150 bakeries close down due to economic challenges The Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Association of Master Bakers and Caterers has revealed that over 150 bakeries across the State have closed down due to economic challenges. This was disclosed ...

Samklef joins ex-Governor Fayose in beef with brother, Isaac Record producer-turned-blogger Samklef, has joined ex-Ekiti State Governor in beef with his younger brother, Isaac. Recall Isaac had called Samklef out, calling him a thief, saying he absconded with his laptop ...

Kidnappers of Bethel Baptist School students have released their last victim The last victim of the Bethel High School pupil kidnapped in Kaduna, Treasure Ayuba, has been released. On July 5, gunmen invaded the school in Damishi, Kaduna and abducted ...

Actress Mary Njoku laments over rise in prices Nollywood actress Mary Remmy Njoku has expressed her frustration with the significant rise in prices of goods in the country. Narrating her supermarket experience, she decried the economic hardship in Nigeria. The mother of ...

Workers to embark on strike next Wednesday The organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has declared a plan for a nationwide strike over the beating and abduction of their President, Joe Ajaero. ...

Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to Rwanda the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people and trade to rival Europe’s Schengen ...

Man dies mysteriously at Lagos park A yet-to-be-identified man has died under mysterious circumstances in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State. It was gathered the corpse of the man whose identity remains unknown, was found in the early morning ...

Veteran juju musician Peter Akanni Akorede is dead He was professionally known as Emperor Pick Peter of the ‘Omode de’ fame. He reportedly died on Thursday after a brief illness at age 74. Confirming his passage, popular music promoter and ...

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has clarified the issue bordering on the controversial Presidential yacht said to be worth about N5 billion Ali Ndume made this clarification while speaking on the review of the supplementary budget on Arise ...

Final year Petroleum Training Institute student electrocuted while installing solar panels A final year student of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State has been electrocuted while installing solar panels on a one-storey building. Punch Metro gathered that the gory incident occurred ...

Woman steals newborn baby from sleeping mum in hospital A teenage woman stole a newborn baby from a hospital room while the family slept. Cuane Malaquias allegedly stuffed one-day-old Ravi Cunha into a duffle bag to smuggle him out of ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Amaechi Muonagor has begged Nigerians for financial assistance over the illness he is battling with. The actor was recorded on his hospital bed as he explained how he got paralyzed after suffering a stroke. However, because his condition showed ...

  A 34-year-old man identified as John has died after drowning in the Elegushi Beach, in Lagos State, on Saturday, during a church hangout. Punch Metro gathered that the unnamed Ikorodu-based church had organised a picnic for its youths which the ...

  Victor AD has spoken on the speculations that he wrote Davido’s hit song ‘Jowo.’ A report went viral on X a few months ago claiming Victor AD said Davido stole his hit song ‘Jowo’ from him during a studio ...

  Nigerian actor, Emeka Amakeze has criticised his colleague, Yul Edochie over his comment against Arise news Anchor, Rufai Oseni. This development follows Yul Edochie’s prior criticism of Arise TV news anchor Rufai Oseni for acting in an unprofessional manner during a TV interview. APC chieftain, ...

  Authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, have suspended an employee, Nwafor Nwesuzor, for allegedly forging his degree and National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate.   This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the Special Adviser to ...

  Footballer Asamoah Gyan ordered to give his ex-wife two homes, a petrol station and two cars Former Premier League striker Asamoah Gyan has been told to pay compensation to his ex-wife after it was determined that he is the biological father ...

Tinubu’s female ministers dress like beauty pageant contestants – Adebayo Shittu A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has said the female ministers in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu dress like beauty pageant contestants. Shittu made this known during ...

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has made fresh allegations against embattled singer, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley According to her, the Marlian Music boss sprinkled illicit substances in her children’s food and drink when they visited his house. The thespian said ...

Comedian AY, has denied portraying afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti’s daughter as a dog in his skit Kuti recently revealed that he mocked AY when fire gutted his house because he portrayed his daughter as a dog in a skit video ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said his rift with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State was purely politics. Wike said it is politics if he demands N20 billion monthly and is allowed to award all the ...

  The High Court of Justice in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered the unconditional and immediate release of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The court made the order after Emefiele filed a ...

The House of Representatives has removed the controversial N5 billion presidential yacht from the 2023 supplementary budget The budget was passed on Tuesday by the House after adopting the report submitted by the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Abubakar Bichi ...

Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has condemned reports of insufficient stock of currency notes in the country CBN through its Director Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, noted that there is sufficient stock to facilitate economic activities in the country. He made this ...

  Missy Elliott reveals her mother will watch her perform live for the FIRST TIME ever Missy Elliott has revealed she is finally allowing her mother, Patricia, to watch her perform live – having dissuaded her for decades over fears she ...