A music video of Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo and other past leaders in a choir has gone viral on the internet. The past leaders in...
In its bid to ensure that dollar currency is made available to vital sectors of the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plans...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday pledged that the Nigerian Senate, upon resumption, will look into the crises that have led to the wanton loss of...
Unity of purpose continues to be illusive among leaders of Niger Delta region as the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought (ILoT) has punctured the position of Pan...
The rumoured move by President Muhammadu Buhari to recruit James Faleke, who lost out in the Kogi gubernatorial poll, as a Minister in his planned cabinet...
The American city of Alabama is currently reeling from a violent Tornado which touched down on Monday night killing at least four people. Alabama Governor, Robert...
Search engine giants, Google is teaming up with automaker Fiat Chrysler for in-car system tech, using Android as the base for a new infotainment and connect...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered fresh evidence against one Esther Oba, believed to be a cousin of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of...
A 34-year-old man hoping to evade the attendant harsh economic conditions by trafficking in cocaine has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
The photo of the main suspect involved in the New Year’s Eve attack on a popular nightclub in Istanbul which claimed the lives of 39 people...
The Federal Government has not dropped the corruption charge it prepared against Supreme Court Justice, John Inyang Okoro, but was rather working to consolidate the charges...
By Reuben Abati … I thoroughly enjoyed reading Pius Adesanmi’s “A Nigerian, Library and Lawmakers” (Sahara Reporters, December 24). I will like to add a footnote...
The federal government (FG) says it has began the payment of N5, 000 monthly stipends to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the country through...
The names of the All Progressives Congress members in the South-East geopolitical zone are missing from the records of the party, THE PUNCH learnt on Monday....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said, yesterday that the Federal Government has only paid N20 billion, out of the N500 billion budgeted as fuel price increase...
By the end of this year, the Federal Government would have spent, at least, N14.35 billion on the up-keep of former presidents, vice presidents and their...
Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola has reiterated that his side are not in Premier League title race this season even after his side defeated Burnley FC...
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said his team couldn’t have played better than they did on Monday against Sunderland, having played against Manchester City only two...
Heavily armed policemen Monday stormed the Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training Mambayya House Kano and disrupted an event organized by Kwankwasiyya Foundation, Daily...
More tales of woes visited the Nigerian aviation sector in the month of December 2016 as fuel scarcity and turbulent harmatan haze led to disruption of...
Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system experienced serious blood letting when no less than 60 inmates were feared dead in riot sparked by a war between rival drug...
The National Pension Commission has said its management would not risk investing pension funds in any sector due to insincerity plaguing the system. This is in...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has advised Biafran separatists both at home and in diaspora to be prepared for a referendum to decide whether...
Pregnant women are usallly at crossroads as to what to eat most times. It’s good news to be pregnant most times but it is usually better...
The House of Representatives moved into 2017 with a backlog of 499 bills still far from hitting the third reading mark, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday....
Just like Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Kaduna State chapter, has attributed the killings in southern Kaduna on reprisal attacks...
Just as Nigerians, especially the people of North East celebrate the success so far recorded by the Nigerian Army in rooting out Boko Haram and its...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State has described last week’s swearing in of council chairmen and councillors for the 17 local government areas (LGAs)...
Brazilian police investigating the murder of Greek ambassador to the country Kyriakos Amiridis have established the fact that the envoy was killed by his wife’s lover...
The police in Turkey has launched a manhunt for a gunman who attacked a nightclub in Istanbul killing no less than 39 people in the crowded...
The daughter of Choi Soon-sil, friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested by Danish police. Choi’s daughter, Chung Yoo-ra was arrested for her...
Luck ran out for a member of a notorious robbery gang terrorising students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, after he was nabbed by...
Twitter executive exodus continues as Kathy Chen, head of its business in China has quit her post. Her exit comes after CTO Adam Messinger and COO...
Nigerian equities closed 2016 with a net capital loss of N604 billion in spite of a strong last-month rally in December that saw equities rallying N558...
Over N534 billion in revenue was lost by the power sector in 2016, according to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). Among the reasons for the...
Election into the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo will hold between January 6 and 9. The outgoing leadership of the organisation, led by Professor Enwo Gary...
Even after commending the Nigerian government and Army for its recent feat against the terrorist group Boko Haram, by capturing its Sambisa Forest stronghold, the opposition...
Defiant President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh has declared while delivering a New Year’s speech that he is ready to defend his country against external aggression after...
In what appears a co-ordinated response to President Buhari’s unclear intention in the Niger Delta, the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on new...
Goals from Olivier Giroud in the first half and Alex Iwobi in the last 45 minutes spurred Arsenal to a comfortable 2-0 win against Crystal Palace...
Thousands of Nigerian pensioners were denied their payments during the Yuletide period due to CBN’s misunderstanding with commercial banks over non acceptance of biometric exercise carried...
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo..Long before the 2015 election, I met a Facebook friend, Emeka Nwokeocha, in New York City. It was at a time when former President...
An Illinois law is proving a thorn in Facebook’s side as a class action lawsuit, alleging mishandling of biometric information, moves toward trial. The latest developments...
A Brazilian police officer Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho has confessed he killed Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis after the envoy caught the cop having an affair with...
Those wishing to see Tiwa Savage and Teebillz back together again as husband and wife may have had their wishes answered after all as the pair...
The troubled capital of Maiduguri in Borno State has been hit again by a suicide bomber on New Year’s Eve. The blast according to an eyewitness,...
Fear has gripped some villages in Rafi local government area of Niger State, after heavily armed gunmen attacked two communities in the area, kidnapping residents, rustling...
Defiant North Korean President Kim Jong-un revealed during his New Year address that his country is in the “final stages” of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile...
President Muhammdu Buhari on Saturday had dinner with the Guards Brigade in Abuja, where he was presented with the flag of the Boko Haram sect, and...
The latest wave of terror attacks to hit Turkey saw gunmen attack a popular night club killing no less than 39 people and wounded dozens more....
