At least 1,500 members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria will on Friday resume at its Lagos office following their redeployment from the headquarters, The PUNCH has learned. A source at the apex bank told our correspondent exclusively that the ...

Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, met with President Bola Tinubu in Paris on Monday, January 29 Daniel Bwala disclosed this in a post on ...

British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years   Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller disclosed this recently in a statement. According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student ...

Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South senatorial district, has indicated interest in contesting the state’s governorship position in 2025     Ubah, stated this in a chat with journalists in his Nnewi country home.   He said: “I repeat, I ...

An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one Arowolo Dare to death by hanging for the murder of his half-brother The 42-year-old was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on 5th November 2021 on one count charge of murder. The charge ...

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command, yesterday, raided the hideout of some kidnappers, at Okohia Forest, Owerri West Local Council of the state During the raid, seven suspected members of the gang were arrested. Also, four decomposing corpses, thought to belong to ...

Ex-BBNaija housemate, Nina Ivy has said she can’t stand Nollywood actor, Yul’s new job! She made this known on her insta-story, when she shared a video of Yul ministering, and then mocked him. Nina called him a clown, while also saying God didn’t ...

The Nigerian Army said its troops rescued 32 kidnap victims during a search-and-rescue operation in Katsina State The Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Yahaya Ibrahim, in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed that the troops also killed two suspected terrorists ...

Suspected kidnappers have killed two traditional rulers in Ekiti State   The monarchs were said to be returning from a security meeting in Irele-Ekiti in a vehicle being driven by one of their colleagues, the Alara of Ikole Ekiti, when they were ...

An unprecedented hike in fees for Abuja-based private schools is imminent following the decision of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to hike operation charges of private schools in the capital city Under the new tax regime, each ...

  A Facebook user identified as Agozi Samuel, with the account name, Agozi Commedy, has appealed to comedian Ayo Makun, also known as AY, to forgive him for speaking ill against him, adding that he did it “out of hunger” and ...

  As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives designed to empower Nigerian youths with quality education, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has launched a creative writing competition for secondary school students dubbed Read2Lead.   Themed Read2lead, the ...

  OPay, a Nigerian financial technology firm, has implemented various security measures to prevent financial fraud. The initiative was aimed at improving the platform’s security and protecting customers from fraudulent activities, the firm said in a statement. OPay said it ...

A 72-year-old retired soldier, identified as Francis Dooga, has reportedly committed suicide within his compound opposite St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at Nyiniongun, a suburb of Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State   The deceased was reported to have hung ...

  The naira fell to an all-time low of N1348.63/$ on the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Monday. This signifies a 51.21 per cent fall from the N891.90/$ the national currency closed last Friday at the official market, according ...

Britney Spears has apologised to her ex, Justin Timberlake for comments made in her memoir, insisting she is ‘deeply sorry’ The pop superstars dated from 1999 until 2002 and in her 2023 book The Woman In Me, Britney made a series ...

  The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out ...

  A clip from actor Yul Edochie’s first session as a self-acclaimed Pastor is trending online.   Recall the actor floated a new online church after claiming that he’s answering a call from God to become a preacher. In the ...

Nollywood actor Babatunde Bernard, also known as Baba Tee, has spoken out about the physical assault he endured from his former wife, Yetunde Oduwole   During an interview with Nedu on The Honest Bunch podcast, Baba Tee recounted the initial instance of abuse ...

A Florida wheelchair-bound man has been torn apart by pair of dogs in a vicious attack that left witnesses helpless to stop the animals from biting “chunks” out of the victim. Sickening footage shows the two dogs taking turns biting the ...

A female student, Jamima Shetima Balami, has reportedly committed suicide by consuming a substance believed to be rat poison in Adamawa State Balami, a National Diploma II student of the Department of Mass Communication at the Federal Polytechnic Mubi in ...

The Nigeria Police Force said officers on stop-and-search duties must be in uniform with their names attached   The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi made this declaration in a post on his X handle on Monday. The force ...

Don’t FART around me, Tolanibaj warns future partner   BBNaija reality star Tolanibaj has sent out a message to her future partner with a warning. According to the self-acclaimed DJ via her X account, she wouldn’t condone a partner who farts around her. ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law, is asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to sack the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy Hannatu Musawa from office for allegedly violating the National Youth ...

Ahead of Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal clash with Nigeria, players of the Angola national team have been rewarded with cash and material gifts   The Palancas Negras, who are fresh off a commanding 3-0 victory over Namibia in ...