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Nigeria, China plan collaboration on military training, arms production
• China announces CN¥1bn grant for Nigeria, others, to train over 7,000 military personnel The Federal Government says it is deepening its security partnership with the People’s Republic of China...
10th January 2025
Biden, Trump pay last respect as Carter is buried
Funeral of former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday was marked by heartfelt tributes from leaders, family, and close associates, ABC News reports. President Joe Biden highlighted Carter’s unwaverin...
10th January 2025
Lagos female teacher remanded for assaulting three-year-old pupil
A 45-year-old teacher, Stella Nwadigo, has been remanded by the Ogba Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday for assaulting a three-year-old pupil of Christ-Mitos Primary School in the Ikorodu area of Lago...
10th January 2025
Man jailed two years for defrauding American of $345,000
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced one Chima Nkwocha also known as Young Billionaire to two years imprisonment for defrauding a United States citizen of $345,000. PUNCH Metro learnt f...
10th January 2025
Power stagnates at 4,500MW despite $3.23bn loans
Nigeria’s electricity generation has continued to hover around an average of 4,500 megawatts despite the country securing loans totalling over $3.23bn in about four years from international financia...
10th January 2025
Sanwo-Olu signs N3.36tn 2025 budget
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, signed the N3.36trn 2025 appropriation bill into law. Sanwo-Olu gave his assent to the budget tagged ‘Budget of Sustainability’ at Lagos ...
10th January 2025
JUST IN: Ex-IG Okiro withdraws from Ohanaeze presidential race
Former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, has withdrawn from the race for the position of President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Okiro made the announcement during a press briefing in Enugu on Th...
9th January 2025
Lagos teacher arraigned for slapping three-year-old pupil pleads not guilty
Stella Nwadigo, a teacher arrested for physically assaulting a three-year-old pupil at Christ-Mitots International School in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, appeared before Magistrate M.O. Kusanu at ...
9th January 2025
Yoruba, Igbo, others should separate if Nigeria isn’t working - Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said many Nigerians are no longer proud to identify themselves as citizens of the West African nation. In a video seen onl...
9th January 2025
Lagos school suspends teacher for abusing three-year-old pupil
The management of Christ-Mitots International School in Isawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has suspended one of its teachers, Stella Nwadigo who was accused of mistreating and physically abusing a three-yea...
9th January 2025Japa, agbero, eba, 17 other Nigerian words added to Oxford Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its lexicon with 20 Nigerian words and expressions in its latest update. The newly added entries include popular terms like “japa,” “agbero,” “eba,...
9th January 2025
Uproar as US pastor makes lady apologise to congregation for pregnancy
A viral video of Pastor Terry Jackson of True Vine Apostolic Church of Christ, Hampton, Virginia, publicly rebuking a young woman for being pregnant outside wedlock has sparked outrage and debate on s...
9th January 2025
Court orders forfeiture of N228m linked to ex-Abia gov Orji
The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order for the interim freezing and forfeiture of over N228.4m linked to a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. Justice Emeka Nwite made the inter...
9th January 2025
Ganduje tackles Obi as APC spokesman receives 200 death threats
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday threw his weight behind the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka. Ganduje also des...
9th January 2025
'It's fake news,' Obi denies arrest rumour
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has denied being arrested. Obi made the clarification in a tweet posted on his official X account with the theme ‘The Recurri...
8th January 2025
Anambra Catholic priest resigns, embraces traditional religion
A former Catholic priest of 17 years, Dr Echezona Obiagbaosogu, said he has resigned from his position as a priest to embrace African traditional religion. Obiagbaosogu, who teaches African Traditiona...
8th January 2025
'Upright' policeman Buhari honoured for rejecting $200,000 bribe converts to Islam
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Daniel Amah, renowned for rejecting a $200,000 bribe, has embraced Islam in a ceremony held at the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. During the private ...
8th January 2025
I've received over 200 death threats following comments on Peter Obi — Morka
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, alleged he and his family have received death threats over his remarks about Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. Morka stated that the thr...
8th January 2025
PDP differs as Okpebholo accuses LG chairs of N12bn diversion
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday, alleged that the suspended 18 local government council chairmen diverted and remitted about N12bn to leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in 15 mon...
8th January 2025
Stampede: Ooni’s ex-queen, others allege illegal detention, Oyo opposes bail
The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, urged the state high court in Ibadan not to grant bail to the ex-queen of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Shilekunola, Hamzat Oriyomi, and a school principal, Fasasi Abdullahi...
8th January 2025
Romance scam: Two US-based Nigerians face 40-year jail term
Two Nigerian nationals, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37, each face up to 20 years in a United States prison after being convicted by a federal jury for orchestrating a $560,00...
8th January 2025
Threat to life: Atiku, LP carpet Tinubu, APC lampoons Obi
Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress to tender a formal apology to Peter Obi and the Nigerian people over the u...
8th January 2025
Imo priest’s shooting of young man sparks outrage as investigations unfold
Reactions have continued to trail the shooting incident by Joseph Enyinnaya of St Columbus Catholic Church in Amaimo, in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, which resulted in the death of ...
8th January 2025
2027: El-Rufai, Atiku’s allies meet SDP leaders behind closed doors
Key political figures, including former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and allies of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, held a private meeting with the leadership of the Social Democratic Party i...
8th January 2025
Forex: Food crisis likely as northern farmers opt for export
The average cost of basic food items in Nigeria may reach an unprecedented level of price surge in the coming months, exacerbating the already challenging economic conditions, fresh findings by The PU...
8th January 2025
Ibadan stampede: Court to rule on Ooni's ex-queen, Oriyomi's bail application January 13
Justice K. B. Olawoyin, presiding over Court 8 of the Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan, has fixed Tuesday, January 13, to deliver his ruling on the bail application filed by Ooni of Ife’s...
7th January 2025
Confusion as mysterious banana 'offering' appear monthly at UK junction
Residents of Nottinghamshire, England have been left puzzled by the mysterious appearance of plates filled with peeled bananas left by the side of a road every month for over a year. The phenomenon oc...
7th January 2025
From classroom to politics: Meet Ghana’s first female Vice President, Jane Opoku-Agyemang
Ghana was in a frenzy mood when President John Mahama was sworn in in Accra, the capital of the country, on Tuesday. At the centre of attraction was 73-year-old newly sworn-in Vice-President Professor...
7th January 2025
Woman who threatened Seyi Tinubu, IG granted N10m bail
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted N10m bail to a woman, Olamide Thomas, who was accused of allegedly using her social media platform to make death threats agains...
7th January 2025
Over 573,000 jostle for customs recruitment
The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it received 573,519 applications in the just-concluded 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, barely a week after the portal was opened. The applicant seeking jobs f...
7th January 2025
'Its a lie', APC spokesman denies threatening Obi's life, family
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, has denied allegations made by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that he threatened his life and that of h...
7th January 2025
