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Nigerian Government has scrapped Award of HND Certificates by Polytechnics. The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, today where the approval of a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system was…

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), says 2018 will be a busy year because it plans to dispose assets like Aero Contractors and Arik Air. In April, AMCON said it is willing to exit the aviation sector if the owners of…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it intends to review the financial model used to determine the tariff payable by electricity consumers. Last week, James Momoh, NERC chairman, was quoted to have said the…

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has closed five bank branches on Allen Avenue over illegal building use. The affected banks are Access Bank, Sterling Bank, Zenith Bank, Unity Bank and United Bank for Africa (UBA).…

Muhammadu Kazaure, an All Progressives Congress (APC) house of representatives member from Jigawa state, has disassociated himself from the reported plan to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. A joint executive session of the both…

A family shaded the heck out of their 80-year-old relative in a newspaper obituary because she left her husband and kids to go live with her brother in law. Kathleen Dehmlow passed away last Thursday in Springfield, Minnesota. In an…

Commercial banks are expected to adopt N360/$ exchange rate in reporting their 2018 financial results, a report from Exotic Capital, a developing market investment bank, has said. The rate contrasts with the N330/$ rate reported by…

•Bars employers from sacking married women The Federal Government has increased maternity leave for Nigerian women from three to four months. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this at the ongoing…

Pep Guardiola declined to respond to criticism from Yaya Toure after the ex-Manchester City midfielder accused his former coach of being “cruel to him” and having “problems with Africans.” Toure, 35, was released by the City boss at…

Intrigues, highwire politicking and intensive lobbying are at work at the Nigerian Presidency and Police Force Headquarters (FHQ), Louis Edet House Garki, Abuja, as President Muhammadu…

I am a young man who started my journalism career in 2001 at the age of 15 immediately I finished my secondary education, pursuing a career path I had nursed as a child for a very long time before taking the bold step I took to approach a…

Mastercard on Monday said it was changing a campaign in which thousands of free meals were to be given to the needy every time football superstars Neymar and Messi scored goals. Under the scheme, every time the Brazil and Argentina…

His nickname is “Money” so it comes as no surprise that Floyd Mayweather has topped the Forbes annual list of the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes. The retired American boxer has taken top spot on the Forbes sports rich list for the…

A woman, Zainab Olatunji, has been arrested by the police for alleged conspiracy and malicious damage of two vehicles. PUNCH Metro gathered that Olatunji on June 3, 2018, celebrated her birthday in the Papa Ashafa, Agege area of Lagos…

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday opposed the move by the House of Representatives to criminalise estimated billing by electricity distribution…

Some residents of Offa in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday staged another protest to counter the Monday protest against the invitation of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, by the police. The police on Sunday…

There was a mild drama on the Banana Island Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Saturday after residents waylaid the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, who had allegedly visited the estate to inaugurate a project. Buratai, our…

Police in Benue State have declared that 188 persons are currently facing prosecution over the anti-open grazing law in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, also said that another 61 armed bandits…

Cleveland star LeBron James and Golden State’s Stephen Curry said Tuesday the NBA Finals winner will not be visiting US President Donald Trump in the White House no matter whether the Cavaliers or Warriors win the crown. Both spoke a…

Prominent indigenes of Kwara State, on Tuesday, gave their views about the allegations made against Senate President Bukola Saraki by suspects arrested over the April 5 Offa bank robberies, in which about 30 persons were killed, among…

A member of the House of Representative, Muhammed Kazaure, has said that his colleagues cannot impeach President Muhammadu Buhari as they threatened on Tuesday.Addressing a press conference shortly after a closed-door session of the…

A 35-year-old man, Auwal Kasimu, on Tuesday dragged his neighbour, Bilkisu Abdullahi to court over alleged uncontrolled noise from her grinding machine.Mr Kasimu told the court that, Bilkisu, who is his uncle’s wife, was causing his…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency not to take any further steps in their alleged…

The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Tuesday that information about the amount of taxpayer fund suspected to have been expended on President Muhammadu Buhari’s treatment in London last year, could not be released under the Freedom…