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Three Crowns Milk Sustains its Culture Of Promoting Health And Wellness With ‘Everybody is Welcome’ Fitness Campaign 2023
Three Crowns milk, Nigeria’s leading low cholesterol milk from the stable of the No. 1 dairy…
Nigerian Breweries issues N25bn commercial paper
Nigerian Breweries Plc has revealed a plan to raise N25bn from commercial paper issuance to support…
Lawan hails Nigerian journalists on World Press Freedom Day
The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, hailed Nigerian journalists on the occasion of the…
Few corrupt officials undermining passport issuance – Aregbesola
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says few corrupt officials are undermining the efforts of the…
Imo governorship: I will defeat Uzodinma in November, says Senator Anyanwu
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the November 11 Imo State governorship election, Senator Samuel ‘Samdaddy’…
Useful tips to check 2023 UTME result
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the release of the results of the 2023…
Police detain man after ‘shotgun cartridges’ were thrown into Buckingham Palace
Police in London on Tuesday arrested a man allegedly armed with a knife and accused of…
Buhari to attend King Charles III’s coronation in London
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will, on Wednesday, depart Abuja for London, United Kingdom,…
Why NAFDAC banned ‘Indomie Special Chicken’ flavour in Nigeria – DG
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has…
N30bn suit: Court grants ARCON power to summon Meta
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, leave…
Okowa mourns renowned historian, Obaro Ikime
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has condoled with the family of renowned historian, Prof. Obaro…
13,000 Nigerians benefited from flood relief interventions — FG
The Federal Government says over 13,000 Nigerians benefited from its various flood relief interventions across the…
New Zealand boxer suffers stroke after world title defeat
New Zealand boxer David Light suffered a mild stroke and underwent surgery for a blood clot…
Abia Assembly dismisses impeachment of speaker, says move unconstitutional
The Abia State House of Assembly has dismissed the purported impeachment of her speaker, Chinedum Orji,…
Sudan: First batch of evacuees moved to Egypt border – Envoy
The Nigerian Ambassador to Egypt, Nura Rimi, has said that the first batch of stranded Nigerians…
Why we are renewing our marriage vow – Real Warri Pikin
Speaking with NAOMI CHIMA, Anita Asuoha, aka Real Warri Pikin, explains her journey to fame and…
Jealous Lagos woman kills pregnant co-wife
A 42-year-old woman, Fatima Rahman, from Chad Republic has been remanded to the Ikoyi Custodial Centre…
Deadly noodles: NAFDAC takes probe to factories, markets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Tuesday said it was extending…
La liga: Alba strike takes Barca closer to title, Madrid slip, Elche relegated
Jordi Alba struck a late winner for Barcelona in a 1-0 win over 10-man Osasuna on…
Trump groped me on flight, woman tells US civil trial
A woman told a New York civil trial on Tuesday that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her…
Child marriages falling slowly, practice won’t end for 300 years — UNICEF
Child marriages are declining — but at a rate that would not eliminate the practice for…
Psychological burden of infertility
I was tempted to use the word barrenness but I am not comfortable with the fact…
Livestock accounts for over 40 % of global Agric GDP – FG
The Livestock sub-sector accounts for more than 40 per cent of the global agricultural Gross Domestic…
Tinubu’s victory: Legal battle begins Monday as tribunal hears petitions
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has fixed Monday for the hearing of the petitions challenging the…
FAAN urges illegal occupants to vacate airport land
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has issued a warning to all illegal occupants of airport…
Zelensky, not warned of US secret docs leak – report
Washington did not warn Kyiv about the top-secret documents leaked to internet chat rooms – containing…
I have delivered on change agenda – Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, in Abuja, said his regime had delivered…
53-year-old father of seven stabbed to death in Lagos
A 53-year-old Olalekan Okeowo has been stabbed to death in an uncompleted building at Salvation Estate…
Tinubu must talk to the issues from now
President-Elect Bola Tinubu could help himself to help the economy of the Nigerian people by making…
Three pastors, one other die in Ekiti crash
Three persons believed to be clergymen and one other person reportedly lost their lives in a…
Ooni commends envoy on book about Ile-Ife
In a bid to preserve the history and culture of the civilisation of the Yoruba people…
Firm’s vice chairman gets gas sector leadership award
The Executive Vice Chairman of ND Western Nigeria Limited, Dr Layi Fatona, has been recognised by…
Tackling the agonies of Nigerian workers
“In Nigeria, I shall have the honour and privilege to lead from May 29, workers will…
Ondo community, firm disagree over pollution allegation
