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Opinion: Macron’s lesson for our youth

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

Nigeria’s young, aspiring leaders have a thing or two to learn from the political sagacity of French liberal centrist politician, Emmanuel Macron, who blazed to an emphatic victory after the two-stage presidential election that ended on Sunday, 7th May 2017. He beat his sole opponent of the ultra-rightist National Front, Ms Marion Anne Perrine Le […]

Gambian president Barrow fires central bank chief, 3 deputies loyal to Jammeh

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

President Adama Barrow on Wednesday fired Gambia’s central bank governor and three other bank officials considered loyal to former dictator Yahya Jammeh, a senior official at the bank said Wednesday. Central bank governor Amadou Colley, two of his deputies and the bank’s financial director, who all served during Jammeh’s iron-first rule, received their letters of […]

BBC apologises to Emir Sanusi over alleged N6b Emirate fund scam publication

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has apologised to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over reports it published claiming the Emir was connected with a financial recklessness that took place with the Kano Emirate fund. Recall that on April 24, the corporation had published a report claiming that the Emir was under probe by […]

Mercy Aigbe’s husband remanded in Kirikiri Prison

Posted by admin Headlines, Sex and Relationship Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Olanrewaju Gentry, the husband of ace Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, has been remanded in the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos, after he was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Y.O. Aje-Afunwa, gave him a bail condition in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. However, before he could […]

New CAF president appoints Amaju Pinnick to replace Hayatou

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

’Tana Aiyejina President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has been appointed the President of the Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, a position previously occupied by ex-Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou. The appointment was announced on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the new CAF Executive Committee in Manama, […]

20-year-old Nigerian shines in US varsity

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Friday Olokor Twenty year-old Nigerian-born Diane Isibor, on Saturday, went home with two prestigious awards during the 223rd convocation ceremony of Valdosta State University, United States. They are the Spring 2017 President’s/Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence (for the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration) and Annie Power Hopper Award. The President’s award was […]

Video & Picture: Bride hesitates to kiss groom on wedding day

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Bride hesitates to kiss groom on wedding day A video footage of a bride who had to be persuaded to kiss her new husband has got Nigerians talking online. In the two-minute clip, the new bride’s countenance read between being petrified and beingabashed when it was time to kiss after the officiating minister declared […]

Lagos GDP hits $136b –Ambode

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, May 5th, 2017

Lagos GDP hits $136b –Ambode — 6th May 2017 By Moshood Adebayo Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has described the state as the fastest growing mega city in the world, just as he revealed that its Gross Domestic Product GDP has hit $136 billion. He also said the state accounts for over 90 per cent […]

Seven killed in Borno suicide attack

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Friday, May 5th, 2017

Seven persons were killed on Thursday during a suicide attack in Konduga, a town in Borno, the police said on Friday. A statement by the Assistant Public Relations Officer in charge of Borno Police Command, Murtala Ibrahim, said that two of the dead were suicide bombers while the other five were innocent citizens. The statement […]

Mass rape: Four students arrested for assaulting Lagos schoolgirls in broad daylight

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, May 5th, 2017

Kunle Falayi After an eyewitness shared on social media how final year secondary school students sexually assaulted their female counterparts on their last day in school at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, in what has been described as a “tradition”, the Lagos State Government is said to be hunting for the students responsible. Saturday PUNCH learnt on […]