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Russia has begun buying bananas from India and will boost such imports, its food safety watchdog said on Tuesday, after a spat with its biggest supplier Ecuador over the latter’s decision to swap Russian-made military hardware with the United States. The first batch of ...

The Michael Okpara University, Umudike, Abia State has suspended indefinitely its ongoing academic activities following the protest by students against the increment of school fees in the early hours of Tuesday Punch Metro learnt from a statement by the Vice ...

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has warned that SIMs not linked to National Identity Number (NIN) will be deactivated by the end of February   He also reaffirmed the commission’s collaboration with the ...

A 62-year-old man has been arrested for alleged s3xual assault of a six-year-old girl around the Numui cemetery area in Bosso Low Cost, Minna, the Niger State capital The suspect, Adamu Danga, lured the victim who was sent on an ...

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old man, Adedeji Ogunleye, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing and fraud. Court sentences former ABUAD bookshop staff in absentia for defrauding institution The convict was arraigned before Magistrate Olatomiwa ...

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have killed a notorious bandit, Isa Dei-Dei, in Abuja, after storming the hideout of a bandit group in the suburb of the Federal Capital Territory   The operation was said to have been carried ...

A fire outbreak on Wednesday morning burnt a popular night club Roky Fella located in Abakaliki capital of Ebonyi state   Properties and goods worth millions were destroyed before the fire was put off. The club is located along Udoji Street, Kpirikpiri ...

A lecturer of the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has been suspended for allegedly subjecting students to corporal punishment The university Deputy Registrar, Information and Public Relations Unit, Sa’idu Abdullahi Nayaya, announced the immediate suspension of the lecturer, ...

The Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday rescued six pregnant teenagers from a baby-making factory at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state Dr Afam Obidike, the state Commissioner for Health, told journalists after the ...

An Enugu State High Court today sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing an Enugu-based makeup artist, Ijeoma Nweke The court, presided over by Honourable Justice Kenneth Okpe, in a two-hour judgement on Wednesday found the accused, Chiamaka Ifezue, guilty of killing the victim by forcing ...

The Vice Chancellor of the Plateau State University, Professor Bernard Matau has been sacked from office Matau was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the state university while serving as the state Commissioner for Higher Education in the last administration ...

Former President Donald Trump issued an all-caps message praising King Charles after his shock cancer diagnosis, sending prayers for a speedy recovery to someone he ‘got to know well’ Trump’s was just one of the many acknowledgements that came in ...

King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer! Buckingham Palace broke the news. The type of cancer has not been revealed – it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King ...

  The management of Fidelity Bank has estimated that it may lose about N1.19bn to claims and litigation for the year ended December 2023. This was shown in its condensed unaudited financial statements for 2023 filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited. ...

The Anambra Police Command has declared one of its officers, Inspector Audu Omadefu, wanted over suspected murder The Police spokesperson, Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the cop, with the AP No. 362178, has turned fugitive ...

A dreaded bandit group planning to establish camp inside Gwarzo-Karaye forest have been uncovered and arrested by a team of Police men operating around Kano border communities Police investigations showed that the bandits were based in Birnin Gwari, but decided ...

The Federal Government has renewed the suspension of commercial flights from Niger Republic to Nigeria and from Nigeria to the nation’s northern neighbouring country by the Economic Community of West African States resolution. This resolution was put forth by ECOWAS ...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Thursday, said it was working in collaboration with the United States Department of States and international management consultancy firm, Deloitte, to meet its net-zero carbon goals. This, it said, was by embarking ...

Six members of a kidnap syndicate allegedly responsible for the recent abduction of one Joshua Eze, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT have been arrested in a hotel in Bassa Village in the capital city   The suspects are one Buhari ...

  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that Foreign Portfolio Investors want the country to carry out policy reforms to enable them to bring in their funds. Cardoso said this on Monday during an ...

  Hassan Saidu and Abdullami Aliu have been jailed for vandalising a transformer belonging to Eko Electricity Distribution Company in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos. The two were found guilty on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit ...

  116 customers of Wema Bank were rewarded with about N8m in the sixth monthly draw of the bank’s 5 for 5 Promo Season 3. In a statement, the firm said the live draw, which was held at the Oba ...

  The naira strengthened at the official window on Monday, after the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, reassured that the apex bank was making efforts to tackle the volatility of the currency. The local currency appreciated by 1.09 ...

  Bank Directors Association of Nigeria says it is supportive of a directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria asking commercial banks to stop “hoarding’’ foreign currencies. The CBN had last week expressed concerns over the escalating foreign currency exposure ...

  The national power grid stabilised on Monday as electricity generation revolved around 3,000 megawatts and 3,707.91MW between 1am and 8pm on the same day following the collapse of the grid on Sunday. On Monday, The PUNCH reported that power generation on ...