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AN Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, yesterday, granted leave to applicants in a suit, seeking an Order of Mandamus to compel the House of Assembly and the Speaker to constitute a medical panel to assess…

The recent announcement by Procter and Gamble regarding plans to cease operations in Nigeria echoes a Déjà vu moment for consumers, raising fears of significant job losses and escalating prices of essential items…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, appointed and sworn in another Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola, months after…

According to a circular from the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), banks in Nigeria have been directed to take down every non-deposit taking financial institution from their NIP fund transfer…

As the saying goes: “To stumble on the same stone twice is a proverbial disgrace.” This wisecrack is more than a timely counsel as Nigerians eagerly await…

A yet-to-be-identified female adult has been found dead in a hotel at Morogbo in the Badagry area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on Friday, November 31, after the deceased lodged…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja said it intercepted 13 units of imported vehicles, nine trailer loads of foreign rice, and 18,100 litres of premium motor spirit worth N873m. The…

The former Secretary General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, is dead. Chief Kokori…

The president of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, on Wednesday evening, visited his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu, at the State House in…

Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks about the July  1, 2021 midnight invasion of his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services and the future of…

Secretary to the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, David Mike, has said that gunmen carted away petitions of four parties…

NASU, SSANU deny receiving withheld salaries Negotiation skills of the labour movement have progressively been on the…

The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State chapter, has reiterated the need for the doctrine of necessity to be activated over the continued…

US actor Jamie Foxx made his first public appearance in Hollywood since suffering a mysterious medical emergency, telling an award show that he had not been able to even walk six months ago. Making a surprise appearance…

The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside his conviction by the lower court over alleged rape of minor. Olaleye, in a notice of appeal filed by…

Agbor Major, a factional leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has said that the political marriage between the leadership of the party and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso collapsed because of Kwankwaso’s alleged…

The senate has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, to appear before it for 2024 budget defence. This was made…

Between 2022/2023 137 new billionaires have emerged across the world and a new study has shown that most of these individuals about 38.6% owe their wealth to family inheritance. The UBS Billionaire Ambitions…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 11 justices to the Supreme Court. This disclosure is contained in a press statement issued by the NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Wednesday,…

The funeral for late Tinuola Aina, the 90-year-old sister of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, will begin in Lagos on Thursday with a service of song. Aina died on November 7, 2023, according to a statement by her family.…

The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila has countered the claim that the sum of N10 billion was allocated for the renovation of his residence, adding that such publication is from merchants of fake news.…

Former lawmakers elected in the botched Third Republic on Wednesday demanded the immediate payment of their unpaid salaries and allowances. Leading a delegation of the Third Republic Forum to present an award of selfless…

The State House has earmarked N9.5bn for the purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, Sport Utility Vehicles, operational vehicles, plain cars and the construction of an office complex for Special Advisers and Senior…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has denied news in circulation that he was at Kuje prison to visit embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Speaking with Vanguard on behalf of the monarch on…