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In a statement, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting at the Court of Appeal premises in Abuja, Nigeria, has announced Wednesday, September 6, 2023 date to deliver judgment in the petitions filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer and actress, Nwakaego Iheanacho, has lost her husband, Niyi Ogbaro. Ogbaro reportedly passed away on Wednesday, August 30, in the United States. The couple who got married in 2009, have lived apart for a while. Ego, who was a former backup vocalist to veteran singer, Lagbaja, gave a hint of marital crisis after […]
Continue Reading100-level course 9 police cadet, Suleiman Jika, has collapsed and died at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria. Jika, 19, who hailed from Adamawa State, and was in the Department of Computer Science, reportedly collapsed inside the toilet in the early hours of Saturday, September 2, 2023. Punch reports that some of the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has recalled all Nigerian career and non-career ambassadors worldwide. This development was disclosed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, on Saturday. He made this known in response to inquiries that Tinubu recalled the Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Ishola. A statement by Tuggar’s media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, approved the appointment of a pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, as the new Soun of Ogbomoso land. See the statement by Dotun Oyelade, the Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation below: Press Release Oyo Gov Approves […]
Continue ReadingThe current National Treasurer of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Caroline Ladidi Anze-Bishop, has come out to tell the Nigerian lawyers at the 2023 annual general conference that she was not the one who prepared the association’s 2023 financial report that the NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau SAN wanted her to sign and present to Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingImmediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers (NBOB), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on Friday, called for the renaming of the country noting that the current appellation is demeaning and hypocritical. Olanipekun spoke at a colloquium that was held in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama as a SAN. In […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actor and film producer, Bolanle Ninalowo also known as Nino B, has taken to his Instagram page to announce the dissolution of his marriage to his beautiful wife, Mrs. Bunmi Ninalowo. He wrote: “Finally i accept the reality of the End to a Road! “A sad reality that gives room & hope for […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has approved the retirement of 95 Military Generals and senior officers as well as 930 junior soldiers. This is coming barely 48 hours after the military coup that sacked President Ali Bongo Ondimba from power in Gabon. The military in Gabon, on Wednesday, August 30, ousted Ali Bongo Ondimba from […]
Continue ReadingControversial Islamic cleric, declared wanted by the Kwara State Police command for allegedly threatening some traditionalists in Ilorin, Alfa Salah Ayodeji, has been arrested and paraded by the police. When paraded by the police in Ilorin on Wednesday evening, the man pleaded for forgiveness, saying that he did not know that his action was dangerous […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom tops the list of registered Nigerians in Diaspora, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). On June 29, 2021, NiDCOM launched its Data Mapping and Registry Portal in Abuja, in a bid to galvanise holistic and realistic data of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Considering the data made available to Punch on Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Patrick Doyle, has said that singer Burna Boy does not deserve the recognition he has continued to enjoy. In a post on Facebook on Wednesday, Doyle slammed the Grammy-award-winning artiste, noting that the singer has “done nothing by himself that can be remotely described as great.” Doyle said, veteran acts like Sunny […]
Continue ReadingLeaders of the coup in Gabon has named Republican Guard chief, General Brice Oligui Nguema as the transitional president, according to a TV statement, after the military seized control in the wake of elections. “General Oligui Nguema Brice was unanimously appointed chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions, chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian human rights activist, lawyer, professor, writer and former chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chidi Odinkalu, has accused president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Yakubu Maikyau SAN of being partisan. Odinkalu made the accusation following the invitation of President Bola Tinubu to the NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) by Maikyau at MKO […]
Continue ReadingIn a broadcast, some military officers in Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power in the African nation, according to a televised address circulating on social media. The announcement came minutes after Gabon’s election body announced incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba had won a third term, extending his family’s half-century rule over the oil-rich […]
Continue ReadingDuring this period that is characterised by increased global connectivity, Canada has evolved with current realities by expanding its visa-free air travel policy and Can+ Visa Programme, which affects Caribbean countries offering Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) programmes. However, not only Caribbean countries can benefit from this programme; it has been stated that Nigerians can also benefit from […]
Continue ReadingA video has been making the rounds on social media showing Muslim clerics threatening and harassing a female Isese adherent at her rented shop in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The alfas, led by one Sala Ayodeji, stormed the shop, threatening to cause chaos if the lady did not vacate the premises in eight days. In […]
Continue ReadingPastor of a Pentecostal Church in Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria, identified as Pastor Prosper Igboke, has committed suicide after he jumped down from a two-storey building in Nnewi. Reports say, Igboke jumped down from the two-storey building and died instantly after he was jilted by his lover, whom he had spent a lot of money […]
Continue ReadingA retired President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Makurdi, Benue State, Justice Margaret Igbetar, has allegedly been murdered by unknown assailants. Her decomposing corpse was found by her son at her residence located at No. 1, Wantor Kwange Street, opposite the School of Medicine, Benue State University (BSU), Gboko Road, Thursday night, August 24, […]
Continue ReadingStudents of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) on Friday, protested over the sudden death of a 500-level student of the institution, Ayomide Akeredolu, who slumped and died on Thursday evening. The students blocked the ever-busy Akure-Ilesha road for several hours as the travelers were stranded on the road due to the gridlock. All […]
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