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The wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second daughter, Fatima, took place on Friday, in Daura, Katsina state. Many dignitaries, including ministers  attended the event, in which former managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Malam Gimba Kumo, was the groom. NAN TV  captures the highlights of the event, including an interview with Fatima. […]

Ramon Oladimeji A Lagos-based lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to perpetually restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from executing his proposed plan to sell some national assets as a measure to tackle the economic doldrums in the country. The lawyer said in his suit that Buhari planned to sell national assets […]

Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova upset Germany’s Angelique Kerber to win the WTA Finals on Sunday, beating the newly crowned world number one 6-3 6-4. Cibulkova, runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open, turned the tables on Kerber just a week after losing to her in the round-robin stage and captured the biggest title of her career.

The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Çakil, has said that Nigerian students in Turkey are under the protection of the Turkish government. Çakil said this on the sideline of a dinner reception to mark the 93rd anniversary of the founding of Turkey in Abuja at the weekend. The envoy denied reports that 50 Nigerian […]

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari. The vote of confidence was passed at the end of a three-day retreat of the party’s officials and stakeholders to discuss political party management in Sokoto on Sunday. The communique was jointly signed by the Chairman […]

The Borno command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Sunday raised the alarm that youths in Maiduguri are now being recruited by Boko Haram to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala area of the state. The Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the revelation in an interview with the News Agency […]

Gareth Bale tied his long term future to Real Madrid on Sunday by extending his contract with the Spanish giants to 2022, the club confirmed. “Real Madrid C. F. and Gareth Bale have agreed an extension to the player’s contract, keeping him at the club until the 30th of June 2022,” Madrid said in a […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday in Lagos that Africa’s richest woman by Forbes reckoning, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, was among the 25 billionaires he made during his tenure as President. Obasanjo stated this at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum. The former president was reacting to an allegation by Alakija, at the event, […]

Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against Hillary Clinton, seeking to exploit the FBI’s decision to reopen an investigation into her emails, as America’s bruising election campaign heads into its final stretch. Just 10 days before the country goes to the polls to elect either the former US secretary of state or the bombastic Republican […]

Turkish authorities have fired over 10,000 additional civil servants as the government presses a crackdown over the failed July coup, the official gazette said. A total of 10,131 government employees were removed, mainly from the education, justice and health ministries, according to announcements published late Saturday. The government also announced the closure of 15 pro-Kurdish […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that no fewer than 800 suspected violent herdsmen have been arrested across the country by security agencies. Osinbajo said this in Houston, Texas in the United States on Friday at a Townhall event where he interacted with US-based Nigerians, according to a statement, issued on Saturday, by his spokesperson […]

Olalekan Adetayo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, assured Nigerians that the Federal Government would not interfere in the work of security and anti-corruption agencies if they decided to move against former President Goodluck Jonathan. Osinbajo, who said the current administration did not believe in arbitrary arrests, explained that the agencies of government were being […]

Ife Ogunfunwa Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Federal Government to ensure that the results of its development initiatives are felt by Nigerians. Obasanjo, who was one of the keynote speakers at the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum, which held on Saturday in Lagos, commended the government for its programmes aimed at creating […]

Ade Adesomoju Reasons for the rancorous relationship between Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, were revealed on Saturday. According to some of the documents obtained by SUNDAY PUNCH, the turbulent relationship between the duo started in 2006. Justice […]

Arukaino Umukoro President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, debunked allegations that his nephew, Mamman Daura, was in charge of the affairs at the Presidency. Buhari stated this in an interview with an on-air-presenter, Osasu Igbinedion, on her show, The Osasu show, which was monitored by our correspondent on the programme’s YouTube page. Asked whether it was […]

Olufemi Atoyebi Three persons in possession of two human skulls have been arrested at a hideout in Ogbomoso by policemen from the Oyo State Police Command. The state Commissioner of Police, Samuel Adegbuyi, said the arrest was made after the police received information from members of the public, who had raised the alarm that the […]

With a population of 20 million people and just over 30,000 policemen, Lagos State residents have continued to bear the brunt of crime. OLALEYE ALUKO writes on 10 places in the state that have gained notoriety for violent crimes Against the backdrop of rising spate of criminal activities in Lagos State, the Police Command in […]

Anna Okon The scarcity of foreign exchange from the official window has compelled some manufacturers to source funds from the black market in order to keep their business going. In the coming months, affected manufacturing firms say consumers may have to pay about 100 per cent more than what they currently pay for locally manufactured […]

’Femi Asu NIgeria has become the ninth supplier of crude oil to the United States, from 15th and 12th positions in 2014 and 2015, respectively, according to the the latest data from the US Energy Information Administration has showed. Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela are the top three sources of crude imports to the US, […]

John Alechenu, Fidelis Soriwei and Nnodim Okechukwu There were sharp divisions among leaders of ethnic nationalities of the Niger Delta over the choice of representatives of the region for the scheduled meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday. A prominent leader from the zone who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition fo anonymity […]

Toluwani Eniola The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has asked Governor Olusegun Mimiko to stop seeking assistance from the Presidency over the removal of Eyitayo Jegede as the PDP candidate for the November 26 poll in the state. Ibrahim said the President remained a law-abiding person and […]

John Alechenu the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Saturday, alleged that his colleagues were blackmailed into keeping silent over the issue of budget padding currently rocking the lower chamber. Jibrin said this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH in Abuja, on Saturday. He spoke to commemorate the […]

Gibson Achonu Dwellers of Umudike in Dikenafai community in Ideato South Council Area of Imo State are now living in fear following the killing of a 12-year-old boy by suspected ritualists. The victim’s vital organs were also removed by his assailants. Our correspondent gathered that the boy, identified only as Ikenna, a primary four pupil […]

Ade Adesomoju  The Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has picked holes in the orders of the Federal High Court recognising  Jimoh Ibrahim as the party’s governorship candidate ahead of the November 26 election in Ondo State. The Makarfi faction, in a counter-affidavit filed before the Abuja Division of the Court of […]

Kayode Idowu The Nigerian Police on Saturday confirmed that nine persons were killed in two suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Damien Chukwu, told journalists that the first incident occurred at the entrance to Bakassi Camp, a camp for Internally Displaced Persons, after the early morning […]