As Christine Lagarde’s Exit Looms, IMF Removes Age Limit For Managing Director
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has removed the age limit for the position of managing director. It said on Thursday: “The board of governors has…
Buhari mourns Robert Mugabe
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to the government and people of Zimbabwe over the passing of the founding father and former President, Robert Mugabe, 95. The…
MTN board rejects xenophobic attacks
The board of MTN Nigeria on Thursday rejected xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other nationals in South Africa. Its Chairman, Ernest Ndukwe, in a statement, said the…
ANDY RUIZ REMATCH: I will be more intelligent, says Joshua
ANTHONY Joshua says he needs to be more intelligent in his rematch with Andy Ruiz and expose the weaknesses he knows exist in the heavyweight champion’s game. The pair meet…
FBI List: We’ve Arrested Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, Uncovered N1 Billion In His Account,…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation has Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, one of the 77 Nigerians…
Nigerian Security Agents Foil Carjacking At US Embassy Car Park, Arrest Suspect
Security agents stationed at the United States of America's embassy today (Friday) foiled an attempt by an unidentified man to break into a vehicle at a car park designated for…
Everyone dies in the end, even Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe (for 30 plus years) is dead. No one is really surprised by this, in fact it was expected once he was ‘gently’ removed from his post as…
Give each LG N1bn from recovered loot – Falana tells FG
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has asked the federal government to give each of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria at least N1 billion from the funds it recovered since 1999.…
P&ID $9.6 bn Debt: The Obasanjo, Military Connections
DANJUMA’S STAKES IN THE COMPANY REVEALED As the federal government moves to explore means to escape payment of the controversial $9.6 bn P&1D judgment debt, feelers emerging from…
Lagos assembly threatens to proscribe NURTW
The Lagos state house of assembly has warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state to desist from violence. At its sitting on Thursday, the…
Lawyers split on $9.6b debt, Irish firm may opt for talks
How Nigeria, as a sovereign nation, can repudiate the $9.6 billion judgment debt it incurred from a failed gas contract with Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) remains…
Economy attracted $5.8b in Q2, says NBS
GOING by the capital importation report released on Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the value of capital inflow into the Nigeria economy stood at $5.82 billion in…
Boycott South African businesses, Oshiomhole urges Nigerians
The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday urged the Federal Government and the citizens to take strong measures against…
With Runsewe’s barking, can he bite Bobrisky?
Judging from happenings in the last three weeks, activities of controversial cross-dresser, Bobrisky, have reached the point where government can no longer ignore or dismiss him as unserious. The Director-General of…
Teacher ‘rapes’, ‘impregnates’ 12-year-old pupil
A 37-year-old teacher at Gurel Primary School, Namtari, a community in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has allegedly raped his 12-year-old pupil. Our correspondent gathered…
Tenant’s decomposing body found in Lagos apartment
The recent discovery of the decomposing body of a tenant, Ijeoma Eminista, in her one-room apartment at No. 21 Onitolo Street, Surulere, Lagos State, threw other residents of the house into confusion.PUNCH Metro…
Xenophobia: President Buhari’s Special Envoy, Ahmed Abubakar Arrives In South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari’s special envoy has arrived in Johannesburg, for a meeting with South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa. The special representative of the President is the…
Nigerian ‘defrauds’ USA Internal Revenue office of $770,000
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Idris Akande at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the United States…
Nigeria considers legal option against South Africa
THE xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and others in South Africa have festered because of the failure of that country’s government to act as required, Federal Government officials said on…
BREAKING: Robert Mugabe is dead
Former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is dead. He died in Singapore aged 95, as confirmed on twitter by current President Emmerson Mnangagwa According to Mnangagwa: “It is with the…
South East govs won’t apologise to IPOB – Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi on Thursday said the South-East governors have no apology to tender to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a recent open letter to the…
Battle for running mate begins in Bayelsa PDP
Gladiators in the Governor Seriake Dickson’s caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa State are engaged in a battle of wit to decide the running mate to the party’s candidate, Senator…
No refund of money – Oshiomhole tells Kogi gov aspirants
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday dashed the hope of a possible refund of money to aspirants who lost the party’s governorship ticket in…
Wanted man appointed into MC Oluomo’s committee
A man declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command in January has been appointed into the caretaker committee of the National Union of Road Transport Workers led by Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo.The man,…