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Guinness Nigeria gets new Managing Director, its first Nigerian CEO since 2015
Guinness Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mr Adebayo Alli as its new Managing Director, its first Nigerian MD since 2015. The appointment comes after John Musunga, the now erstwhile MD of Guinness Nigeria…
Five elections in 2024 that will shape the global order
Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Will anyone in Russia challenge another six years for Vladimir Putin? With half the world heading to the polls in 2024, and some 30 countries electing a president, here are five key…
Emefiele unable to meet N300m bail, to remain in Kuje prison till 2024
Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will remain in Kuje correctional facility, Abuja after he failed to meet his bail conditions. The former CBN boss was brought into court by…
Economy Will Pick Up In 15 Months – Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has tasked local and foreign investors to make Nigeria their investment hub as he declares President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s determination to provide the enabling environment for businesses to…
Boko Haram Beheads 11 Loggers In Borno
No fewer than 11 loggers have been reportedly beheaded by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Monday near Bale, a remote village in…
DJ Shot Dead During Live Broadcast In Philippines
A radio anchor in the Philippines has been shot dead while performing a live broadcast. Juan Jumalon, known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot inside his home-based studio, police said. President Marcos Jr condemned the…
2024: God Asked Me To Pursue My Gov’ship Ambition – Shaibu
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has attributed his ambition to contest in the 2024 governorship election in the state to a divine directive from God. Shaibu said that he had consulted with God and received a…
Falz Celebrates As Mum Becomes SAN
Popular Nigerian rapper, Falz, on Instagram, wore the cap of a proud son as he celebrated his mother, Funmi Falana, on her appointment as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN. The rapper’s father, Femi Falana, is also a…
Tinubu Travels For COP28 Climate Summit In Dubai Wednesday
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Wednesday, leave Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 Climate Summit, also known as the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The Special Adviser to…
Subsidy removal pushes transport industry into recession
Nigeria’s transport and storage industry shrank for the second time in the third quarter of 2023, entering a recession for the first time in 30 months, largely on the back of petrol subsidy removal, according to a…
#GWR: Ekiti govt sues chef Dammy’s pastor, demands N10m damages
The Directorate of Citizens Rights (DCR) at the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Nigerian chef, Damilola Adeparusi, popularly known as Chef…
Police investigate DPO, other officers over rape case
The police said they are investigating a divisional police officer (DPO) in Imo State over failure to report a rape case to the police headquarters in the…
Tinubu seeks Senate’s approval for fresh $8.6bn, €100m loan
President Bola Tinubu is seeking approval of the Senate to obtain another loan facility of $8.69 billion and €100 million as part of the 2022-2024 external borrowing plan of…
FCMB Group Reports 108% YoY Growth in Profit Before Tax
FCMB Group Plc (NGX: FCMB) today announced a 108% Year-on-Year (YoY) growth in profit before tax (PBT) to N55.1 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared…
Alleged killer of Rivers DPO speaks from hiding
—Denies involvement in murder The wanted suspected cultist and killer of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Ahoada Division, Bako Angbashim, David Gift Okpala Okpolowu popular called 2Baba, has spoken from…
Invest in your homeland, IPoB tells Igbo in diaspora
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, called on the Igbo in the diaspora to bring their investments home. The group also condemned what it called the wicked destruction of Igbo property in Lagos and…
Nigerian households turn to biofuel as cooking gas becomes increasingly unaffordable
As inflation surges and traditional cooking gas prices become prohibitive for many in Nigeria, bioethanol is gaining traction as a cost-effective and renewable substitute. According to the Nigerian National Bureau of…
Keyamo gives safety bureau 10 days to release probe report on Abuja-bound flight diverted to Asaba
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau to release investigative reports on Flight NUA0504 within 10 days. Mr Keyamo said this on…
2023 polls credible in many substantial aspects, says ex-INEC chair, Jega
Ex-Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has termed the 2023 general elections as “credible in many substantial aspects.” Diverse reactions trailed the elections and results…
Nigeria’s richest banker Jim Ovia’s Zenith Bank announces expansion into France
Zenith Bank, a Lagos-based financial services group founded and partly owned by Nigeria’s richest banker Jim Ovia, is set to broaden its global presence…
Police captures 18 IPOB members behind killing of DPO, Inspector in Imo
The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of 18 criminals suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN over the killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ahiazu Mbaise and an Inspector…
433 foreign-trained doctors fail MDCN qualifying exam
No fewer than 433 out of the 836 foreign-trained medical graduates who sat the qualifying examination organised by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria failed, The PUNCH has gathered. The qualifying examination was…
Guinness Record: OAU student lands in hospital after 58-hour wash-a-thon
A student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Subair Enitan, has been hospitalized after an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for hand washing. According to a post on X (Twitter), Enitan embarked on the…
“Wike has not Indicated any Interest to Leave PDP for APC” – Rivers State APC Chairman
The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has said the Minister of the Federal…