’s border with Brazil on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. It said the quake hit at a depth of 609 kilometers (380 miles), on Peru’s eastern frontier with Brazil. (AFP)

Renowned musicians:  Majek Fashek, Tony Okoroji, Orits Wiliki and others have said that the late reggae artist, Ras Kimono, will continue to live on in the minds of his fans. They said this had continued to manifest through the messages that he preached via his songs while on earth. They said the messages had remained […]

Serena Williams was handed a difficult path to the final after being drawn on Thursday in the same quarter as older sister Venus and world number one Simona Halep. The American is aiming for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at this year’s U.S. Open. Serena will start her campaign against Polish world number 60 […]

Femi Makinde, Osogbo Irate youths in Iwo, Osun State, have set a police station ablaze in the town for the alleged shooting of an undergraduate, Tunde Nofiu, by an officer attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad. Nofiu was said to be spending holidays in the town. Our correspondent gathered that the students who was […]

Some 150 migrants who were not being allowed to disembark from an Italian coastguard boat in Sicily have started a hunger strike, an opposition senator said Friday. “I have just heard from the Port Authority that there is tension aboard the #Diciotti ship and that migrants have started a hunger strike,” Davide Faraone of the […]

Feyisayo Popoola Investors in the nation’s equities market on Thursday recorded N198bn increase in their holdings at the close of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. A total of 11 gainers emerged, while 25 stocks declined. A total of 220.710 million shares worth N2.531bn exchanged hands in 3,287 deals. The top five […]

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three suspects believed to be behind the rail tracks vandalism and the sale of the components to their accomplices. The command’s spokesman, Superintendent of Police Ebere Amaraizu, said on Friday in Enugu that the notorious suspected vandals were arrested on August 21 in Emene at the outskirts of […]

Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has met the top American rapper, Diddy. He shared videos of their meeting on his Instagram handle early Friday and even gave the music mogul, a Nigerian name; Oluwadiddy. He captioned one of the videos: “So blessed to tap from @diddy ’s wealth of knowledge!! Vibes on vibes! ???????? […]

Crowds of excited Arsenal fans  on Thursday welcomed Arsene Wenger as he arrived in Liberia ahead of an awards ceremony where he will be given the country’s highest honour on Friday, BBC News reports. The former Arsenal manager was Liberian President George Weah’s first European football coach and brought him to Monaco in 1988. Weah […]

Israel’s Health ministry on Friday said two people have died and 68 others have taken ill, as a result of outbreak of the West Nile virus. NAN reports that West Nile virus,  is a viral infection typically spread by mosquitoes. In about 75 per cent of infections people have few or no symptoms. Ppeople develop a […]

Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Thursday, met the owner of Fresh FM, Yinka Ayefele, over the demolition of the radio station on Sunday morning. The building was partly demolished by the state government over contravention of the state’s physical planning rule and the inability of Ayefele to provide the relevant […]

Samson Folarin The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, H.E. Nwabuisi, has been accused of conducting raids during which he allegedly arrested innocent residents and extorted money from them. Nwabuisi, a Superintendent of Police, was alleged to have led his men to Alimi Ogunyemi Street, in the Ifako […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu President Muhammadu Buhari has said members of the opposition cannot fault the efforts his administration has made in its three major areas of focus, namely security, economy and the fight against corruption. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the […]

Oluwatobi Akindele A 27-year-old fashion designer, Olamide Oyelami, has been arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court on three counts bordering on cultism and unlawful possession of firearm. PUNCH Metro gathered that Oyelami was arrested during a police patrol on July 22, 2018. It was gathered that a locally-made pistol loaded with one live cartridge was […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Federal Government has refuted the statement credited to the governors in the South-East that the region has been shortchanged in the implementation of infrastructural projects, saying there are 69 ongoing projects in the region alone. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, issued the rebuttal in Ilorin on Thursday, […]

The 2015 Presidential candidate of the KOWA Party, Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya, on Thursday urged women not to be scared of taking up political positions by 2019. Sonaiya, a professor of French Language and Applied Linguistics, at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, made the plea at a book presentation detailing her travails in politics. The book, titled […]

Zimbabwe police on Thursday dropped charges against a man who allegedly insulted President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Robert Mugabe’s successor, in a Facebook post, lawyers said. Munyaradzi Shoko, a well-known critic of Mnangagwa, was held after he posted statements on Facebook saying the president’s name was “generally associated with evil and devilish deeds.” READ ALSO: Man wrestles, kills […]

The Sahel state of Niger said Thursday it had sent security reinforcements to part of its border struggling with an influx of displaced people and criminals from neighbouring Nigeria. The measures have been taken in the Maradi area on the southern-central part of the border, which is close to the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara. […]

The Arewa Youth for Peace and Security has advised the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association to focus on helping to stop the killings, rather than getting involved in partisan politics. The National President of the group, Salisu Magaji, gave the advice in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Magaji expressed concern over a statement […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for what he described as Mr. President’s efforts in keeping the nation together. National unity, the Imo State governor said, was being achieved through Buhari’s visionary leadership. He added that Buhari’s successes were evident that his administration has been […]

The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission says there is no court order restricting it from conducting the Saturday’s local government council election in the state. It said the election would hold as scheduled on Saturday. Its Chairman, Mr Ethelbert Ibebuchi, said this on Thursday at a media briefing on the forthcoming 2018 Local Government Council […]