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6A business group warned on Tuesday that a labour shortage in Canada is deepening, with more than 430,000 jobs at small and medium-sized firms remaining unfilled for at least four months.The job vacancy rate has risen to 3.3…

Lionel Messi’s fifth-place finish in this year’s Ballon d’Or vote was absurd, his FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said of the Spanish champions’ Argentina forward on Tuesday.Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric took…

In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.The breakthrough operation, performed in September 2016 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, shows that…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, met in Abuja on Tuesday in Abuja, THE PUNCH learnt last night.The meeting was also attended by the National Chairman…

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday took a swipe at the 16 years Presidency of the Peoples Democratic Party, saying the state benefited nothing from the party’s reign.Ambode spoke at the National Consultative Forum of…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will spend Christmas with Kate Middleton and Prince William despite speculation of a rift, it has been reported. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be looking forward to the festive…

In its first intervention in the foreign exchange market for the month of December, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 injected the sum of $210 million in the inter-bank foreign exchange…

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected an appeal to him by the party to lead the national campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential elections across…

A Lagos Federal High Court presided by Justice Saliu Saidu Tuesday ordered the destruction of 14-container loads of proscribed drug, Tramadol, confiscated at Apapa Wharf, Lagos, by the Nigerian before the court for the destruction…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday commenced door-to-door campaign at Nyanya and Karu suburbs of the FCT, prompting residents to troop out chanting “Sai Baba’’. He took the campaign to door steps in support…

Two key US Republican senators said they have “zero” doubt Saudi Arabia’s crown prince directed the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Senators came to the emphatic conclusion after they were briefed by the CIA…

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has directed the Chinese Civil Engineering Company (CCECC), the contractors handling the Lagos-Ibadan railway, to ensure that the train becomes operational before February…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation  (NNPC) yesterday said it lost over $800million revenue to all the stakeholders owing to breaches of contracts of its old regime. The state-run oil firm said this year,…

•Niger records highest number of applicants THE Police Service Commission  (PSC) said yesterday that five days after  the announcement of the  recruitment of 10,000 into the Police as constables, 21,878 have applied so far.…

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the government of being vindictive in its application of labour laws. It insisted that Nigerian workers will not accept being turned into slaves in their own country as a result…

Nigerian music producer, K-Solo has hit out at Presidential spokesperson Lauretta Onochie for using fake photos from Atiku’s campaign. Solomon Oyeniyi, aka K-Solo, was reacting to a post on Twitter where Lauretta was exposed to have…

Yahoo Plus boy in Ghana has cried out for help as he claimed that evil spirits, fire and lions haunt him after his attempt to get rich quick through the fetish means. According to him, his love to get rich at all cost took him to a…

Japan is giving away approximately 8 million abandoned houses for free, and I am sure you must be planning to relocate to the country. I know you might be wondering why there is such huge number of abandoned houses in the country,…

Emir of Kano’s son, Aminu Sanusi, is set to wed his beautiful bride, and here are some photos of the lovely looking couple. Aminu Sanusi who is the son of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shared his pre-wedding photos on IG yesterday evening.…

Two traditional rulers in Deba district of Gombe State have been suspended from office after they were accused of organising a prayer session for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election. The…

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, yesterday dismissed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as unfit to be entrusted with the…

CNN President Jeff Zucker has put President Donald Trump’s attacks on his network down to three things. In a new episode of David Axelrod’s “The Axe Files” podcast, Zucker claimed Trump’s overwhelming…

The new Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Lawal Shehu, yesterday declared war on native doctors and human parts dealers within Lagos and Ogun states.The declaration followed the spate of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged his supporters not to panic, saying his return to power in 2019 is non-negotiable.He also described those seeking to unseat him in next year’s general elections as enemies who stole from the…