The Nigerian Army has explained why the men of the Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, took over the premises of a company belonging to Mr....
A police sergeant, identified as Doctor Ogheneovo, attached to the Effurun Roundabout park of Goddy Agofure Transport Company, has reportedly shot a commercial bus driver dead....
The House of Representatives has postponed by one week its anticipated resumption, The PUNCH learnt in Abuja on Sunday. This also implies that the expected action...
THERE is tension in Edo ahead of the September 10 governorship election, as students writing the General Certificate of Education, GCE, examinations and their parents have...
The Chairman of the Non academic Staff of University, ( NASU), Obafemi Awolowo University Chapter, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Wole Odewunmi has alleged that there are scandalous...
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Sunday said arrangements had been concluded by NAF to deploy additional personnel to the Niger...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned the Federal Government to put in place short-term measures to cushion the...
The score card has come in and the Federal Government has performed woefully. I will spare us the boredom of reeling out the stats all over...
A member of the United States Congress, Tom Marino, has written a letter to Secretary of State, John Kerry, asking the US government to withhold security...
A factional National Chairman of the People Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff and former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo held a closed door meeting at his...
Stephen Adeuti has emerged Labour Party’s (LP’s) candidate for the coming governorship election in Ondo State. The party party’s primary took place at the Royal Bird...
With the alarming (and climbing) rate of childhood obesity, it’s more important than ever that parents model healthy behaviors for their children. Being a fit family...
Concerned by what they perceive as ‘benumbing apathy’ to the cause of rescuing Chibok girls, members of the “Bring Back Our Girls” advocacy movement are now...
No fewer than 14 staff members of Nestoil Plc. have been abducted in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was learnt that the company...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed five more cases of Lassa fever across four states in the last 11 days. Two cases were reported...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday, Sept. 12 as the Eid-El-Kabir Day, 1437 AH. This followed the announcement of Saturday, Sept.3...
Kingsley Agbaire, a Warri, Delta State-based businessman, allegedly killed his business partner and then broke down as the deceased’s body was exhumed to beg his ghost...
Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State former chairman, Niyi Pirisola has been assassinated by unknown gunmen. According to report, he was killed in the early hours of...
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has condemned the call for the country to break up, saying the statement credited to Prof. Ango Abdullahi is unpatriotic. The...
A socio-political organisation, Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism, on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to shun any form of negotiation with the Boko...
THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, yesterday, disowned some of his subjects “claiming to be representing either the Olu or the Itsekiri people” in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the police to arrest government officials accused of stealing food aid intended for victims of Boko Haram in the North-east Nigeria,...
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) said on Friday that it had identified and closed down five illegal study centres operating in different parts of...
The Abagana Welfare Association, AWA, in Anambra State has declared four prominent traditional leaders of the community missing. The Onowu (traditional Prime Minister) of Abagana, High...
A 28-year-old fashion designer, identified only as Ituah, has been beaten up by a mob on Mosaku Street, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, for...
The figures are out, and Nigeria is officially in a state of recession. We are in the worst situation ever imagined. But I was proven right...
Telecoms giant, MTN has announced its music brand ambassadors for the year 2016/2017 via a statement it issued earlier today, as the brand continues to provide...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said that the Pension Fund is under threat from the government and employers of labour in...
Despite efforts by Julius Agwu’s US manager, Bishop to calm nerves over the health status of the comedian, Nigerian’s who are still worried about Julius were...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government will collaborate with Bauchi State to resuscitate Durbar Festival and other cultural heritage...
According to friends, family members and colleagues of fair skinned actor Leo Mazi who is said to be battling kidney problems, more funds still need to...
Gombe State executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been dissolved by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. The National Secretary of...
Senator Ben Bruce has come to the cheer of youths in Nigeria saying there are many Mark Zuckerberg’s out there. In a tweet posted on his...
The pair of Funke Akindele and Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC have both revealed through a statement signed by their publicist Biodun Kupoluyi why they both chose...
Dealing with pimples can be traumatic, but itchy ones are downright annoying! While people of any age can deal with pimples, they are most common in...
The Anti-Robbery Squad of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, has arrested a four-man gang that had allegedly been terrorising residents of the Ikorodu...
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday commenced moves to charge the suspected kidnappers of the Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni to court for criminal conspiracy,...
About four policemen have been arrested and detained for the alleged extra-judicial killing of 17-year-old boy, Innocent Kokorifa. The victim, first out of five children of...
University teachers, on Tuesday, again warned of a looming strike in the nation’s universities if the Federal Government fails to address urgently the many challenges facing...
The Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group, BBOG, has frowned at the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that the Boko Haram terrorists should determine the...
Electricity consumers in Ijeshatedo in SuruLere Local Government Area, Lagos State, have threatened not to pay their monthly electricity bills to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company...
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress, Segun Oni, has said the party was elected to do the impossible. He, however, said Nigerians...
About 48 hours after he was reportedly sacked by his employers, Cool FM, controversial radio personality, Freeze has been handed back his job after he reportedly...
Few days after she officially became a wife again with the name Mrs Funke Akindele Bello (FAB), the actress has issued a memo to those intruding...
Sporadic gunfire caused pandemonium at Kuje Prison, Abuja, on Monday, following a riot by some inmates, who resisted the attempt by prison officials to search their...
Two persons were feared dead as a four-storeyed building collapsed at Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja, on Monday. Six construction workers were rescued and taken to the Gwarimpa...
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has come to the defence of Fulani herdsmen, saying they are not criminals contrary to the belief of majority...
Exactly 48 hours after he was sacked from Cool FM following his last controversial picture post he shared on social media which pictured him cuddling and...
Controversial media personality Kemi Olunloyo is on the receiving end of Twitter users again after she declared on the social media platform that Nigerian men are...
The US manager of stand-up comedian Julius Agwu simply identified as Bishop has denied reports by GoldMyne TV that the Rivers State born music-comedy exponent suffered...