None of Real Madrid strikers was called up
Real Madrid is going through hard times and it is evidently clear this time as none of the team strikers was called up for the international duty with their respective countries. The…
Herders arrest ‘kidnapper’ in Ondo
Fulani herdsmen in Akoko area of Ondo State have reportedly arrested another member of seven suspected kidnappers terrorising residents of the area. Four of the gangsters were…
Buhari exempts firms with N25m turnover from VAT
Firms making a turnover of N25 million and below will be exempted from payment of the Value Added Tax (VAT), President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. He stated this while…
PDP urges lawmakers to redirect 2020 budget
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented that the 2020 budget proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Tuesday, will…
BBNaija: Mercy receives N25m innoson SUV
Days after the end of Season Four of Big Brother Naija, operators of the franchise, Multichoice, has disclosed that Nigeria has the biggest and best Big Brother House. The…
Manchester United ‘remain fully supportive’ of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United apparently ‘remain fully supportive’ of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer despite the club’s worst start to a season for 30 years. Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at struggling…
Igbeneghu… Forsaken by UNILAG, Foursquare
A lecturer’s unethical behaviour has led to his suspension from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) after an undercover report indicted him, report KOFOROWOLA BELO-OSAGIE and …
$9.6b judgment: CCB gets petition against ex-CJN Belgore
THE Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has received a petition on former Chief of Justice of Nigeria Alfa Belgore. Belgore was accused of testifying against the country in favour…
Truecaller writes NITDA, says they will comply with Nigeria’s data protection regulation
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, has said Truecaller will harmonise its operations to suit the…
Sex For Grades saga: My life is in danger – BBC journalist, Mordi cries out
Kiki Mordi, an undercover journalist with the BBC Africa Eye, says she received threats after completing an investigation which exposed sexual harassment in West African universities.…
No evidence of sex-for-grades against our lecturers in BBC video, says Ghana varsity
Margaret Amoakohene, chairperson of the anti-sexual harassment committee of the University of Ghana (UG), says there is no evidence that two of its lecturers seen in…
Lagos’ mega city dream under threat
Lagos dreams of becoming one of Africa’s mega cities. While its economy is flourishing, ease of movement and seamless traffic, a major investor’s consideration, is scuttled by lack of…
Donald Trump threatens to ‘destroy’ Turkey’s economy if it goes ‘off limits’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to “totally destroy and obliterate” the Turkish economy if Turkey takes any action he considered “off-limits” following his…
CBN Mutilated Notes: N900m did not disappear in our Custody – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said N900million mutilated notes recovered from some bank officials did not disappear from its vaults as being…
Police hunt for men who raped salesgirl to death
Men of the Edo State Police Command have begun hunt for some rapists who raped a 17-year-old girl identified as Peace Onaiwu to death. Peace was found raped to death inside the shop where she…
Man kills wife after being taunted about erectile dysfunction
A British man bludgeoned his wife to death after she called him “limp and useless” over his erectile dysfunction during a row about DIY, a court has heard. David Pomphret,…
Hong Kong leader wants city to resolve protests on its own, won’t rule out mainland help
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday she would not rule out getting help from mainland China to deal with pro-democracy protests, but that she feels strongly Hong Kong…
On Chibok girls, David Cameron may be right
I have read both the accounts of the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and that of our former president Dr Goodluck Jonathan on what transpired in the…
Sex-for-grade: Plaudits for Foursquare Gospel Church , shame for COZA
Some Nigerians were quick to draw a comparison between the reactions of The FourSquare Gospel Church over sex-for-grade scandal, involving its pastor and University of Lagos…
FBI, EFCC jail Nigerian Ighodalo for $1m wire transfer fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has secured the conviction and sentencing of Nigerian Augustine Ighodalo to five years imprisonment for…
Your move to withdraw from Syria foolish – Pelosi tells Trump
“Once again, President Trump is deserting an ally in a foolish attempt to appease an authoritarian strongman”, said Democratic Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in…
I was sexually harassed in the university, says Fayemi’s wife
Bisi Fayemi, wife of the governor of Ekiti state, says she faced sexual harassment while she was a university student. Fayemi said this on Monday during the premiering of…
Security beef up as Buhari presents budget today
Some parts of the National Assembly Complex was painted on Monday in preparation for the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday (today).The budget presentation ceremony is…
Re: $26bn Diaspora remittances: Where are the dollars?
The above question was posed in an article in The PUNCH newspaper edition of September 9, 2019, by columnist Henry Boyo. I have been a daily reader of The PUNCH for the past 10 years and I have not yet, read any…