Eyes on Ndidi against rampant Man City
AS second-placed Leicester City travel to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium to play one of their toughest match in the English Premier League (EPL), the Foxes will…
Dangote refinery: Governors’ Forum hails Lagos
Lagos State Government on Friday got commendation from Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for creating enabling atmosphere for the smooth take-off of the petrochemical…
Head of federal agency’s son caught with Lamborghini, $5m in Dubai
THE head of a federal agency is under intense investigation for financial recklessness. The head of the agency was said to have come under the searchlight of anti-corruption…
Trump ‘shellshocked’ after impeachment, say White House aides
Donald Trump was reportedly left “shellshocked” and “subdued” after becoming the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. In…
FG may shift deadline to deactivate bank accounts without tax verification
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, has said that the Finance Bill might not be effective from January 1, 2020, if signed…
Rates continue to decline as banks struggle to meet CBN’s 65% minimum LDR
Over the last few days, there have been notices from a couple of banks advising a downward review of deposit rates. Banks have continued to lower their lending and…
BREAKING: Court grants EFCC’s request to detain Adoke for 14 days
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to detain Mohammed Adoke, former…
Malami keeps mum over Adoke’s fate
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has refused to comment on the ongoing trial of his predecessor, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN).…
Ultra-processed food flagged for diabetes
A new research has flagged ultra-processed foods for increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Among ultra-processed foods are: sugary drinks, packaged snacks, and…
Lady narrates experience with Abuja landlord who told her not to have male visitors
A young Nigerian lady identified simply as Eketi has taken to the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to narrate her experience with a landlord in Abuja. The lady said the landlord gave her ridiculous…
Lagos APC formally receives Ogunlewe, Okunola, others
Tunde Balogun, Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the defection of bigwigs from opposition parties to the…
EFCC auctions 244 seized vehicles in Port Harcourt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has commenced the processes involved in the auctioning of 244 vehicles forfeited to the Federal Government by illegal oil…
Ekiti PDP Threatens Legal Action against Fayose over Sale of Party’s Secretariat
Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the former governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, of allegedly arm-twisted the party over the sale of the new secretariat built by the…
Forte Oil Plc Shareholders Approve Name Change to Ardova Plc
Shareholders of Forte Oil Plc has authorised the board of directors to change the name of the company to Ardova Plc. The approval was given at the an extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) held in Lagos on Tuesday.At the…
National Assembly N37bn renovation: Members adamant, approve N22bn for FERMA’s road repairs, others
The National Assembly approved N22.89bn for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency’s capital expenditure in the 2020 budget, checks by The PUNCH on Thursday revealed.One of our correspondents also observed that …
PRP asks N/Assembly to reject Buhari’s request to borrow $29.6bn
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has urged the National Assembly not to approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $29.6bn.The PRP in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji…
JAMB generates N20bn in 3 years
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board has generated N20 billion from University and…
If I talk about Nigeria, nobody’ll sleep again – T.Y Danjuma
A former Minister of Defence, retired General Theophilus Danjuma, says if he reveals what is happening in the country, Nigerians will no longer sleep.He spoke yesterday at the University of Ibadan during the…
The Ogun APC ‘Civil War’
This exercise is not akin to the Labour Party being in disarray or playing the blame game after a crushing defeat by the Conservatives. Several opinion polls had…
John Dingell: Trump is cruel, needs prayers, says Nancy Pelosi
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Donald Trump needs prayer. She was reacting to what she called his cruel swipe at the late Rep. John Dingell during a…
Electricity tariff hike imminent, says Minister
The Federal Government is set to increase electricity tariffs as it expects the completion of power projects across the country, the Minister of…
‘61,154 patients visited Yaba Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in 2019’
Oluwayemi Ogun, medical director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, says 61,154 patients visited the facility in 2019. Speaking on Wednesday…
Adidas, Beyonce to launch gender-neutral collection
Adidas will start selling a new collection designed with singer Beyonce on Jan. 18 in a relaunch of her Ivy Park brand that includes shoes, clothes and accessories, mostly in…
How Donald Trump made his own impeachment inevitable
As rare as impeachments may be, today’s impeachment of Donald Trump, president of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors was pretty much…