The Unguwan Jacob Boyi, Nok community of Jaba Local Government Area, Kaduna State, says their only source of water for ages was a spring at the top of 1,829-metres-high rock above sea level. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria at Nok on Monday that the community has an estimated population of 2,600 residents. […]

Hindi Livinus Some victims of the attacks in Gon, Nzumosu, Bolki, Nyanga and Bukuto, Numan Local Government Area, Adamawa State carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Saturday, said they had recovered and buried the corpses of 27, while several other persons, mostly women and children, remained unaccounted for. The lawmaker representing the area, Sodom […]

Success Nwogu The son of the winner of 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola, Abdulmumuni Abiola, has said the time is not right for a youth to be Nigeria’s president. Abiola told journalists at the maiden national youth summit organised by The Zealous Kwara Youths in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Saturday, that though he was […]

A former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party  in Lagos State, Mr Moshood Salvador on Sunday said he did his best to reposition the opposition party for greatness while he was chairman. Salvador, now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress , made the claim in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in […]

Alex Nwora, the head coach of the senior national basketball team, D’Tigers, on Sunday said that his team were focused on beating all contenders at the ongoing 2019 FIBA Africa World Cup Qualifiers in Lagos. D’Tigers had defeated all eight teams so far in the competition starting with the first window in 2017 where it […]

Dr Mabingue Ngom, the Regional Director for West and Central Africa, United Nations Population Fund, has said that child marriage has remained an impediment to achieving Demographic Dividend in Nigeria. Ngom made this known while fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja. According to UNFPA, DD is the economic growth potential […]

Singer, Iceberg Slim, speaks with JOY MARCUS on his trip to  Jamaica How frequently do you travel? I go on vacation at least twice a year. Do you enjoy travelling? I love travelling because it’s usually an escape for me from stress and work. What country did you visit recently? I visited Jamaica in 2016. […]

EVEREST AMAEFULE,  OLUFEMI ATOYEBI, OLUSOLA FABIYI, ADELANI ADEPEGBA, ADE ADESOMOJU, IFEANYI ONUBA and TOBI AWORINDE The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has left Nigeria to London, United Kingdom. Multiple sources at the airport confirmed her departure to our correspondent on Saturday night. Adeosun, who resigned her appointment as finance minister after being […]

About 35 communities in the Etsako East and Etsako Central Local Government Areas of Edo State have been sacked by flood, occasioned by incessant rains and overflow of the River Niger. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the flood which displaced over 30,000 residents also damaged hundreds of hectares of farmland across the two […]

John Alechenu Sixty-three out of the Nigeria’s 91 registered political parties have notified the Independent National Electoral Commission of their plans to conduct primaries to elect candidates for the 2019 Presidential elections. Towards this end, the parties have written the electoral body to send observers to witness the conduct of the primaries as required by […]

Peter Dada SIX members of the Ondo State Executive Council have complied with the directive of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu that all political appointees, who have obtained nomination forms to contest the forthcoming primary of the party, should resign. The affected political officers included the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Omowumi Olatunji; Commissioner […]

Ademola Oni  and Sunday Aborisade The confusion over the reelection bid of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, failed to clear off on Saturday as the All Progressives Congress national leadership could not secure a firm commitment from its national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on governor’s second term ambition. The APC leaders, led by Vice President […]

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Presidency on Saturday challenged a multinational banking and financial services company, HSBC, to return the stolen funds it allegedly helped the late Head of State, Sani Abacha; a serving senator and other Nigerians to launder. It said instead of engaging in doomsday prophecy, the financial institution should return Nigeria’s stolen assets. […]

The National Emergency Management Agency has received N3 billion to respond to the looming flood disasters following a red alert issued on Sept.7 by the National Hydological Services Agency. Mr Mustapha Maihaja, Director General, NEMA, made this known on Saturday in Abuja during a meeting of NEMA with stakeholders to assess the reports from the […]

Cristiano Ronaldo is sure to break his scoring duck Sunday against Sassuolo, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted as he backed the Portuguese star to win the FIFA world player of the year award. Ronaldo skipped Portugal’s Nations League win over Italy to focus on his new club after failing to score in their opening three […]

Pope Francis denounced the mafia’s “blasphemous” existence on Saturday during a visit to Sicily to honour a priest murdered by the mob 25 years ago while trying to save youngsters in poor neighbourhoods from falling into their hands. The brief visit, which will see the 81-year-old pontiff stay on the Italian island until evening, is […]

Tunisia’s ruling party has suspended Prime Minister Youssef Chahed in the latest escalation of a row with the president’s son that has paralysed key decisions on the troubled economy. The North African country is often portrayed as the lone success story of the Arab Spring of 2011 but more than seven years after the ouster […]

