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With barely 10 days to the end of his tenure, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, sat amid tributes from several dignitaries led by his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo. “As leaders, we all have our high and low moments, but I have no doubt that posterity will be kind to Muhammadu

Nigeria international Cyriel Dessers has opened up on why he left Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord last season to sign for newly-promoted Italian Serie A club Cremonese in last summer’s transfer window. Dessers arrived in Genk 2020, but was the second-choice striker to Paul Onuachu and had to leave the club on a season-long loan to

hen Omolola Akinlade celebrated the completion of her Higher National Diploma course at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Surulere Campus, Lagos State, in 2019, little did she know that her result would be withheld for four years. Akinlade said she studied Business Administration and was among the 2016 to 2019 set of the institution. She alleged

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), some outgoing ministers and governors have embarked on last-minute appointments, investigations by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. Our correspondents also observed that Buhari and his ministers awarded contracts worth over N3.7tn in the dying embers of his regime. The appointments and contracts were awarded between March 20, 2023 and

The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Toyin Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation. This was contained in a statement on Friday, signed by the Director, Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mohammed Abdullahi Ahmed, on Friday, in Abuja. The Head of the

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on Friday in Abuja, said the newly inaugurated N21bn presidential wing of the State House Medical Centre would end the need for future presidents and their family members to seek medical treatment abroad. She said this when she joined the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other dignitaries to

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said the Federal Government can no longer afford to pay for fuel subsidy. It noted wealthy Nigerians mostly benefited from the subsidy, and that the subsidy regime was no longer sustainable. The NNPCL’s Executive Vice-President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Mohammed Ahmed, made this known during the third

The Catholic Bishop of Abeokuta Diocese, Most Rev Peter Olukayode Odetoyinbo, will on Sunday host top media executives and practitioners to a symposium to commemorate this year’s World Communications Day. Organised by the Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Abeokuta Diocese chapter, the event has as its theme, ‘Speaking with the heart: The truth in

A former deputy chairman of the Labour Party, Callistus Okafor, has approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria to declare him as the authentic chairman of the party, stating that the constitution of the party still recognised him as the substantive deputy chairman of the party. The appellant while addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday said

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has criticised the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for demolishing properties belonging to the Bayelsa State Government in Port Harcourt. Nabena, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, also alleged that the demolition was connected to Wike’s failed presidential ambition. The two residential quarters for

Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, talks to EMMANUEL OJO about the party’s chances at the Presidential Election Petition Court and why the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should not be sworn in on May 29 You recently stated that you refused to visit the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, because your party

The Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani has reserved ruling till Monday on the application by Peter Obi and the Labour Party for live-streaming of the proceedings of the court. Justice Tsammani made the brief declaration after lawyers to parties adopted their various processes. Some aggrieved political parties now numbering three are

The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Dare Ogundare, on Friday, paraded 16 suspects arrested for various criminal activities. Four of them were nabbed over alleged kidnapping in the Oke Ako area of the state and parts of Kwara State. Ogundare, who assured that the command would continue to fight crime, said the suspects would

Outstanding personalities and institutions in the broadcast industry were celebrated at the maiden edition of The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards, which is organised by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria. The programme, which was created to recognise and reward excellence in the broadcast industry, was held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre,

A magistrates’ court in Jos on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old tricycle operator, Sagir Abubakar, to 18 months in a custodial centre for a missing tricycle kept in his custody. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the magistrate, Shawomi  Bokkos, sentenced Abubakar after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokkos said the punishment would serve

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Friday, sealed off an unapproved herbal mixture factory at Adebola, Ibadan, Oyo State. City Round learnt that the concoction was meant for the treatment of malaria, body ache and hypertension, among others. An investigation by our correspondent revealed that the herbal mix was being

The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a cult in Benin, the state capital. A statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspects, Bright Amadin, 34; Brown Amadin  29; and Stanley Omoregie, 27, were arrested where they converged to “forcefully initiate innocent citizens in

The Vice-Chancellor, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Prof Timothy Adebayo, on Friday said the university would not tolerate any form of immoral conduct among students. He added that the institution would not bend the rule for anyone found guilty of immoral practices. In a speech he delivered at the matriculation for new students, Adebayo said, “ACU

A professor of nutrition and dietetics, Olivia Afam-Anene, has explained how consumers can manage the outbreak of Tuta Absoluta, also known as tomato ebola, a pest that has destroyed tomato farms across some states in the country. The development is said to have caused an increase in the price of tomatoes in the market. In

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday mourned the passing away of the Olori Omo Oba of Ijebuland and founder of the First City Monument Bank Group, Otunba Subomi Balogun. They described

The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, says it is untrue to say there are no jobs for medical doctors in Nigeria. He said rather, most doctors prefer to work in cities and certain locations, while declining to work in rural areas, which, according to him, have many vacancies. Speaking in

The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated a 40 megawatts Dadinkowa multipurpose hydroelectric dam in Gombe State. Performing the inauguration on behalf of the President, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said the power situation would be remedied to a significant extent. He explained that aside from augmenting power challenges in the country, the dam

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dissolved the Governing Council of the Osun State University, Osogbo. The Yusuf Alli-led council of the university was appointed by former governor Rauf Aregbesola in 2016 and was reappointed by the immediate past governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, after it completed its first five-year tenure. A statement on Friday by the

Russia, on Friday, said it banned entry to 500 Americans, including former president Barack Obama, in response to sanctions imposed by Washington. “In response to the anti-Russian sanctions regularly imposed by the Biden administration… entry into the Russian Federation is closed for 500 Americans,” the foreign ministry said, adding that Obama was among those on

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, on Friday in Abuja vowed not to withdraw from the race for the Office of Speaker of the 10th National Assembly. This is despite the decision of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress, which zoned the office to the North-East. “I am in the