Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to the mainstream...
The Abuja-based PUNCH Newspaper correspondent, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was kidnapped from his Kubwa home on Thursday night, has been freed by his abductors. Nnodim regained his...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. FG dismisses reports on WHO removal of Nigeria from list of countries to receive COVID-19...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 1,588 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
At least 47 Kano female medical doctors in Kano have returned from Sudan after successfully completing their training programme in the North African nation. The Chief...
A former member of House of Representatives representing Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency in Nasarawa State, Haruna Kigbu, on Saturday, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday, Nigeria would continue to partner with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other countries to ensure accelerated manufacturing and unhindered...
The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered an investigation into the recent clash between herdsmen and farmers in Eggua, Yewa-North local government area of the...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) n Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Marafa, on Saturday declared his faction’s readiness for genuine reconciliation with a group...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday dismissed as misplaced reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has delisted Nigeria from the list...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Oluchukwu Onu, who excreted 86 wraps of cocaine. The Head of Public Affairs...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said on Saturday the Federal Government was making efforts to get the COVID-19 vaccines to the country by the...
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Saturday revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos. Gbajabiamila, who undertook the exercise...
The Presidency on Saturday knocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its opposition to the recent nomination of former service chiefs as envoys. The PDP had...
A former pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Mike Davids, has released audio evidence on how the founder of the church, Apostle Johnson Suleman, allegedly...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed delight at the United States endorsement of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the World Trade Organisation...
The first week of February wasn’t good for the Nigerian capital market as the Nigerian bourse lost N300 billion in market capitalisation having opened the week,...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the Federal Government as well as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),...
The Federal Government has set up visitation panels for the new tertiary institutions which include 25 Federal Polytechnics and 21 Colleges of Education, which were recently...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has set out plans to build RUGA settlements for repentant bandits who are ready to embrace his peace moves...
The World Bank has approved a $500 million loan to improve access to electricity in Nigeria and expand the metered network of power distribution companies. The...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, expressed optimism that insurgency would soon come to an end in...
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamu Garba, has thrown his weight behind the recent directive by the Central...
The newly elected President of the United States of America, Joe Biden said in a US media interview of Friday that Donald Trump should not continue...
Two Venezuelan officials from the state oil company PDVSA have both been sentenced each to a five-year jail term on charges of providing the US with...
The Edo State government has recorded no fewer than 29 fresh cases of COVID-19 and has also confirmed the recovery of 16 patients who have tested...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has lamented the invasion of farms in different parts of the country by herdsmen and their cows. The Islamic group, while...
The Kaduna State government has filed a criminal suit against a kingmaker Wazirin Zazzau, Ibrahim Aminu, for alleged forgery and violation of the Official Secret Act....
A 22-year-old hairstylist, Joy Olaka-Wogu has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Port Harcourt, Rivers State Magistrate Court for stealing and trafficking in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. 1,624 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 137,654. Deaths, recoveries updated Nigeria on Friday...
Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,624 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The United States government on Friday declared its “strong support” for Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO)....
Police operatives have arrested the leader and other members of a syndicate impersonating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to defraud unsuspecting members of the public...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said on Friday 62.63 percent of electricity consumers in the country were on estimated billing as of September 2020. NERC...
A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, on Friday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider the South-East for the presidency in 2023. Nnamani, who made...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday approved the appointment of a Federal Government’s liquidator for Process and Industrial Developments (Nigeria) Limited....
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension earlier placed on Emirates Airlines flights in Nigeria. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested a fake medical doctor, Edidiong Emmanuel Inyang, who specializes in employment scam. The EFCC’s...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday sentenced two internet fraudsters, Ighosotu Daniel Duwa and Eseoghene Oruteri Enoch, to one year...
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced one Temitope Awobeku to two years imprisonment for N200million fraud. Awobeku was arraigned by the...
Gunmen who abducted the Abuja correspondent of The PUNCH, Okechukwu Nnodim, have demanded N10 million ransom for his release. Nnodim was kidnapped by a five-man gang...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State chapter, on Friday passed a “vote of no confidence” on the Rector of the...
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Friday, described President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of the immediate past...
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume seeking the reversal of an Appeal Court’s ruling which barred him from last...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, who announced this in a circular dated February 4, said the airline was suspended...
Twenty six states in Nigeria including Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, and 10 other...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. S. African entrepreneur Nic Haralambous launches fund to support small businesses...
The volume of capital imported into Nigeria in 2020 dropped by 59.65 percent in 2020 dropping from $23.99 billion in 2019 to $9.68 billion in 2020....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly banned the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in Nigeria, three months after the country became the second...
A tragic scene played out at Afor Awo Market in Awo Omamma community, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, as two people where killed...
