The wife of the outgoing Vice President of Nigeria, Dolapo Osinbajo, has bid farewell to the seat of power inside Ado Rock, Abuja. Dolapo posted a picture showing her embracing vice-President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo as they said goodbye before the new first family assumes the role on Monday. She...

The Minister for State Finance and Budget Planning, Clem Agba, has revealed that the Federal Government planned to establish a basket fund to collect donations for gender equality and women empowerment initiatives in the country. According to him, the move is aimed at furthering the government’s commitment to promoting...

The Federal Government has released and handed over a large crude carrier, MT Heroic Idun, to the owners, Idun Maritime Limited, after fulfilling the conditions of the plea bargain entered between them and the Nigerian government. It would be recalled that the tanker with 26 foreign crew on board...

Kano Independent Research Centre Trust (KIRCT) has offered free medical treatment to not less than 2,000 indigenes from the Tarauni Local Government area of Kano State. Those treated have different ailments, ranging from high blood pressure, diabetes, malaria, and eye defects.   The Director General and Chief Executive officer of...

The Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of five Yoruba Nation agitators who had earlier invaded and hijacked the Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM 99.1 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The suspects were Noah Atoyebi, 30 years; Gbenga Adeleke, 25 years; Abdulganiyu Mustafa, 35 years; Fajola Elija, 45...

Some Yoruba nation agitators, under the instruction of their leader identified as Black Lion, forcefully hijacked Amuludun FM radio station in Ibadan on Sunday. The agitators stormed the federal radio station around 6.00 a.m. on Sunday, seized the GSM phones of workers and went on air proclaiming the establishment...

From Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Jalingo local government area Dr Aminu Jauro Hassan has rehabilitated Nine township roads and built 72 lockup shops to boost the revenue of the metropolitan local government area. Hassan, who disclosed this at the commissioning of the 72 lockup shops at...

Nestle S. A., the majority shareholder of Nestle Nigeria Plc, has bought an additional 40, 894 units of the shares of the consumer goods manufacturer. This was disclosed in an insider trading notice filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Friday. It was revealed that the shares were bought...

A yet-to-be-identified cart pusher was crushed to death on Sunday after a container truck fully loaded with concrete stones fell on him in the Dopemu area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, while confirming the incident, said the cart pusher died instantly. According to a statement...

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and his wife, Dolapo, Oluremi, wife of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, attended the presidential inauguration interdenominational church service at the National Christian Centre in Abuja on Sunday. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, senator-elect Godswill Akpabio, and other dignitaries attended the service. The...

Kannywood star Hadiza Gabon drags man to court for defamation of character Hadiza Gabon Published By: Michael Adesina By...

The Lagos-Ibadan railway has supported the employment of 20,000 people since the commencement of operation, a document from the Chinese embassy in Abuja reveals. The document that was obtained by our correspondent on Thursday noted that the railway, which was undertaken by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Nigeria...

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Thursday rescued some passengers after a container-laden truck rammed into their commercial bus with number plate FKJ 366 XT in the outer Marina area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims sustained varying degrees of injuries in the...

Uganda said Thursday it has captured the head of a militia squad blamed for the murder of two honeymooning foreign tourists and their local guide in a national park last month. He was the only survivor of a night-time military operation on Tuesday against a unit of the feared...

The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Simeon Bamire, has appealed to students of the institution who were victims of the raid on some off-campus hostels along Ife/Ibadan Road by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to put the experience behind them...