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Premier League giants Arsenal have been given the green light to sign Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, following the Gunners’ exit from the UEFA Champions League largely blamed on the absence of a proven goalscorer in…

An elder statesman and former governor of old Oyo State, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, speaks with LAOLU AFOLABI AND KUNLE SULAIMON on the present administration led by President Bola Tinubu, the challenges of governing the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has instituted a further crackdown on currency speculators and cryptocurrency platforms manipulating the naira, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Impeccable sources within the…

The Governor of the Central Bank, Olayemi Cardoso, has stated that the apex bank is no longer in “firefighting” mode and has now switched to strategic planning in its efforts to achieve forex stability. This…

• Violence, discrepancies mar exercise• Other aspirants: the result must not stand or…• NUJ calls for indefinite suspension of commissionerover assault on journalist Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State is on the verge…

Bandits reportedly ambushed and gunned down six soldiers at Roro, Karaga and Rumace communities, Bassa Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Friday night. A captain was also said to have been abducted…

Speculators count losses as naira rises against dollar Naira will continue to appreciate against dollar – Shettima The Naira appears to be up against a…

Vice-President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu ended petrol subsidy and multiple exchange rates in the official market because they were…

Last Thursday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar doubled down on his allegation that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project is “a highway to fraud”. The Peoples…

Bulgarian customs officers said they confiscated around 400 kilogrammes of heroin from Iran in a Turkish lorry at the EU’s external border with Turkey. The drugs, worth the equivalent of €8.5 million ($9.06 million) and…

Some civil society organisations have condemned what they described as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s anti-democratic approaches to issues of law enforcement against a former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello.…

The Nigeria Labour Congress has listed seven demands from the Federal Government ahead of the May 1, 2024 Workers’ Day. Aside from demanding for a new minimum wage, the NLC is also asking for the creation of state and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the U.S. House of Representatives and House Speaker Mike Johnson for approving billions in military aid for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s war. “I am grateful to the…

Instagram influencer Pascal Okechukwu, known as Cubana Chief Priest, was seen at a wedding party in Abuja on Saturday transferring cash to a hype man, days after his arraignment for naira abuse. In an Instagram story …

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi, chairman of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election committee, has commended the large turnout of stakeholders and members during the exercise. Mr Ododo…

Oil marketers are gearing up to load refined petroleum products from the Port Harcourt Refining Company, as workers at the facility race to get it set for production on the directives of the Nigerian National Petroleum…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) task forceformed to double remittance inflows into Nigeria will report directly to Yemi Cardoso, the Governor of the CBN. The Governor of the CBN, Yemi Cardoso, made this statement…

Midfielder Bernardo Silva scored the only goal at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to help defending champions Manchester City reach the final of this season’s Emirates FA Cup at the expense of Chelsea. The could be a repeat…

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State appears to be in early lead in the governorship primary election held across the 18 council areas of the state. However, the election was characterised with protest, violence and call…

Officials of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested eight individuals for building a shrine on a main road in Egbe, Ikotun area of the state. The state…

An elderly man, Alhaji Muftau Mohammed of Gbeganu Area of Minna, Niger State capital, slumped and died at Morris Police Division, where he had gone to bail two of his sons, Mubarak Ahmed and Yusuf Mohammed who were reportedly…

The Police force headquarters ordered the detention of the aide-de-camp (ADC) to former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, because the officer was not forthcoming when asked to give details of how the former governor…

This is the weakest it has been since April 8, when the official rate closed at N1,230.61/$1, suggesting downward pressure ahead of the weekend.  The exchange rate at the official window strengthened to N1,072.4 on…

Shawn Martinez is a national chess master and a professional chess coach. He is currently ranked in the top 100 of 5000 players in New York. He teamed up with Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess master and fellow national…