Pay TV company, StarTimes, is offering a free upgrade on all its bouquets for subscribers on the antenna and dish platforms as part of the upcoming Easter celebration. According to the company, the promo which will start from March 15 to April 30, is to create awareness for content on higher bouquets during and after […]
Ife Ogunfuwa Nigeria will host a 16-member delegation of senior women technology executives and professionals from Silicon Valley, California as part of the TechWomen programme. These women leaders visiting Nigeria from March 18 to March 23 would mentor young women working in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, a statement by the Office […]
Feyisayo Popoola Google has announced 12 start-ups that will participate in its first Launchpad Accelerator Africa initiative. It also announced plans to offer single course scholarships to 15,000 developers, and nanodegree scholarships to 500 developers across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Six participants out of 12 start-ups in the first cohort of the Launchpad Accelerator […]
A Paralympic gold medallist Paul Kehinde says his target at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia is to set a record that will stay unbroken for about a decade, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Kehinde, who is the current Paralympics and world record holder in the men’s para-powerlifting -65kg category, said he […]
Lionel Messi has suggested he won’t get another chance if Argentina fail to win the World Cup in Russia this summer, ESPN reports. The Barcelona forward lost in three straight finals – two Copa Americas and the 2014 World Cup –in a three-year span and has not won a trophy with the senior team. Messi’s […]
British boxing great Frank Bruno says Anthony Joshua needs to be careful he does not get drawn into a war when he takes on Joseph Parker. Bruno thinks Joshua can be fancied to pick up the win in Cardiff later this month so long as he gets his tactics right. WBA ‘super’ and IBF champion […]
Nigerian football fans have a chance to win return tickets at the rescheduled first leg encounter between Akwa United and Heartland in Uyo on Wednesday courtesy of Dana Air. According to the Media and Communications Manager, of the company Kingsley Ezenwa, the move is aimed at reviving fan interest in the domestic league. He said, […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The National Association of Polytechnic Students has called on the Federal Government to review the dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma and the Bachelor’s Degree. The association, in a meeting with journalists held in Abuja recently, also lamented that polytechnic graduates in the country were being marginalised in the civil service. As […]
Peter Dada, Akure The Vice-Chancellor of the Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, Prof. Samuel Ibiyemi, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the education sector. Speaking during the 11th matriculation ceremony of the institution, Ibiyemi noted that many admission seekers were not willing to attend private universities and only […]
Peter Dada, Akure A group of students in Ondo State, acting under the umbrella of the National Association of Ondo State Students, on Monday took to the streets of Akure, the state capital, in protest against what they alleged as the anti-education policies of the state government under Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The protesters alleged that […]
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has frowned on cases of rejection and under-utilisation of members of the National Youth Service Corps by employers in the state. Speaking during the opening of a one-day workshop for corps members held in Yenagoa, the state capital, the governor also kicked against the unfriendly attitude […]
Tony Okafor, Awka Fifty-four graduating students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, are expected to receive first class degrees during the 12th convocation ceremony of the institution scheduled to hold on Thursday. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, disclosed this at a pre-convocation briefing held in his office. The VC said the […]
Idris Adesina The athletes who participated in the third Golden League in Abuja on Friday and Saturday are unhappy with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria over the failure of the AFN to pay them their transport and accommodation allowances. Our correspondent learnt that some of the athletes had to borrow money to return home after […]
Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro stunned top-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/2) on Sunday to win his first Indian Wells title and second consecutive ATP crown, AFP reports. The 29-year-old from Argentina handed Federer his first match defeat of 2018 and extended his own win streak to 11 matches, including […]
Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro stunned top-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/2) on Sunday to win his first Indian Wells title and second consecutive ATP crown, AFP reports. The 29-year-old from Argentina handed Federer his first match defeat of 2018 and extended his own win streak to 11 matches, including […]
’Tana Aiyejina Over 30 schools are participating in the 2018 Nestle Milo Basketball Championship which began in Benin on March 9. The championship, which creates opportunities for participants to learn important life values and grow into professional basketball players, will be concluded on April 18 in Ibadan. This year, the conference stage was divided into […]
Trabzonspor midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has said he will arrive at the Super Eagles training camp in Poland on Tuesday ahead of Friday’s friendly against Poland. The camp opened in Wroclaw on Monday with Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr expecting the majority of the 28 players he invited for the game against Poland and the March 27 […]
’Tana Aiyejina A member of the Musa Ahmadu-Kida-led Nigeria Basketball Federation board, Sam Ahmedu, has denied the group is not happy over FIBA’s ruling that a new election be held to decide who manages the country’s basketball. Nigerian basketball has been plunged into a bitter leadership tussle since June 12 when Tijjani Umar was allegedly […]
’Tana Aiyejina The 2018 Lagos International Squash Classics began on Monday with the qualifying round at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, with 14 countries including hosts Nigeria competing in the $20,000 prize money tournament listed by the Professional Squash Association. Eight players are seeded in the men’s event while four women […]
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The debt status of most states of the federation exceeds 50 per cent of their annual revenues. For 18 states, the debt profiles exceed their gross and net revenues by more than 200 per cent. Lagos, Osun and Cross River states record over 480 per cent debt to gross revenue. The Fiscal […]
Olufemi Atoyebi and Godwin Isenyo The Jama’atu Nasril Islam under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has asked the President Muhammadu administration to wake up to its statutory responsibility of protecting lives and property of Nigerians across the country. The wake-up call, according to the Muslim body, became imperative following […]
Samson Folarin A final year student of the Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Fatimah Abu, is in a critical condition at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Gwange, after she was reportedly robbed, raped and bathed with chemicals by suspected robbers. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 24-year-old had boarded a tricycle […]
John Alechenu, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and a representative of the Yoruba Unity Forum, Chief Dipo Jemileyin, have called for the restructuring of Nigeria’s federal structure in line with the country’s peculiar circumstances. They spoke during the ongoing 3rd Annual National Summit with the theme, “Reforming the Nigeria Federation […]
Theophilus Onojeghen, Warri An unidentified mobile policeman guarding an oil facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company has reportedly shot dead a soldier in Odimodi community, in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday during a misunderstanding between the two men. A credible community source, […]
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the party will deploy every available resources to win the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. Describing the election as a ‘must-win’ for the party, he promised that the APC would conduct a free, fair and credible […]