Month: July 2019

Business moguls, Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola have promised the Super Eagles mouth-watering bonus for each goal scored in their remaining games at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Dangote has promised to dole out $50,000 per goal…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will no longer nominate people he does not personally know for ministerial positions. In a maiden meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly, Buhari also said that only those tested and capable of delivering…

All times are shown in local time. Quarterfinal 3 Suez Stadium Cote d’Ivoire 9:00 Algeria Quarterfinal 4 Al-Salam Stadium Madagascar 12:00 Tunisia Sun, 14 Jul 2019 Semifinal 1 30 June Stadium Senegal 9:00 TBA Semifinal 2 30 June Stadium Senegal…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have qualified for the Semi-finals of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt after beating the Bafana Bafana of South Africa 2-1. Samuel Chukwueze opened scoring for Nigeria on 27th minute. Chukwueze was in the…

Ms Patience Oniha, DG Debt Management Office(DMO) Nigeria’s total public debt that aggregates both external and domestic debt has ballooned to N24.947 trillion ($ 81.274 billion), according to a statement by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday. The new…

The PUNCH has removed its Daily Editor, Martin Ayankola over an offensive cartoon published in the newspaper last Thursday. Also asked to resign was the Saturday Editor, Olabisi Deji-Folutile over the same issue. There has been outrage over a cartoon…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged secular musicians who protested to the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to direct their future protests to the government. The was stated by the association in…

Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State, yesterday distanced himself from a group purportedly campaigning for his presidential ambition in 2023. The All Progressives Congress chieftain in a statement by his spokesperson, Tunde Rahman, denied having a link with the group he described…

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation or circulation of sniper insecticide, a product currently used to commit suicide. This followed a motion sponsored by Sen. Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 others on the…

A bad smell coming from a car near a school in north Nicosia, Cyprus led to the discovery of a body in the trunk, later identified as that of a 33-year-old Nigerian Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale. He was described as a…