MAN wants $1bn forex allocation for industrialists
Anna Okon The manufacturing industry requires the injection of about $1bn to galvanise activities in the sector and enable it to contribute significantly to the economy, the Manufacturers Association...
View ArticleHow Gambia keeper died trying to reach Europe
The 19-year-old goalkeeper of Gambia’s national women’s football team has drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, BBC News reports. Fatim Jawara was on board a boat that ran into trouble...
View ArticleBreeder detained after dog kills five-year-old pupil
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Police Command has detained a dog breeder on Rufus Olaniyan Estate, Irawo, Ikorodu, Lagos, in connection with the death of a five-year-old boy allegedly killed by one of...
View ArticleObanikoro undertakes to return N480m, submits passports to EFCC
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has signed an undertaking to return N480m to the Federal Government, The PUNCH has learnt. Obanikoro has also...
View ArticleOyo’s rampaging students and future of education
“It is unacceptable for any school to carry on providing poor education over a period that can take up to a large part of a child’s career, and deprive the child of future prospects and opportunity”...
View ArticleEconomic recovery plan ready by December – FG
Ife Ogunfuwa The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said that the national economic recovery plan for the next three years will be ready next. She explained at...
View ArticleCustoms officers, soldiers clash in Lagos
Olaleye Aluko There was tension at the Nigerian Army Shopping Arena, Bolade, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State on Thursday as some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service clashed with soldiers in the...
View Article‘Recession has forced many artistes to lie low’
Chux Ohai Queen of Samba music, Stella Monye, has not been quite as visible on the entertainment scene as she used to be. She was last seen in public in July when she threw a party – she called it ‘Old...
View ArticleFG charges Supreme Court registrar, others with diversion of N2.2bn
The Federal Government on Thursday charged the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Ahmed Saleh, and two other employees of the apex court with nine counts, including diversion of N2.2bn belonging...
View ArticleUPDATED: Afenifere chieftain, Olaniwun Ajayi is dead
Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, a chieftain of the Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, is dead. According to his personal secretary, Mr Samson Aremu, he died before 12 midnight at the age of 91 years. He...
View Article240 migrants drowned off Libya in 48 hours – UN
At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, the UN’s migration agency said. It said this might possibly be as a result of unintended consequence of European...
View ArticleMelania Trump vows to fight cyber-bullying as First Lady
Melania Trump has said in a speech in Berwyn, Pennsylvania that she will like to be an advocate for women and young people as First Lady. The wife of the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump...
View ArticlePolice arrest burglary kingpin in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested an alleged burglary kingpin it trailed for over two weeks. The command’s spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, on Friday in Enugu said that the suspect and his...
View ArticleRelease our son now, Ibori kinsmen tell British govt
Ovie Okpare, Warri The kinsmen of a former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, have alleged that it was Ibori’s clamour for fiscal federalism to enable the people of the Niger Delta region to...
View Article‘I robbed to raise money to fund my poultry’
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia A suspected leader of a car snatching syndicate in Aba, Abia State, identified as Ladislas Ukpabi, says he robbed to raise money to expand his poultry. He said the economic...
View ArticlePolitical differences crash five-year-old marriage
A 44-year-old man, Iliasu Salami, on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo State, lost his five-year-old marriage to irreconcilable political differences between him and his estranged wife, Rashidat. The News Agency...
View ArticleBuhari to visit Sokoto
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to pay a one-day working visit Tito Sokoto State on Saturday. The Spokesman of Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Imam Imam, said on Friday that the President would be in...
View ArticleZuma faces no-confidence vote in corruption crisis
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament next week with his presidency mired in crisis, after investigators documented allegations of government corruption. Thousands of...
View ArticleFormer Chelsea boss, Andre Villas-Boas, joins Chinese club
Former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas said he hoped to break Guangzhou Evergrande’s stranglehold on the Chinese Super League as he was unveiled as Shanghai SIPG’s new coach on Friday, replacing the...
View ArticleSeven ways to keep information safe on the Internet
It’s almost unavoidable to buy products online or give personal information to trusted websites. Unfortunately, that information isn’t always safe and criminals can easily access sensitive knowledge...
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