A non governmental organisation, Voice from the  East, has urged state governments and the Federal Government to prosecute officials who misappropriate funds meant for the upkeep of Internally Displaced Persons. The Convener of VEAST, Comrade Kindness Jonah, said this in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Saturday. Jonah pointed out that such action […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side had produced their “best game of the season” after a 2-1 win away to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday extended the Premier League leaders’ perfect start to the season. Goals either side of half-time from Georginio Wijnaldum and Roberto Firmino put Liverpool 2-0 up at Wembley, Tottenham’s temporary home […]

Several employees of a Cuban supermarket have been fired for selling 15,000 apples to a single customer in a country regularly plagued by food shortages. State news outlet Granma reported on Friday that the employees involved were let go after news of the sale first broke on the blog of a Cuban journalist, who witnessed […]

Chukwuneta Oby tingles@punchng.com 08139149577 (SMS only) May the real me meet the real you.” I came across that phrase recently, and I said to myself … “a lot of us have not even met our REAL SELF.’’ And the REAL in most of us may not be as desirable…except it’s HEALED. When the layers (through […]

Ademola Olonilua and Timileyin Akinkahunsi aolonilua@punchng.com Instagram: demie.o Twitter: @aoloniluapunch        08116759809 (SMS only) People often say that time flies but that may not be the case for the ace actress, Eucharia Anunobi, who recently organised a memorial service for her late son, Raymond Ekwu, who died last year. The actress marked the memorial with a […]

Tunde Ajaja It’s a new session; if you like, spend all your time playing so that at the end of the session you would repeat again, and if you like, face your studies, all I know is that I have done my best,” was the admonition, nay, parting words, of a mother to her child […]

The Federal Road Safety Commission has scheduled its screening and physical fitness assessment on recruitment for Sept. 24 to 29. The FRSC Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Friday that the screening would be conducted in all the state capitals. Kazeem advised applicants to check the email used for submission […]

Hindi Livinus, Yola Over fifty persons including a pastor belonging to the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria were on Thursday night killed in attacks carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The attackers, who targeted the villages of Gon, Nzumosu, Bolki, Nyanga, Bukuto in the Numan Local Government Areas of the state, reportedly numbered over […]

John Charles, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday said 560 people had so far lost their lives to killings by Fulani herdsmen over the past eight months. The governor further said that half of five local government areas in the state had been sacked by the assailants within the period. Ortom stated that […]

Jesusegun Alagbe The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria says it is committed to supporting the government’s efforts at building investors’ confidence in order to attract the much-needed Foreign Direct Investment into the economy. However, the institute said the government must create an environment to attract such investments by paying adequate attention to the operations […]

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday signed the 2018 supplementary budget of N9.9bn into law. Fayose, at the event attended by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole, and some Assembly members, mocked the All Progressives Congress and the Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for questioning the […]

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, will on Sunday confer a beaded crown on the Eleyinpo of Ipaoo, Oba Yekini Ademola Abioye. In a statement by the Secretary, Ipapo Descendants Union, Mr. Hassan Ariyibi, the event will be led by the paramount ruler and representatives of Oyo State Government. The statement added that the […]

Chukwudi Akasike, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Clement Nnachi, Gibson Achonu, Chidiebube Okeoma, Tony Okafor and Sampson Itode The sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra did not go as planned in the South-East states and Rivers State in the South-South on Friday as many of the residents went about their business. In Enugu, Ebonyi and […]

Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Friday arraigned 10 persons before a magistrate’s court in Owerri on a charge of hawking and selling naira notes. Parading the suspects before the arraignment, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said that the suspects were arrested in Owerri on September 13 during a joint […]

Festus Abu Enyimba say they have taken disciplinary action against Mfon Udoh for allegedly breaking the rules. The  2003 and 2004 African champions said  ahead of their  the  first leg CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal clash against Rwandan side Rayon Sports in Kigali on Sunday they had  suspended the  26-year-old Super Eagles striker, who is their […]

Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is a highly decorated former Nigerian female sprinter who won several medals in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, and other international competitions. In this interview with ADEMOLA OLONILUA, she speaks about her career, life and family In 1992, you won a bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Spain. Was that your […]

Veteran journalist, Mike Awoyinfa, was the pioneer Editor of the Weekend Concord. He takes a trip back into time with ADEMOLA OLONILUA as he explains some reasons why the national newspaper died despite some successes it initially recorded Was the Nigerian Concord Newspaper the first place you worked as a journalist? I studied journalism at […]

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 […]