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Burkina Faso has launched an investigation into the deaths of Nigerian Muslim pilgrims who were allegedly killed while travelling by bus to Senegal, foreign minister Olivia Rouamba said Monday. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), condemned the killing of Nigerian pilgrims who were travelling to Kaolack, Senegal. […]
A High Court in Abuja has compelled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to go ahead with the full implementation of the naira redesign policy. Delivering a ruling on Monday in a suit marked FCT/HC/CV/2234/2023, the court restrained the CBN from extending the deadline on the use of old naira notes. The CBN, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appointed Dr. Duke Okoro as the pioneer Rector, of Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State. The Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, was initiated by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, and passed into law by the National Assembly. The law was subsequently assented to […]
The Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba has sentenced a 28-year-old father, Amechi Ogo, to life imprisonment for raping his four-year-old daughter. Presiding Judge, Justice Flora Azinge, held that the testimony of the victim, the witness who caught the father of the little girl in the act, and confessional evidence of the […]
Pop superstar Beyonce broke the record for most career wins at music’s Grammy awards on Sunday but lost again in the prestigious album of the year category, this time to British singer Harry Styles. Beyonce added four Grammys to her collection, bringing her lifetime total to 32 and surpassing the tally of late classical […]
Nigerian music star, Tems, has won her first-ever Grammy award. The Afrobeats singer won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future featuring Drake. The 2023 Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah […]
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has asked Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, to retract his “attacks” on Edwin Clark, the Ijaw national leader, within 48 hours. Clark, in a recent letter to Okowa, alleged that the 13 percent derivation funds received by the state government were mismanaged. The elder statesman, who described Okowa’s administration […]
After a prolonged silence, the Ijaw National Leader and Leader of the Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has spoken up, giving Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa up to May 28, 2023, to account for the 13% Derivation Fund accruable to the State, including the recent N250 billion released by President […]
Barring any last-minute change of plans, Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC will meet today Friday meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss challenges being faced by Nigerians over the scarcity of Naira notes. Upon their visit, the governors will also discuss the allegations that some members of Buhari’s kitchen cabinet are […]
Eugene Konboye, a Nigerian artist, is turning discarded plastic flip-flop sandals into colourful portraits in an effort to help clean up the environment in the country. What started as an assignment in college in 2017, has become a full time job for Konboye, whose studio Abeokuta, Ogun state now trains aspiring artists who want […]
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