Miss Mexico crowned Miss Universe 2021
Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday in Florida, after fellow contestant Miss Myanmar used her stage time to draw attention to the bloody military coup in her country. Sunday night marked...
View ArticleAsaba resolutions: CNG lashes out at South, directs herders to relocate
The Coalition of Northern Groups, in a statement on Sunday, said the Southern governors unfairly profiled the entire business community of herders as the sole cause of the bulk of the security...
View ArticleOsinbajo: Law professor in bed with lawlessness
In between 2015 and 2021 are the years of the locust when hope was on his shoulder, law wisdom in his cerebrum, gospel on his lips but Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, law professor,...
View ArticleHow to solve Israel, Palestine conflict —Goodluck Jonathan
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the international community against taking sides in the current conflict between Israel and Palestine. He said the conflict can only be...
View ArticlePetrol imports rose by 100 million litres in January – NNPC
Latest figures in the financial and operations report of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown that the imports of Premium Motor Spirit (or petrol) by the NNPC rose by 100 million...
View ArticleAgain, South Africa’s Zuma in court over graft case
South Africa’s scandal-tainted ex-president Jacob Zuma arrived in court Monday for the expected start of a trial in a 20-year-old bribery case. Zuma is facing 16 charges of fraud, graft and...
View ArticleEverton have to stop being generous hosts, says Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti says Everton “are going to change next season”, beginning with turning around their dreadful home form having lost nine times at Goodison Park this term. Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by...
View ArticleCattle valuable than oil and gas —Adamu Garba
Former Presidential Aspirant, Adamu Garba, has said that cattle have more economic value than the entire oil and gas reserve in Southern Nigeria. Garba said this in reaction to the advice given by the...
View ArticleEnvoys postings: Union alleges fraud as foreign ministry requests N8bn
A crisis has hit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the funding of ambassadors who were recently appointed by the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Workers in the ministry, under the aegis of the...
View ArticleHow suspected armed robbers caused panic in Modakeke, Ife
Representatives of Ile-Ife and Modakeke communities in Osun State, on Monday, allayed fears of a rumoured communal clash, saying there is peace in the two towns. Our correspondent gathered that...
View ArticleNew York Mayoral candidate to include Nigerians in govt
Eric Adams, a leading New York City Mayoral candidate, has assured the Nigerian community of a place in his government if elected the mayor in November. Adams gave the assurance in an interview with...
View ArticleOmokri threatens to begin #HarassBuhariOutofParis protest in France
An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has threatened to start a protest in Paris, France, where Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), travelled to on...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap UNIJOS professor, husband in Plateau
A professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The PUNCH learnt that the professor was abducted in the early hours of Monday...
View ArticleOduduwa Republic: Tinubu, Gbaja, govs, others to hold meeting
Amid raging calls for secession, South-West governors are expected to attend a meeting at the Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday, May 23, 2021. The meeting, it was learnt, is being convened by a former...
View ArticleBill Gates once probed over ‘intimate relationship’ with Microsoft employee...
Bill Gates left the Microsoft board in 2020 as the board pursued an investigation into the billionaire’s romantic relationship with a female employee, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The...
View ArticleObiano imposes curfew on two Anambra communities
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has imposed a curfew on two communities following the communal clash that claimed three lives on Sunday. No fewer than three houses were burnt and about nine...
View ArticleSerena Williams beats Pigato in Parma WTA
Serena Williams brushed aside the challenge of local teenager Lisa Pigato in the opening round of the WTA tournament in Parma on Monday. Williams, ranked eighth in the world, beat the 572nd-ranked...
View ArticleWorkers’ protest, economic sabotage won’t stop sackings -El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that protests and strike action embarked upon by workers in the state will not alter plans to sack some of them. The governor said this barely 24...
View ArticleOsinbajo denies 2023 ambition, disowns group soliciting support
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday disowned a group said to have set up a website calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer group mobilising support for him ahead of the 2023 presidential election....
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum calls off 2021 Singapore summit
The World Economic Forum announced Monday that it had called off its planned annual gathering of global political, economic and business leaders, which had been set for August in Singapore. The WEF...
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