Lille’s Sanches out for six weeks
Lille’s Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches has undergone surgery on a knee injury and will be out for six weeks, the French champions announced. Sanches had been struggling with his knee for several...
View ArticleRivers lecturers suspended over alleged sexual harassment, corruption
The Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology has suspended one of its lecturers, Mr Princewill Chikakpobi, for three months for allegedly sexually harassing a 100-level female...
View ArticleFacebook bans Taliban-related contents from platforms
Social media giant, Facebook, has banned Taliban and related contents from all its platforms. This confirmation comes after Taliban fighters took over Afghanistan Capital, Kabul on Sunday, causing many...
View ArticleFULL SPEECH: Biden’s remarks on Afghanistan
Full transcript of United States President, Joe Biden’s remarks on Afghanistan Good afternoon. I want to speak today to the unfolding situation in Afghanistan, the developments that have taken place in...
View ArticleBuhari meets security chiefs on Thursday
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Thursday meet with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi...
View Article2022 budget: FG to borrow N4.89tn, says finance minister
The Federal Government plans to borrow about N4.89tn from internal and external sources to finance the deficit in its proposed 2022 budget of N13.98trn due to dwindling revenue. The Minister of...
View ArticleNigerian Oluwatuyi Olowoyeye graduates with 5.0 CGPA from Hungarian University
A Nigerian, Oluwatuyi Olowoyeye, has graduated from the University of Debrecen in Hungary with a perfect GPA of 5.0 in his just concluded Masters Program. The proud graduate shared this on his LinkedIn...
View ArticlePeople who should be in jail are on campaign posters, says Banky W
Singer Banky W has said the people who should be in jail or in exile are the ones seen on campaign posters during election season in Nigeria. The singer who ran for House of Representatives on the...
View ArticleWorld Athletics confirms Okowa-led AFN, reject Gusau board
•We recognised Abuja election, says WA THE World Athletics has confirmed Tonobok Okowa as the officially recognised President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, The PUNCH exclusively reports. WA...
View ArticleWhy Taliban should be given a chance to govern Afghanistan –Ishaq Akintola
Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, has said the Taliban should be given a chance to govern chaos-torn Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the landlocked Asian country...
View ArticleRound-tripping politicians: Blessing or curse?
For the last 20 years or so, the democratic space in Nigeria has been dominated by familiar faces across all the levers of power; central, state and local. Ministerial power is yet another echelon from...
View ArticleBuhari mourns former Deputy Senate President, Mantu
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has condoled with the family of former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, who died on Tuesday at age 74. Special Adviser to the President on...
View ArticleRussian military aircraft on test flight crashes
An Il-112 light military transport aircraft, developed by the Russian army, suffered an “accident” during a test flight, its developer told AFP on Tuesday. Images broadcast by Russian state TV and...
View ArticleTammy Abraham joins Roma from Chelsea on five-year deal
Tammy Abraham has completed his move to Roma from Chelsea, the Serie A club announced on Monday, the England forward joined former Blues boss Jose Mourinho in the Italian capital in a deal worth 40...
View ArticlePolice arrest 39 suspects, recover two RPGs, 13 AK47 rifles, others
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 39 suspected criminals in some parts of the country for their involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, arms trafficking, and cybercrime. Some of the...
View ArticleICYMI: US gives conditions for recognising Taliban govt in Afghanistan
The United States has given conditions for recognising a Taliban government in Afghanistan. US Department spokesman, Ned Price, said on Monday that the US would only recognise a Taliban government in...
View ArticlePDP mourns Mantu, reschedules NWC meeting
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday rescheduled its planned National Working Committee meeting in honour of the late Deputy President of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, who died in Abuja, in the early...
View ArticleBREAKING: Bandits demand N350m ransom for Zamfara college students, staff
Bandits who kidnapped the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura in Zamfara State have demanded N350 million ransom. Speaking to The PUNCH on the telephone, the...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Kukah, others running to US for help deceive themselves, says MURIC
Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, says Nigerians including the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, running to the President Joe Biden government to...
View ArticleAssault on Nigerian diplomat: Indonesian authorities goofed big time, their...
In this interview with ADELANI ADEPEGBA, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, Ogbole Amedu-Ode, says the Indonesian authorities’ defence of the assault on a Nigerian diplomat in Jakarta on August 7...
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