Residents of the Obatedo community in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State have appealed…
Usman, Edwards eager for fourth title clash
Former UFC champion Kamaru Usman has said he will like to take on the unbeaten Khamzat…
Police kill suspected kidnapper in Delta hotel raid
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have neutralised one suspected kidnapper while three others were…
PSG join Balogun transfer race
Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly interested in signing Arsenal youngster Folarin Balogun after a…
Evacuated Nigerians stranded at Egypt border, Gbajabiamila orders probe
The Nigerian Ambassador to Egypt, Nura Rimi, has said the conditions given by the Egyptian government…
Man stabs co-worker to death
A Yaba Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded one Nyagh Isaiah for the alleged murder of his…
Organ harvesting: Reps plead for Ekweremadu, ECOWAS writes UK
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Criminal Court of the United Kingdom and the…
Ogun Rep-elect, activist clash in traffic over broken car mirror
A former Commissioner for Forestry in Ogun State, Tunji Akinosi, has been accused of attacking a…
MAN, NECA, NACCIMA reject FG’s excise tax hike
The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria comprising the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian Association of…
Suspect pushes peacemaker to death
The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested a man, Rafiu Akinwale, over…
Controversial Adawama REC detained, insists Binani won poll
The police, on Tuesday, began grilling the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, at…
Palace to make summer move for Akpom
Following his outstanding season in the English Championship, Premier League side Crystal Palace are reportedly ready…
Ronaldo tops Forbes’ highest-paid athletes
Cristiano Ronaldo (38) became the world’s highest-paid athlete after his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr…
Homeless man steals vehicle parts, others
A 26-year-old man, Haruna Usman, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court sitting in…
Court remands Lagos driver over bus-train crash
The driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that recently collided with a train, Oluwaseun…
Sixers’ Joel Embiid named NBA’s ‘Most Valuable Player’
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, comfortably winning…
Onuachu: Goal getter turns benchwarmer in England
After a tough start to the season that has seen him make only three starts in…
Shipowners kick as Reps stop $700m cabotage fund disbursement
The House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to stop its…
External debt: FG deducts N78bn from states allocations
The Federal Government deducted over N78bn from allocations made to the states for external debt servicing,…
Lagos to tackle Lekki-Epe highway gridlock with technology
In order to avert congestion caused by articulated trucks, the Lagos State Government has approved the…
EKEDC improves staff welfare
Eko Electricity Distribution Company says it has grown into a great workplace by implementing intentional policies…
Gombe APC expels another senator, Rep
The Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has expelled Senator Bulus Amos, and the…
Revive health sector, medical consultants tell Tinubu
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria on Tuesday, urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to…
Public service only ends at death, says Osinbajo
…Osinbajo showed us how to lead a country, Sanusi declares Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday,…
England’s Kirby ruled out of Women’s World Cup
Chelsea forward Fran Kirby will miss the Women’s World Cup as England’s bid to win the…
Obaseki unveils centre for gender-based violence survivors
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, unveiled a 100-bed space capacity centre facility for…
EFCC arrests 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in different locations within Enugu…
Lassa fever: NCDC tasks states on improved awareness
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday urged state governments to ensure improved…
288 arrested in US-Europe ‘dark web’ drug bust
The operation called SpecTor by US, British, Brazilian and European law enforcement also netted almost a…
Akwa Ibom: Obasanjo unveils 23.4km Eket-Etinan Road
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday inaugurated the 23.4km Eket- Etinan dual carriageway constructed by the…
Return to APC, Oyebanji urges ex-gov Oni
2nd May 2023 Former Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni and Governor Biodun Oyebanji during the visit.…
Senate to probe passport issuance, renewal delay
The Senate has directed its Committee on the Interior to urgently investigate the circumstances leading to…
Alcaraz breezes into Madrid Open quarter-finals, Medvedev out
World number two Carlos Alcaraz breezed past Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 to reach the Madrid Open…
Vacate airport lands, FAAN tells illegal occupants
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has issued a warning to all illegal occupants of airport…
National Assembly transmits bill to extend retirement age of judicial officers
