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Civil Society Organisations have kicked against the alleged reports that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is planning to go on a 10-month study leave. The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, in a statement on Monday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) “to not approve any study leave

The military says it has rescued another of the Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. The Theater Commander of Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Ali, who made the disclosure on Monday, gave the name of the rescued lady as Saratu Dauda, aged 25. Ali said she was rescued by

Not a stranger to cooking competitions, “Nigerian Jollof Queen”, Hilda Effiong-Bassey smashed the Guinness World Record for longest marathon cooking by an individual two years after emerging as the winner of the 2021 regional cooking competition “Jollof face-off”,  DEBORAH  TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes At exactly 4p.m on May 11, 2023, as the clock ticked “tick-tock, tick-tock”, Baci

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Monday set agenda which must be addressed by the President-elect, Asiwaju  Bola Tinubu, in national interest. CAN said Tinubu should stop illegal marriages and forceful conversion to another religion in the North against the wishes of the converts. According to CAN, Tinubu must be assertive in tackling ethnic and

The phrase sounds so harmless that you can hardly suspect it is a piece of error. That is ‘funny enough’, when used to mean surprisingly. You too are likely to have it used one time or the other. This is how it is often loudly put: Funny enough, a governor leaving office on May 29

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday reiterated that Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, will be taken to court for arraignment for assaulting a policeman on duty in Lagos on Saturday as captured in a viral video. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, told The PUNCH that the musician, who turned himself in

The Ondo State Government has demolished no fewer than 40 residential buildings located along Akure-Owo-Ilesha Expressway in Akure, the state capital.  PUNCH Metro gathered that  the demolition which commenced on Sunday will affect about 100 buildings in the area. Speaking on the development on Monday, the state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mrs

The Lagos State Coconut Development Authority has embarked on a mission to plant coconut trees in all established housing estates across the state. The plan, which is in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Housing, is part of efforts to improve and promote the coconut economy in the state. According to a statement issued

On Sunday, Islamist fighters carried out attacks in the Northeast that killed three soldiers from Nigeria and Niger, and left at least 12 others injured, Reuters reports. The troops were part of the Multinational Joint Task Force, which is made up of forces from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. The MNJTF aims to put

The shareholders of integrated energy provider, Eterna Plc, have hailed the company for growing its operating profit by 1,207 per cent in the 2022 financial year. This was disclosed at the company’s 30th annual general meeting held in Lagos. In his address to shareholders and other stakeholders during the AGM, the Chairman of Eterna Plc,

The Federal Government has said the African continent should not copy the global energy transmission template but be allowed to define and draw up plans for its transition agenda based on its needs. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr Gabriel Aduda, stated this at the Offshore Technology Conference Africa Energy Delegation forum, recently

The Academic Staff Union of Universities will hold its 22nd National Delegates Conference between May 19th and 21st, 2023 at the University of Jos. A statement by the union said the theme of this year’s lecture, titled, ‘Crisis of State and the Challenges of National Development,’ would be delivered by a seasoned lawyer, and public

The Chairman, Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Onilude, has urged landlords in the council to build drainage channels to forestall havoc by floods. Onilude gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry on Monday. He said, “Flooding in Badagry has become perennial and this is

GCR Ratings has affirmed the national scale financial strength rating of A+ (NG) with a stable outlook for Custodian Life Assurance Limited. A statement said the rating reflected Custodian Life’s robust business model, strong liquidity position, and ability to withstand adverse economic conditions. The rating also reflected GCR’s confidence in the company’s management team and

The University of Lagos has said its Project Innovation to Market (I2M), will empower innovators and researchers in Nigeria by providing commercialisation opportunities for their innovative products. Innovation to Market (I2M) is an initiative of the University’s Innovation and Technology Management Office, funded by the UKAID’s Research and Innovation Systems for Africa. The project which

The Kwara State Government on Monday sealed off the China Kaidi Quarry site along Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, due to significant concerns over safety of the people living in the area and environmental compliance. The decision to seal off the quarry site followed the inspection carried out by the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency to the company,

In layman’s terms, poverty is seen as the inadequacy of financial means to sustain a needed standard of living or to afford the necessities of life. Now largely tagged a global phenomenon and a state of emergency, previously, poverty was restricted to defined territories and a people. However, this has now been overly properly dimensioned

The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria commission has called on the South -West governors to take advantage of the constitutional amendment laws that removed electricity and railway sectors from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list, to fast-track development of the region. The commission noted that power and railway sectors were catalysts for economic

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has advised outgoing governors to abstain from interfering in the governance of their states as they prepare to leave office later this month. This is as a former Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, told outgoing governors to “be prepared for the visits of such institutions like the Economic and Financial

Global phone shipments have dipped 21 per cent over a three-year period, the PUNCH has observed. Data, which was obtained from the International Data Corporation, showed that global phone shipments dropped by 22 per cent from 340 million units in the first quarter of 2021 to 268 million units in Q1 2023. On a quarter-on-quarter

As the National Assembly proceeds with its decision to pass the National Information Technology Development Agency bill, the Nigeria Computer Society has warned that it will not do the country any good. The President of the NCS, Prof. Adesina Sodiya, made this known at a press briefing on Saturday. According to him, stakeholders were exempted

Google has announced a new tool to help expectant mothers access emergency obstetric care in Nigeria. The tool, which is an extensive effort to help decision-makers, governments and public health organisations in Nigeria, address the gaps in accessing health services where facilities are limited, uses Google’s internal directions Application Programming Interface to estimate the travel

An aspirant contesting the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has met more governors as part of efforts to seek support for his ambition. The Tajudeen Abbas Campaign Office made this known via a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, saying the aspirant had met the Katsina State Governor, Aminu

Popular Yoruba actor, Murphy Afolabi, has been buried. The Osogbo-born actor, popularly known for his Yoruba accent, was buried at his Ikorodu house located at Owoniboys, Mopelufa, by Aleke Bus Stop, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, amid a crowd of mourning friends, family, and sympathisers. Afolabi, who clocked 49 on May 5, died

A cotton candy vendor, Ademoye Adewale, who sold snacks to pupils of Chrisland Schools Opebi, at Agege Stadium, Lagos during the school’s recent sports activities on Monday told the coroner set up to unravel the cause of death of Whitney Adeniran that the autopsy conducted by the Lagos State Government was erroneous. He said Whitney