Anthony Joshua believes Joseph Parker will face an “overwhelming” experience in a unification bout which will go down in “history” on Saturday. WBA and IBF world heavyweight champion Joshua meets WBO title-holder Parker at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. It will be Briton Joshua’s fourth stadium bout but, with 80,000 fans expected, represents a new level of […]
Iceland announced on Monday it will stage a diplomatic boycott of the football World Cup in Russia over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain, AFP reports. Nigeria are in Group D of the World Cup alongside Iceland, Argentina and Croatia. “Among the measures taken by Iceland is the temporary postponement of all […]
Argentina star Lionel Messi is set to return from a minor injury for Tuesday’s friendly against Spain, national team coach Jorge Sampaoli said on Monday, AFP reports. The Barcelona forward sat out Friday’s 2-0 defeat of Italy in Manchester with a thigh muscle problem but came through Monday’s training session in Madrid and is expected […]
Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics players on Sunday teamed up to push for police accountability following the death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man shot and killed by Sacramento police officers. A public service announcement featuring players from both teams aired during their Sunday matchup. Kings players also wore custom warm-up shirts that called […]
The University of Ilorin’s women’s 3×3 basketball team have been selected as one of the two women teams to represent Nigeria at the 9th African University Games at Mekelle University, Ethiopia, from July 1 to 7, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The institution’s bulletin on Monday said Bola Orodele, Secretary-General, Nigerian University Games Association, […]
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government is planning to generate the sum of N5bn in the 2018 fiscal period from statutory fees on weights and measurement equipment. The Acting Director, Weight and Measures Department, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Muhammed Sidi Sada, gave the figure during the first quarterly meeting of legal metrology […]
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government has entered into an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to commit a total of $8.06m (N2.45bn) to boost agricultural output along the rice and cassava value chain. The deal for the funding was sealed between the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending, the Ministry of Agriculture […]
Oyetunji Abioye The Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Ayodele Subair, says the newly introduced Electronic Revenue Assurance system is expected to increase the state’s consumption tax revenue by 400 per cent. The LIRS had recently unveiled an automated invoicing system and technology device called ERA at a stakeholders’ meeting held with […]
The Chairman, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Lagos State branch, Mr. Kola Abdul, has attributed the return of the branch to profitability to the team spirit in the executive committee and members of the branch. He spoke during the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the branch in Lagos recently where he gave a comprehensive […]
213 Capital, an investment and risk advisory firm, has partnered the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria to provide targeted training sessions to the investment and risk managers across the pension landscape. According to the Executive Secretary of the association, Ms. Susan Oranye, the training which took place last week, is considered very timely considering […]
• It’s a movie location – Suspect Success Nwogu, Ilorin The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has uncovered a suspected ritual killers’ den at the Aleyo settlement on Ojoko Road, in the Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Ayinla Adeyinka, who spoke through the command’s Public […]
Afeez Hanafi The police at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, have yet to arrest an executive member of the Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Babatope Adeeso, seven months after he was reported at the police unit for allegedly issuing dud cheques. The case was reported in September 2017 and assigned to […]
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri The Imo State Police Command has dismissed a sergeant, Abu Itam, for allegedly killing a 20-year-old truck conductor, Ifeanyi Okafor, on February 9, 2018. The incident, which happened around 5am at a T-junction close to the Okwelle Police Division, in the Onuimo Local Government Area of the state, made some youths to […]
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory in Calabar, Cross River State, said it had arrested a 24-year old man, Mike Eteng, who claimed to be the brother of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, for impersonation. The suspect reportedly defrauded some unsuspecting members of the public by promising them postings into […]
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of a visitor to a Chinese lounge and bar on Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, Surulere, Lagos. The visitor, Willie Uyime, had gone to the bar in company with his friends on Saturday to have fun. While they were drinking, PUNCH Metro learnt that […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja A High Court in Nasarawa State has sentenced a Kaduna State-based cleric, Pastor Bawa Madaki, to 14 years’ imprisonment for trafficking two children, aged five and seven years old. Our correspondent learnt that Madaki was sentenced on Monday without an option of fine in a judgment delivered by Justice Haruna Offor at […]
A Magistrate’s Court in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded one Isaac Ojo for allegedly killing a trader, Mrs. Lydia Ayeni, on her farm in Ipe Akoko, in the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect had allegedly raped the victim in the bush before killing her on February 28, 2018 when the […]
Ife Ogunfuwa Nigeria ranked 107th in mobile Internet download speed as of February, down eight places from its 99th position in January, the latest data from the Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index showed. The country’s rank for fixed broadband speed dropped by two places; it occupied 109th position globally in February. The report stated that Nigeria’s […]
Feyisayo Popoola The National Information Technology Development Agency has stated that it spends about N752.5m annually on scholarships for postgraduate Information Communication Technology students. The agency said in a statement that the scholarship programme was for master’s and doctoral students who had distinguished and proved themselves worthy of the scholarship. The statement said each scholar […]
Ife Ogunfuwa MDXi data centre, a subsidiary of MainOne, has partnered Avanti Communications Group Plc, a British satellite operator, to host and manage the satellite operator’s in-country Gateway Earth Station. The partnership had already delivered the Avanti’s first GES in West Africa, hosted at the MDXI’s satellite farm in Lagos, a statement on the partnership […]
Ife Ogunfuwa Ogun State Government has agreed to provide free right of way for the building of 250 kilometres of optic fibre in the state. This is part of the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with a communications service and network solutions company, MainOne, to boost connectivity in the state and ensure the success of […]
Ife Ogunfuwa The United States Commercial Service in Nigeria in collaboration with a US cyber-security company, McAfee Incorporated, has emphasised the need for organisations to protect their critical digital assets. During a breakfast seminar organised for cyber-security experts and corporate end-users in Lagos, the American computer security software firm also announced the launch of its […]
Feyisayo Popoola Swift Networks, a broadband service provider, has partnered other leading global brands to distribute 10,000 free hotspots in a number of institutions in Lagos. This is the first phase of the free broadband Wi-Fi service, Red Cheetah, recently unveiled in Lagos. Swift, in a statement, said Red Cheetah, would start with an initial […]
Ife Ogunfuwa Vodacom Business Nigeria has organised training in robotics for 36 young students of the S.S. Peter & Paul Nursery and Primary School. This was part of its commitment to deepen technological development in the education sector and among the next generation, a statement by the company said on Monday. The school, according to […]
The relationship between each other, one another and themselves as well as yourselves deserves special attention. They are all pronouns but they express different ideas. But because of the similarity in the circumstances that both categories of pronouns are used, they are usually confused with one another. The two girls abused … thoroughly before they […]