The National Assembly has transmitted to the president a bill seeking a uniform age of retirement…
NHRC boss, Agba Jalingo, others to discuss press freedom at PUNCH Media Foundation event
As Nigeria joins the rest of the globe on Wednesday to mark the World Press Freedom…
Kano: EFCC fails to present witnesses as $1.3m fraud case resumes
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday failed to present witnesses in an alleged fraud…
Ondo police arrest man for killing peacemaker
The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested a man, Rafiu Akinwale, over…
Stop $700m cabotage fund disbursement, Reps tell NIMASA
The House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to stop its…
Masters, PhD required to attain rank of professorship in medicine- NUC
The recently-inaugurated Committee on the Status of Medical Education in Nigerian Universities has met with the…
Enugu hands over medical diagnostics centre to NSIA
The Enugu State Government on Tuesday formally handed over the state diagnostic centre to the Nigeria…
Health systems recovering from COVID-19 pandemic – WHO
After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems in across the world have started showing…
10th Assembly: PDP NWC meets Reps-elect, demands loyalty
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party is presently meeting with members-elect of the…
Buhari excludes Finance Ministry from TSA
…Appoints Minister of Power on governing council The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday,…
Israeli strikes on Syria kill seven, knock out Aleppo airport
During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes…
Ondo community accuses company of polluting river, environment
The Obatedo community in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has cried out to the…
Nigeria lost for not having Osinbajo as President, says Sanusi
The former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said Nigeria lost for not having Vice…
Uganda minister shot dead by bodyguard
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations in Uganda, Colonel Charles Okello Engola,…
Again, Gombe APC expels senator, Rep over anti-party activities
The Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has expelled Senator Bulus Amos and a…
UK nurse facing trial denies murdering babies
Lucy Letby, 33, who is also accused of attempting to kill another 10 babies in the neo-natal…
Sudan evacuation: Ethnic bias accusation wicked, divisive, says NiDCOM
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has denied an allegation against its Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, that she…
Buhari reappoints Dabiri-Erewa as NIDCOM chairman
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has been reappointed for a second term…
Zuba estate: Housing supply will reduce multidimensional poverty – Buhari
The President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has described housing deficit as one of the indices…
Don to enrol 70% out-of-school children into classrooms
A Nigerian researcher and professor of comparative literature, Prof. David David, has expressed displeasure over the…
Top 10 dramatic outfits at Met Gala
The 2023 Met Gala was held on Monday in memory of late fashion legend, Karl Lagerfield,…
Abia Assembly Speaker, Orji, impeached
Members of the Abia State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, voted to impeach its Speaker, Hon.…
Uganda lawmakers pass new draft of anti-gay bill
Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed a new draft of anti-gay legislation, retaining many draconian provisions despite…
EFCC arrests 19 Akwa Ibom varsity students for internet fraud
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 19 students of Akwa Ibom State University for internet-related…
French unions set new protest date amid arrests
French trade unions said Tuesday they would call new mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s bitterly…
Couples above 46 should seek help six months after trying to conceive — Gynaecologist
A consultant gynaecologist and fertility expert, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, has advised couples who are yet to…
AI pioneer resigns from Google, warns of danger of AI chatbot
The pioneer of Artificial Intelligence, Geoffrey Hinton, has resigned from Google after working for more than…
How Amaechi, Giadom worked against Tinubu’s election -APC chieftain
The South-South Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Blessing Agbomhere, has accused former Minister…
OPSN opposes excise tax increase, demands reversal
The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria on Tuesday demanded the immediate reversal of the recently announced…
FULL LIST: Tonight’s Chelsea, Arsenal EPL clash squad
Tonight, Chelsea will be facing Arsenal in the ongoing English Premier League competition. The kick-off time…
PICTORIAL: Burna Boy, Tems Attend Met Gala 2023
Nigerian singers Burna Boy and Tems made their debut at the 2023 Met Gala, one of…
Tiwa Savage, others to perform at King Charles III’s coronation concert
The Nigerian-born singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, is among artistes billed to perform at the Coronation…