Cry of the rich: Luxury houses turn to rubble as Lagos demolishes buildings...
The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, in its drive for urban renewal and permanent solution to perennial flooding, conducted mass demolition of properties built on a drainage setback in the...
View ArticleRemo, Sporting clash in southwest derby
A tantalizing southwest derby awaits Nigerian Premier League fans on Sunday in Ikenne when Remo Stars hosts highflying Sporting Lagos at the Remo Stars Stadium, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Both teams...
View ArticleKogi poll: Thugs attack SDP chairman, destroy property
Some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs on Saturday attacked the house of the Zonal Chairman, Social Democratic Party, Pastor Sunday Atabo, and destroyed his property at his country home in...
View ArticleEchegini thrilled to score winner over Waldrum’s Pittsburgh
Super Falcons star Onyi Echegini has expressed her delight at scoring against Pittsburgh’s head coach Randy Waldrum, who handed her the international debut with Nigeria. Echegini’s game-winning goal...
View ArticlePrivileged women should see their positions as stepping-stones for others –...
Former Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet, tells PATRICK ODEY about her political career, her advocacy for the rights of women, multiple-birth children and...
View ArticleAbiodun promises to tackle unemployment with technical education
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said that his administration will focus on strengthening technical and vocational training as part of efforts to address unemployment in the state. Abiodun...
View ArticleWhy I want to establish electric vehicle company – Katsina automotive designer
A 17-year-old automotive designer, Al-Amin Sabitu, from the Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State, tells OLAIDE OYELUDE about his passion for the design of electric vehicles and his ambition...
View ArticleI appreciate life better after fatal Lagos auto crash – Survivor
A Lagos event coordinator from Ogun State, Arigbabu Samuel, tells TEMITOPE ADETUNJI how he escaped death when a commercial bus he boarded rammed into a truck in the Gbagada area of Lagos last Saturday...
View ArticleHow govt officials forcibly took away my three-month-old baby – Ondo mother
A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Opeyemi Adegboyeya, who recently cried out over the alleged disappearance of her son in the custody of a juvenile Home, Akure under the supervision of the Ondo State Ministry...
View ArticleHow I overcome pressure from politicians – Bayelsa REC
Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga, tells CHUKWUDI AKASIKE about the preparation of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the November 11 governorship election in...
View ArticleSalary increase better than palliatives – OAU don
A professor in the Department of Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Abayomi Adebayo, speaks with AYOOLA OLASUPO on the state of the country’s economy and how to bring it out of the woods A...
View ArticleExperts advocate adoption of technology to end tanker accidents
In recent weeks, like in the past, there have been reports of fuel tankers falling on the highways. While most of them spilt their content on the road and into drainages, causing more environmental...
View ArticleCorps member kidnapped in Zamfara regains freedom
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps says it has secured the release of one of the seven female prospective corps members abducted in Zamfara. This was made known in a press statement by...
View ArticleWhy I dressed in uniform to welcome new pupils – Ondo principal
The principal of St Michael’s Catholic High School, Akure, Ondo State, Adeniyi Oluyide, who was seen dressed as a pupil in uniform and welcoming newly admitted pupils of the school in a viral video...
View ArticleEFCC chair resumes, to battle 25 abandoned cases against ex-govs, others
•Olukoyede lists focus, says commission must deliver on mandate •Go after looters not only yahoo boys, senior lawyers tell anti-graft chief The new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
View ArticlePoor funding killing tertiary education, not lecturers’ strike – SSANU president
National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Muhammed Ibrahim, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE on the nation’s tertiary education system, incessant lecturers’ strike among...
View ArticleFG ready to commit 25% of annual budget to education – Minister
In line with its commitment to crash the high number of out of school children in North-West region of Nigeria by improving access to quality education and empowering youths in the region, the European...
View ArticleUsman suffers third straight UFC defeat
Former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman suffered a third straight UFC defeat to unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev in a middleweight bout at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra...
View ArticleJoshua reveals punch he’ll never forget
Former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has revealed the punch that he won’t forget among some of the big hits he has received in his boxing career. From the beating he sustained at...
View ArticleAPC intensifies move to resolve Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa’s dispute
The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Oladeji Olamide, has been saddled with the responsibility of facilitating the meeting between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and the reconciliation committee set...
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