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Italy captain Leonardo Bonucci has announced that he would retire at the end of the next football season. Defender Bonucci has just turned 36 with one year left on his Juventus contract. “When I stop playing next year, it will be the end of a defensive era –– a way of defending Italian style,” Bonucci

The Federal Ministry of Works on Wednesday shut down the Apapa-bound lane of the beginning of Marine Bridge in Lagos, damaged by vandals, for the safety of the public. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who visited the site of the collapsed portion of the bridge reports that a team of engineers from Buildwell Plants

The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested and detained the policemen who were seen in a viral video brutalising an Okada rider in Lagos. The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this on Wednesday evening during a Twitter Space webinar organised by Premium Times. The PUNCH reports that three policemen were seen in the viral

A foremost Yoruba monarch, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has urged the candidates of the All Progressives Congress for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the coming 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu, to always have the interest of Nigeria at heart in the discharge of their

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he regretted leading a forum that championed the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House in the 7th National Assembly. Tambuwal is now an outgoing two-term Governor of Sokoto State. “I regret it,” Gbajabiamila stated while recalling the previous attempts by speakership

Resident doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, Osun, on Wednesday, joined the five-day warning strike called by the association’s national executives. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that consequently only medical officers and some consultants offered their services and attended to patients. In an interview with NAN, Dr Anthony Anuforo,

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS Seme Area Command today seized unregistered pharmaceutical products worth N27.8 million on the Abidjan-Lagos corridor. The Controller in charge of the Command, Mr. Dera Nandi, disclosed this on Wednesday during a news conference in Semé. Speaking to newsmen, he said; “On May 9, my men while conducting stop and search

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has condemned the Tuesday attack on the staff of the US Embassy, by gunmen along Atani-Osamala Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area. A press statement on Wednesday by Soludo’s press secretary, Christian Aburime, indicated that the governor expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families and organisations, particularly the US

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with all Methodists in Nigeria and the Diaspora on the passing of the Prelate Emeritus, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr Sunday Mbang. This is contained in a statement issued by the president’s Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja. Buhari also extended his heartfelt condolences to the Mbang family, the

The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to extend its invitations to state governors for investigations into alleged corruption and abuse of office, to officers of the presidency and members of the Federal Executive Council. He made this known on Wednesday in a statement obtained by our

The Prelate Emeritus of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr Sunday Mbang, has died.   Mbang died in his sleep on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at the age of 86 after an impactful earthly ministry for 44 years.   The Conference Secretary of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Babatunde Taiwo confirmed Mbang’s death

The Federal Government says negotiations are ongoing with stakeholders over the five-day warning strike embarked upon by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors on Wednesday. Fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director, Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Morenike Alex-Okoh, said the strike was of concern for the government.

The Directorate of Road Traffic Services in the FCT says it has over 15,000 drivers’ licence yet to be collected by their owners. The DRTS Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kalu Emetu, made this known in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. Emetu said that the development was sad as those motorists ply the roads without

As the jostling for leadership of the 10th National Assembly heightens, a group, Southern Borno Development Association has called on members of the House of Representatives to support the ambition of Muktar Betara, for House of Representatives top seat. The Chairman of the association, Ambassador Dauda Danladi, who disclosed this to journalists at a press

The Inter-Party Advisory Council on Wednesday called on the 10th National Assembly to prioritise national interest in the election of their principal officers in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The organisation, which announced plans to examine the outcome of the 2023 general elections after May 29, said it would reconstitute the Alternative

A Federal High Court No. 1 sitting at Awka, Anambra State, presided over by His Lordship, Justice F.O. Riman, on Wednesday, granted bail to a whistleblower, Nnamdi Emeh. Emeh was working as an IT consultant for the Anambra State Police Command and was attached to the Rapid Response Squad in Awkuzu. He had through an

A group of activists has written an open letter to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, warning against “police bias” in the ongoing probe of afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, over alleged assault against a police officer. The activists include Adeyeye Olorunfemi, who doubles as the National Secretary of the African Action Congress; Omole Ibukun

Chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Wednesday, agreed to co-operate and collaborate more in the interest of safety and security at all football matches in the country. Speaking during a courtesy call on the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, the NFF President, Ibrahim

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a resolution calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria to release $717,478,606 in airline funds that are currently trapped in the country. Additionally, the upper chamber urged the CBN to allocate $25m to airlines operating in Nigeria at its fortnightly dollar auction. The resolutions were made after considering a motion

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, describing it as “demoralising.” He said with the call, the US was acknowledging what he described as a “fraudulent election” in Nigeria. The PUNCH reports that Blinken spoke with Tinubu on

A five-man gang, suspected to be kidnappers, on Tuesday evening reportedly killed one person and abducted three others on Ijara/Isanlu Isin Road in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened at Ijara-Isin/Isanlu Isin Road around 6pm. One of the kidnapped victims was identified as Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, the

World number seven Holger Rune beat a frustrated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 on Wednesday, sending the top seed spinning out in a dramatic rain-interrupted quarter-final at the Italian Open. The Serb, who will drop to second on Monday in the rankings behind Carlos Alcaraz, admitted that he was outplayed in heavy, wet conditions after

There was a drama at the House of Representatives on Wednesday as members bickered over the adjournment of plenary for the ongoing induction ceremony for members-elect of the National Assembly. The two-week induction ceremony, which commenced last week, was to expose newly elected and reelected members of the coming 10th National Assembly to legislative procedures.

Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been banned from all football-related activity for eight months over breaches of betting rules. Toney, who was charged by the Football Association in November with 262 alleged breaches over a four-year period, has been suspended with “immediate effect”. The 27-year-old England international is banned until mid-January and has been fined

The five-day warning strike of doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors, which started on Wednesday, recorded full compliance in Bayelsa State as its members working at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa and the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri stayed away from their duty posts. The President of NARD at