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The Chairman, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbadebowale Wayne Aboderin, is dead. He died on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 6.05am after a heart surgery at the First Cardiology Consultants, Ikoyi, Lagos, at the age of […]

Hamburg on Thursday became the first German city to impose a partial ban on diesel vehicles as part of the country’s much-debated move to improve air quality. The port city blocked a 600-metre stretch of […]

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens — once a rising Republican political star — resigned Tuesday amid expanding investigations of a sex scandal and potential violations of campaign finance laws. It was a stunning fall from grace […]

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie just became the first African ever to deliver the Harvard University Class Day Speech which is a major feature of the university’s annual graduation events. Class Day speakers are selected by the […]

Ebiseri Aginighan, a young Nigerian, has narrated how he secured a Federal Government job in Abuja without any connection to top government officials. In a series of tweets via @mrebis, Aginighan explained how he volunteered […]

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says the electricity outage in Victoria Island was caused by a breaker problem at Alagbon Transmission Substation in Lagos. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, in a […]

Chaos broke out on Saturday at the 7UP end of the Mobolaji Johnson Avenue in Alausa, Ikeja, as officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority reportedly clashed with some workers of the Seven-Up Bottling […]

By the nature of his job, veteran radio presenter, Mr. Jimi Disu is an opinion moulder and a well respected analyst. Not too long ago, he got angry following the inability of former Defence Minister, […]

• National Assembly approves N9.120 trillion • Nigerians in mixed reactions over delay, allocations • Buhari yet to get petroleum bill, says presidency The two chambers of the National Assembly, yesterday, passed the 2018 budget […]

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, is an enemy of democracy and is unfit to hold public office anywhere in the world, the Senate declared yesterday. The legislative chamber arrived at the damning proclamation, […]

The Kano state government has declared Friday, May 11, as a public holiday in honour of late Isiyaku Rabiu who died on Tuesday at a London hospital. This is contained in a statement signed by […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says that Nigerians are anxious to see speedy completion of the Lagos-Ibadan highway projects in order to reap its full benefits. The minister said this during […]

The on-going Lagos-Ibadan highway construction project has reached 58 percent completion and created over 4,500 direct and indirect jobs. The contractors handling the road disclosed this when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai […]

The Nigerian government has asked British authorities to ban a former finance commissioner of Akwa-Ibom State, Senator Bassey Akpan, from entering the United Kingdom and any of its territories. Akpan who currently represents Akwa Ibom […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the December 2018 date for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan speed rail project “is non-negotiable’’. The minister said this on Tuesday at the project site […]

London – Authorities in UK for the first time have introduced online divorces in England, Wales. Petition for marriage divorce The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced that digital divorce applications have been by launched in […]