AstraZeneca: Nigeria faults EU’s rejection, says decision political
The African Union, the Federal Government and COVAX, a coalition consisting of the World Health Organisation , Gavi and Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, on Thursday expressed surprise about the...
View ArticleNDLEA releases list of new recruits
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has released the final list of successful candidates for the 2019 recruitment exercise for Narcotic Officer cadre and the first of three batches for the...
View ArticleBayelsa golfer bags PGAN award
The Professional Golfers’ Association on Nigeria has conferred on the Captain of HSD Golf and Country Golf Club, Richard Etonye, the life vice-president of the association. PGAN, in a letter addressed...
View ArticleOlympics: WA disqualifies Nigeria’s 4x400m team
’Tosin Oluwalowo World Athletics has disqualified the Nigerian women’s 4x400m team from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following some technical errors in the race where they secured qualification at the Lagos...
View ArticleNFF partners Maryland on football dev
The Nigeria Football Federation and the Government of Maryland have agreed to foster a relationship on a number of programmes designed to enhance the development of football in Nigeria and the State...
View ArticleBenin Republic detains, prosecute Ogun activist for challenging land...
Fear has gripped residents of Igbokofi, in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State following the invasion of their village and arrest of an activist, Kunle Garb . The foreign police...
View ArticleBreastfeeding athletes can bring children to Tokyo – Organisers
Breastfeeding athletes will be allowed to bring children to the Tokyo Olympics “when necessary”, organisers have announced, after criticism from mothers over tough rules on bringing family to the...
View ArticleNBBF, D’Tigers coach rue Eric’s Olympics absence
President, Nigerian Basketball Federation, Musa Ahmadu-Kida, says D’Tigers star Michael Eric would be missed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after Eric ruled himself out of the Games despite recovering...
View ArticleApochi can’t afford to lose next fight– Oboh
Former WBA Intercontinental light heavyweight champion, Peter Oboh, has urged Efe ‘Nigerian Pit Bull’ Apochi’s management team to ensure he wins his next fight, saying another loss may derail the...
View ArticleWike predicts mass defection in APC, PDP, attacks Ayade, others
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said mass defection would rock both the Peoples Democratic Party, and the All Progressives Congress between now and December. He said politicians, would...
View Article‘Musa can quit Pillars any time’
Kano Pillars chairman, Yahaya Surajo, says Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, is free to leave the club any time he gets an offer from Europe. Musa rejoined Pillars on April 13, until the end of the...
View ArticleWe killed two, arrested 13 aides in Igboho’s house raid, says DSS
The Department of State Services, on Thursday, paraded 12 of Sunday Igboho’s followers, saying one other was being profiled. The DSS said a joint team of security operatives had raided Igboho’s...
View ArticleBrume eyes podium finish in Tokyo
Nigerian long jumper, Ese Brume, hopes to end up on the podium at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which starts this month in Japan. Speaking with our correspondent, Brume, who recently broke the 25-year...
View ArticleKanu’s arrest: Lawyers write UK, protest extradition, FG guns for collaborators
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would go after highly-placed Nigerians and other collaborators of the Independent People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Minister of Information and...
View ArticleMob apprehends fleeing POS robber in Delta, sets suspect on fire
An angry mob has set a suspected phone thief and Point-of Sale terminal robber on fire in Ughelli, Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was caught by vigilantes after dispossessing his...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life imprisonment for raping undergraduate with charms
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, on Thursday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dayo Asiwaju, to life imprisonment for raping a college student with charms. He was tried and found guilty on...
View ArticleKwara monarch sues Ilorin Emir for installing Hausa leader in Jebba
The Oba of Jebba in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Abdulkadir Adebara, and the Serikin Hausawa of the town, Yusuf Gwadabe, have dragged the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim...
View Article25-year-old arrested for extorting N7m over threat on woman’s nude photos
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 25-year-old Adetoro Kazeem for the alleged blackmail and extortion of a woman to the tune of N7m. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP...
View ArticleYouths flee as soldiers invade Enugu community for sacking herdsmen
There is tension in Enugu State as men of the Nigerian Army reportedly invaded two communities in the Nkanu East and Nkanu West local government areas of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the...
View ArticleHuman parts traders, exhuming Ondo corpses, selling in Osun held
The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested fine persons who allegedly exhumed corpses at a church cemetery in Ondo town , Ondo State. According to the police, the suspects are...
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