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Former Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has accepted Tuesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court which upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor of the state. Oyetola, in a statement he personally signed, said although the verdict of the Apex Court was against the wish of his party members and supporters, he had to accept

A new report released by the United Nations agencies on Tuesday finds that preterm birth rates have not changed in any region in the world in the past decade, with 152 million vulnerable babies born too soon from 2010 to 2020. The report also showed that an estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in

Paul Kidd, a 59-year-old activist and lawyer who lives north of the Australian city of Melbourne, said he was first diagnosed with HIV in 1991 but had probably already had it for several years. Although he asked for a test in 1986, he said his doctor advised against it because “at that time there were

The Yaba College of Technology has told the public to disregard news that its part-time lectures have been suspended following rumours that the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), YABATECH Chapter, has suspended lectures. The Deputy Registrar of the school, Mr Joe Ejiofor, dismissed the rumour in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria

A Rwandan genocide suspect who fled to France after the mass killings in 1994 and started a new life under a false identity will become the latest person on Wednesday to be tried abroad over the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 people. Philippe Hategekimana, who obtained French citizenship under the name Philippe Manier, will be

The Nigerian Immigration Service and a firm contracted by the Federal Government for the production of Nigerian passports, Iris Smart Technologies Limited, have blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange policy for the scarcity of booklets. The firm also accused the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company Plc of sabotaging its efforts after failing

The pre-eminent meme coin DigiToads is making headlines with its impressive ecosystem and limitless amenities, while Dogecoin is slowly getting sidelined.   Memecoins has always had a special place in the heart of investors primarily because of their moon potential. The first ever meme currency, Dogecoin, shook the world by storm when it multiplied by 14000%

The sack of the resources of the House of Oodua, or South-West, was accomplished by two sets of buccaneers, non-indigene military governors, who were first appointed by General Murtala Muhammed in 1975, and indigenous civilian governors, especially in the current Fourth Republic. They battered its resources so much that one could say that the glory

LARA ADEJORO reports the latest development, including experts’ opinions on the Indomie Special Chicken Flavour cancer scare The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria has followed up on the ongoing investigations of the ‘Special Chicken Flavour’ Indomie Instant Noodles which the Malaysian and Taiwan governments have flagged as carcinogenic. The

Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested an official of the Nigerian Navy, Ibrahim Adamu (25); and an operative of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab (26), over alleged car snatching and armed robbery. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, while parading the suspects on Tuesday, said they were arrested

The official Napoli radio station says club president Aurelio De Laurentiis is negotiating a new contract with Victor Osimhen’s agents. Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli has a special deal with the club that gives them direct access and often provides information that is released in conjunction with the directors. On Monday evening, it reported that De

A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man on Friday, May 5, met his untimely death after he was crushed by a moving truck along the Isheri-Igando Road in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the accident occurred around 7pm when the deceased victim just returned from a trip. An eyewitness, who did

Disputed election is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is a global phenomenon. We saw what recently happened in US after the November 2020 election won by President Joe Biden. I am referring to January 6, 2021 invasion of the US Congress by supporters of former president Donald Trump. When leftist Lula da Silva defeated his

Super Falcons star Rasheedat Ajibade was brought to tears as her Spanish club, Atletico Madrid Femenina, orchestrated a heartwarming reunion between the forward and her mother, Ajoke, in celebration of Mother’s Day. In a video posted on the club’s Instagram page, Ajibade was stunned after seeing her mother walk into the studio in Madrid during

When Kayode Oke joined Dosu Joseph FC for his first training session as a 16-year-old, his walk, sprint and technical play was so similar to that of former Super Eagles forward Daniel Amokachi. At that time, Oke had just sat for his senior secondary school certificate exams at Ibadan Grammar School, fulfilling the dream of

THE recent revelation by the Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Farouk Salim, that Nigeria has the highest number of building collapses in Africa calls for a radical response from the federal and state governments. Building collapses have recently escalated and Lagos is the epicentre. Among the 221 cases recorded in the country in

The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd, Dr Wale Babalakin, has stated that the General Aviation Terminal in Lagos was still operating illegally because based on the judgement of the Supreme Court, it was part of BASL’s facility. Speaking shortly after inaugurating ‘The Art Experience’, an art gallery, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two

The world is not only set to embrace the birth of a (disruptive) new era characterised by extraordinary scientific advances and supercomputing, but must equally be ready to wake up to its speed and scale; technology gives life the potential to flourish like never before, or to self-destruct! The creation, adoption, implementation and use of

Since the Central Bank of Nigeria started the implementation of the cashless policy,  the need for alternative means of payment has been on the rise. As the cash scarcity recedes, it is still quite safer and advisable to transact digitally and operate without the use of cash. The apex bank stated that the switch to

Tertiary institutions workers in Plateau State on Tuesday advised the outgoing administration of Governor Simon Lalong to honour the agreement reached with the workers union or face a total strike beginning from Wednesday. The workers, under the aegis of the Joint Union of Academic Staff of Plateau State-Owned Tertiary Institutions, issued the strike notice in

It’s just five months into 2023 but several Nigerian sportsmen and women have already recorded landmark achievements in different sports and winning major laurels along the way. PUNCH Sports Extra brings you the top winners and performers MEN Victor Osimhen (Football) Osimhen’s goals helped Napoli clinch the Italian Scudetto for the first time in 33

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday gave an indication that it would consider the prayer of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party’s demand for a live broadcast of its proceedings. The tribunal presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani asked the parties in the ongoing petitions to settle and decide on their objections,

Two armed robbery suspects were on Tuesday stoned to death and set ablaze at the Popoyemoja area, the Ibadan South East Local Government area of Oyo State. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the incident gathered that the suspects were lynched after snatching a mobile phone from a passerby around 6.30am. PUNCH Metro gathered

Mixed reactions have accompanied the clamour for the construction of a second runway in Abuja airport, FUNMI FABUNMI writes There has been an age-long debate on the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. The recent call by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation for the government to take on

Anthony Joshua’s trainer, Derrick James, has responded to the growing speculation that his man will face American knockout artist, Deontay Wilder, later this year. Joshua and Wilder, at one stage, were tipped to fight to crown an undisputed heavyweight champion. Those talks fell apart, and both men have since lost their belts. The matchmaking remains