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  Former Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has revealed that Kylian Mbappé became “a little jealous” after Lionel Messi joined the French club in August 2021. Neymar made the statement on Thursday during a podcast hosted by Brazilian World Cup winner ...

  The special adviser to the president on economic affairs (Office of the Vice President), Tope Fasua, has said that the weakening of the naira has reduced the number of Nigerians migrating from the country. He said this on Thursday ...

  Fidelity Bank Plc has announced plans to increase its issued share capital from N26.7bn to N36.7bn. This development was disclosed in a statement filed on the Nigeria Exchange Limited by the company secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje, on Thursday. According to ...

  The Defence Headquarters has revealed that the recent spike in terrorist activities across the North East and North West regions of Nigeria is due to the influx of foreign fighters serving as reinforcements for the terrorists. In the past ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revoked the land allocations of 568 individuals in Maitama II, Abuja, for failing to settle their Certificate of Occupancy bills. This was disclosed on Thursday by Wike’s media aide, ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has unveiled two digital innovations—the Document Flow System and the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies Naira Payment Solution—at an event held on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at its headquarters in Abuja. A press statement released ...

  Officers from the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 44-year-old alleged paedophile, Damilola Otegba. Otegba, a security guard at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, left his post at night to engage in unlawful activities with a six-year-old ...

  President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, hailed the sacrifices of the men and women of the Armed Forces who laid down and continue to lay down their lives to ensure Nigeria’s territorial integrity. In a tweet posted on his official ...

  The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has announced its withdrawal from the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2025. The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission had earlier screened 13 political parties, including the PDP, ...

  The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries says the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and its efforts to ramp up Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) production are impacting the PMS market in Europe. The 650,000-capacity Dangote refinery, which began operations in January ...

  Five Oyo town kingmakers and their preferred candidate for the Alaafin stool, Prince Lukman Gbadegesin, on Wednesday, issued Governor Seyi Makinde a 30-day ultimatum to reverse the appointment of Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin or face a fresh legal ...

  The Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has attributed current economic hardship to poor decisions made during the 2023 elections. Suleman made this assertion during Tuesday and Wednesday’s two-day “Recovery Conference 2025” in Bauchi State, the ...

  President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named among the 400 Presidential Early Career Award recipients for Scientists and Engineers in the United States. PUNCH Online reports that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in ...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that it remitted N10 trillion to the Federation Account as of September 2024. NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, revealed this during a budget defence session before the Joint Committee ...

  Nigeria’s crude oil revenue rose to about N50.88tn in 2024, findings by The PUNCH revealed. Data obtained from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, an agency of the Federal Government, confirmed that Nigeria produced a total of 408,680,457 barrels ...

  First Bank of Nigeria Plc has secured the order of a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to arrest a cargo belonging to General Hydrocarbons Limited. The court, in Suit number: FHC/PH/CS/02/2025, ordered that the entire ...

First City Monument Bank has announced the appointment of Felicia Obozuwa as the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Service Management, following approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, it was indicated that Obozuwa brings ...

  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Kyiv on Thursday on an unannounced visit to shore up support for Ukraine after nearly three years of war, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been holding a flurry of meetings ...

  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday hailed a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas militant group as a “victory” for Palestinians and a “defeat” for Israel.   “The end of the war and the imposition of a ...

  The Federal Government on Thursday reacted to recent remarks by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who commented on the economic reforms introduced under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sanusi II, who spoke at a public event in Lagos ...

  The President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has accepted an invitation from President Bola Tinubu to visit Nigeria in 2025. Tinubu, who arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday as a guest of the UAE ...

  Retired generals have expressed worries over the resurgence of terrorist attacks in the North-East, stressing the need to curtail the development. Amnesty International, however, pointed out that the violent escalation indicates a failure of the current security measures. At ...

  An activist and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday categorically stated that Kano State must have only one emir as passed by the Court of Appeal, and the 16th emir of Kano has come to stay in ...

  The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday said its officers have arrested Opeyemi Ibrahim and Dimeji Bakare for allegedly buying clothes worth N220,000 using fake bank transfers from one Christopher Chukwuma at Oru Ijebu in the Ijebu North Local ...

  Prominent Northerners, including a former Chief Security Officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha,  Senator Natasha Apkoti, and Chief Spokesperson of Labour Party, Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 polls, Dr Yunusa Tanko, gathered at the ...