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'He personified courage,' Atiku mourns Osun monarch, Aromolaran
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed his deep sorrow over the reported death of the Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland, Oba Gabriel Aromolaran. In a statement, Atiku recalled the late monarch’s ...
12th September 2024
Borno flood: One million persons affected, 414,000 displaced
•Death toll hits 30, victims sleep on streets, NEMA opens nine IDP camps, Bayelsa flooded after downpour At least 414,000 people have been displaced and another 30 killed by the devastating flood in...
12th September 2024
Marketers, refiners demand total subsidy removal
Petroleum marketers, refiners, and depot owners in Nigeria have called for the full deregulation of the downstream oil sector, seeking to end government price controls due to subsidies. The Major Ener...
12th September 2024
Crude oil contributed N14.56tn to Nigeria's exports in Q2 – Report
Crude oil exports contributed N14.56 trillion to the country’s total exports in the second quarter of the year, making up 74.98 per cent of the total export value, according to the Nigeria Burea...
12th September 2024
Police begin probe as Nasarawa man hangs self over wife’s infidelity
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 38-year-old man in the Karu Local Government Area of the state who committed suicide over his wife’s alleged infidelity. The deceased i...
12th September 2024
Ogun, Oyo assemblies seek end to boundary dispute
The Ogun State House of Assembly and its Oyo State counterpart have pledged to work together to resolve a long-standing boundary dispute between the two states. The Speaker of the Ogun Assembly, Daisi...
12th September 2024
[UPDATED] FULL LIST: Burna Boy, Tems, Tyla others bag nominations for 2024 MTV VMAs
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards is one of the most anticipated events in the music industry, bringing together top artists and fans to celebrate outstanding achievements in music video production. Sch...
16th August 2024
[ICYMI] FULL LIST: UEFA Champions League play-off draw unveiled
The stage is set for the final hurdle before the group stages, as the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League play-off round draw took place on Monday, August 5, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switz...
6th August 2024
Paris 2024: Men’s Olympics football fixtures
The men’s football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris promises to be a thrilling spectacle, featuring 16 teams from around the globe competing across seven cities in France. The tou...
22nd July 2024
Ekiti rejects TCN's two-month power outage plan
The Ekiti State Government has rejected the planned power outage for two months—July and August. Benin Electricity Distribution Company, earlier in a circular, informed the public, especially its cu...
1st July 2024
ICYMI: Davido sues Sophia Momodu for Imade’s custody
International award-winning singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has dragged Sophia Momodu, the mother of his first child, Imade, to court, seeking custody of the daughter. In an originat...
21st June 2024
JUST IN: CJN summons Chief judges over Kano emirate tussle
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judges of the Federal High Court and the Kano State High Court in response to the recent legal turmoil surroundin...
29th May 2024
Slain soldiers for burial today, military demands killers’ capture
The Nigerian Army says soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State are to be buried today (Wednesday), at the National Cemetery, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the Niger...
27th March 2024
24.5% interest rate: Private sector foresees higher inflation, massive job cuts
The hike in Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Rate, also known as interest rate, from 22.75 per cent to 24.75 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria will further accelerate the country’s inflation and le...
27th March 2024
I attempted suicide five times after hit-and-run driver crushed my leg – Victim
Kwara State-born event planner, Faridah Busari, tells ABDULLATEEF FOWEWE how she suffered memory loss after a Lagos commercial driver who disobeyed traffic regulations broke her leg Can you narrate ho...
3rd March 2024
Masquerader fled to Lagos after killing my dad – Anambra man
Indigene of Umuawulu in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chidubem Okoye, tells IKENNA OBIANERI how a masquerader killed his father How many of you did your parents give birth to?...
3rd March 2024
Disability aborted my dream of becoming air hostess – Fashion designer
Lagos-based sickle cell survivor and amputee fashion designer, Emiola-Dakobiri Damilola, tells TEMITOPE ADETUNJI how she was born without a tibia bone in one of her legs How did you come about with a ...
3rd March 2024
Teachers, lecturers to sign sexual harassment prevention form
Teachers and lecturers in various institutions of learning across the country are now required to sign the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Code of Conduct form. The action is part of measu...
18th February 2024
Benin-Ore Expressway kidnappers freed my father after N3m ransom –Son
A man, Akeem Kareem, has regained freedom after spending about three days in the den of kidnappers who abducted him along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Wednesday. Sunday Special had reported that Kare...
22nd January 2024
Senate will summon Wike over kidnapping epidemic - Kingibe
The Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate of insecurity in Abuja. There has been an incr...
22nd January 2024
NDLEA nabs female bandits’ drug supplier, intercepts colos consignment
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, on New Year’s Day, intercepted a consignment of colorado, a very strong strain of c...
8th January 2024
US returnee hospitalised after alleged assault by policemen
Residents in the Jogor Centre area of Ibadan, Oyo State, have kicked against the alleged assault of a 17-year-old boy who was hospitalised after he was reportedly slapped by a policeman. PUNCH Metro g...
8th January 2024
Unending trauma: Rape victims recount heartrending encounters at childhood (1)
The sickening events of rape have left indelible marks on its victims even as they grow into adults, Naomi Chima writes. Twenty-eight-year-old Rose Chukwuka, a beautiful lady from Enugu State, curvy, ...
18th December 2023
NDLEA seizes convicted Lagos baron’s mansion, nabs grandma
A multi-million-naira mansion located at K-5A/2 Road 14, Victoria Garden City estate, Lekki area of Lagos used as a clandestine laboratory for the production of methamphetamine by a convicted drug bar...
18th December 2023
Three die, seven injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash
Three persons were confirmed dead while seven others sustained injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at the Conoil filling station area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. The Public ...
18th December 2023
Tinubu inherited govt almost in a coma, says Ogun governor
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, said the country was almost comatose when President Bola Tinubu came into power. Abiodun disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s...
27th November 2023
WAFCON qualifiers: Oshoala, Echegini late withdrawals shock NFF
Onumonu, Alozie also out The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed huge surprise following the late withdrawals of Asisat Oshoala and Jennifer Echegini as both players voluntarily opted out of the...
27th November 2023
Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, others nominated for Grammy awards
Following the release of nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards on Friday the names of Nigerian music stars shone brightly in various categories. Grammy-award winner, Burna Boy, bagged four nomination...
11th November 2023
Why I stopped Shaibu from entering my house – Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said his deputy, Philip Shaibu, is desperate to become the next governor of the state and will explore every possible means to achieve his desperate ambition, i...
12th August 2023
Anthrax: Cattle sellers, butchers lament as chefs, families cut down on beef
In this report, VICTOR AYENI examines how the detection of anthrax in some states and fears over its spread across the country threaten the businesses of butchers and cow sellers as well as patronage ...
5th August 2023
Tinubu vows to restructure civil service payroll, says CBN audit underway
President Bola Tinubu on Friday said his administration is undertaking a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent. ”A c...
5th August 2023
