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Negative reactions have trailed the recent post of the daughter of a Maiduguri, Borno State-born billionaire oil magnate and owner of Oriental Energy, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, Rahama over her recent post on Instagram. Rahama…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is expected to lead other dignitaries to the 40th anniversary of the famous social club, Association of Friends, which kicks off on Monday, November 12, 2018 with a Public…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. He gave the endorsement while receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has given former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, a seven-day ultimatum to return to Nigeria from Germany, where he allegedly underwent surgery, or have his bail revoked. The trial judge,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa for the position of Executive Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Diaspora Commisison. The nomination was contained in a letter by the President to…

Hard work, creativity and passion, punctuated by the clicking of heels, define a single moment on the GTBank Fashion Weekend Runway Show. On Saturday, November 10th, and Sunday, November 11th, 2018, thousands of guests will be…

Manchester City and their sponsors manipulated contracts to circumvent Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations, according to Der Spiegel. The German news magazine claims it has seen internal documents which show that City…

A preliminary study showed that exposure to environmental noises might increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Noises can fuel the activity of a brain region involved in stress response and in turn promote blood…

Gradually, Fola Ogunlesi, the prosperous proprietor of popular events centre, Fantasyland on Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, is getting his groove back. In the wake of his bitter separation from his ex wife, Omolewa, Fola was…

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has raised the alarm that high excise duties on locally-produced goods and challenges of exporting made-in-Nigeria products, as well as the inaccessibility of the Lagos ports…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State seems to have been taught bitter lessons of politics by those opposed to his succession plan given the exclusion of his son-in-law and anointed successor, Uche Nwosu, from the governorship…

The founder of Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry a.k.a Tuesday Tuesday Church, Prophet Cletus Ilongwo was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos for allegedly defrauding church members of…

THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, said he had instructed IPOB lawyers to file a case of international fraud, forgery and deception against the West African Examinations Council, WAEC,…

6,510 persons are contesting different executive and legislative positions at the federal level in the 2019 general election, according to documents obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.The document…

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, yesterday, dismissed criticisms of the emergence of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as its governorship candidate by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as reflective of the opposition…

Gbenro Ajibade has all but confirmed his split from wife, Osas Ighodaro barely a year after their heavily flamboyant wedding - He shared a cryptic message this evening saying "Thank you for all the pain, it made me step up my game" It is…

An embattled cleric, Apostle Chris Omatsola, who is at the centre of a viral sex video scandal, has relocated his church over threats that trailed the release of the clip.Omatsola told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the new location of…

Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy Prof Tam David-West has said that the 2019 presidential election is between President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Vice President Alhaji…

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Professor Jerry Gana, has asked the FCT High Court in the Maitama, to disqualify Donald Duke as the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019…

The battle for a new minimum wage remained tough last night, with rhe tripartite committee resolving the knotty issue failing to reach a consensus on the figure. Two figures – N30,000 and N24,000 – are to be proposed to…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said about N24.7 billion was being saved monthly as a result of the implementation of Treasury Single Accounts (TSA) scheme, the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)…

A Kano High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the Kano state House of Assembly to stop the investigation of bribery allegation leveled against Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje by the publisher of an online news platform, Daily…

The organised labour union has called off the nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence on Tuesday to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage. The National Chairman of the Nigeria…

The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, now known as Cambridge Assessment, says it can only release the certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari if the president requests for it. The exam body said this…