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Only 341 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by Nigeria on Saturday, the lowest in February and since the second wave of the pandemic began last December. Until Saturday, the lowest…

The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have been released and are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the…

Dangote Group has suggested for inclusion in the Petroleum Industry Bill a provision that the licence to import petroleum products should be assigned only to companies with active refining licences. The company, which…

The Senate has concluded necessary arrangements to summon the management of the Bureau of Public Enterprises for a meeting over the plan of the Federal…

Protests have started in Imo State, against Senator Rochas Okorocha representing Imo West Senatorial District, following the controversies that trailed the Okorocha unsealing the government sealed Royal Spring Palm…

Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force (PTF) and secretary to the government of the federation, says Nigeria will receive four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. This was disclosed in a…

Chilling. I mean very chilling. I felt a shiver down my spine on Tuesday when I saw the video of “new” Niger Delta militants, with war weapons, threatening to bomb Abuja and Lagos because of the “underdevelopment” of the…

In a statement issued on Saturday, the former Edo State Governor accused some individuals of efforts to misrepresent his views on certain issues. He recalled how President Buhari worked tirelessly to persuade and campaign…

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, says the Nigerian-Canadian company mining gold in Nigeria’s Osun State is to start exporting the precious metal in June this year. Mr. Adegbite made the…

A total of 124 ambassadors and heads of international organisations based in Geneva have criticised some Swiss newspapers for describing Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a “66-year-old Nigerian grandmother”. At least three…

A Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organizations for Petroleum and Energy Security on Saturday sought the sustenance of deregulation of the price of the…

A video of an unidentified man disclosing how he transfers people’s money using their SIM cards to get their bank details have been making rounds on social…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, may be fighting the political battle of his life as he rallies…

There is confusion in Rashid Ladoja’s camp as his men, instead of working in unison, seem to have been divided and are now negotiating with different political parties and groups ahead of their eventual exit…

Abubakar Bello, governor of Niger, says the state did not pay ransom for the release of students abducted from Government Science College, Kagara. On February 17, gunmen attacked the…

The abducted schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, may regain freedom today. A very competent source informed Sunday PUNCH on…

The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has stopped daughter of former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from imposing levies on traders at the Computer Village in…

Man City manager, Pep Guardiola has said that City winning 20 games in succession could be the greatest achievement under his tenure. The citizens grind out a 2-1…

Prominent Imo indigenes and opinion moulders, among them traditional, religious, political, academic, business and youth leaders, on Saturday mandated Governor Hope Uzodimma to…

The Department of State Services has finally confirmed that Salihu Tanko Yakasai is in its custody. Yakasai was arrested on Saturday after demanding Buhari’s resignation over the failure of his government to…

After retiring from boxing, Mike Tyson has dedicated time to his own businesses, one of which has to do with cannabis plantation. His company is called ‘Tyson…

Britain bid farewell on Saturday to Captain Tom Moore with a televised funeral for the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic. Soldiers…

Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), on Saturday, said the effort to contain insurgents by the Army under his command was not appreciated by Nigerians. The ex-Army boss spoke in…

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola at the weekend dismissed reports that he received 96- month salary arrears in secret when he served as the governor of Osun state. He described the report as…