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Novak Djokovic insists it is “disrespectful” to hail him as the greatest player of all time after clinching a record-breaking 23rd men’s Grand Slam title on Sunday. The 36-year-old Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud in straight sets in the French Open final, breaking the tie of 22 majors he shared with longtime rival Rafael Nadal. A

No fewer than five persons lost their lives while many sustained injuries in a fatal road accident which occurred at Ikaram Akoko in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the lone accident, involving an 18-passengers bus with registration number DKA256XY, was traveling to the northern part of

The Joint Task – 10th Assembly, a coalition of members-elect of the 10th House of Representatives across party lines, has said two leading contenders, Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi, have stepped down for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Speaker in the coming 10th National Assembly. The Tajudeen Abbas/Benjamin Kalu Joint Task Campaign

President Bola Tinubu must find a way of taming Nigerians with paranoid dispositions who often blow the trumpet of disunity and hostility, the Catholic Archbishop Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama, said on Sunday. He also advised Tinubu to fulfil his promise of promoting better religious harmony by being fair and just to all religious groups and

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria on Sunday, rose in defence of the immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai over his six-minute viral video justifying his choice of appointing Muslims to occupy top positions in the Kaduna State Government at the expense of Christians. This was just as Apostle  Emmanuel Nuhu Kure,

A Nigerian digital artist, Oyinlola, has announced that she will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest painting marathon. She made this known via a Twitter post on Sunday while sharing a picture confirming the acceptance of her application from the Guinness World Records via email. The email partly reads, “Hello

Senator Shehu Sani, on Sunday predicted that Godswill Akpabio may win the Senate presidential contest if the election would be broadcast live. Sani noted that Akpabio, who is President Bola Tinubu, and All Progressives Congress’ choice may emerge following the format of the poll, adding that the pendulum may swing to the other side of

With 48 hours to the election of principal officers for the 10th Assembly, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Asuquo Ekpenyong, has tipped the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to emerge as new Senate President. Ekpenyong, the senator-elect representing Cross River South, disclosed that the former governor of Akwa

The Imo State chapter of the Labour Party has begun the process of reconciling all aggrieved chieftains of the party in the state. The reconciliation process, according to the newly inaugurated state chairman of the party, Calistus Ihejiagwa, was to ensure that the state governor, Hope Uzodimma, is defeated at the November 11 governorship election

The immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that less than N3bn was expended on the Nigeria Air project. Speaking on Arise TV news program in Abuja on Sunday, the ex-minister stated that contrary to speculations, less than N3bn budgetary allocation has been made to Nigerian Air since the inception of the project.

Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has accused the lawmaker who branded the launch of Nigeria Air as a fraud of bribery, noting that he demanded five per cent shares of the national carrier from him. Speaking on ARISE TV on Sunday, Sirika said that the lawmaker, Nnolim Nnaji, approached him and asked for the shares

A group of the All Progressives Congress has distanced one of the leading aspirants in the race for the Senate president, Osita Izunaso, from the alleged rape levelled against him by a 300-level student of Imo State University, Chioma Chikere. This was even as it described the claim as evil, frivolous, and a desperate plot

A 39-year-old man, Sunday Ejeh, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling of a nine years old girl in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened In Ugbogi Community in Ighobazuwa, Ovia North West Local government of the state and was reported to the police.   The suspect was said to

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps has refuted reports in some online media, quoting dates for the 2023 activities of the scheme, including a mobilisation workshop and upload of senate-approved results for the next batch of corps members. In a statement signed by the Director Press and Public Relations of the NYSC, Eddy

Many stalls in Sasa Market, after heavy downpours on Saturday evening have been submerged, including the washing away of items such as beverages, food items, and meat. Traders in Sasa Market in Osogbo, Osun State on Sunday, while speaking on the flooding experienced by the market following heavy rain on Saturday, urged the State Government

A man identified as Okhiria has been arrested by the operatives of the Edo State Police Command for shooting his wife with a gun during an argument on June 3, at Ekae Community in the new Etete axis, GRA, Benin. The suspect was said to have had an argument with his wife and went to

Rampaging suspected land grabbers have killed a 24-year-old plumber identified simply as Femi in Kara, Pakuro area of Ogun State. The PUNCH gathered that the incident happened around midnight on Friday when the hoodlums invaded the community to enforce a court judgement on some acres of land. An eyewitness said the hoodlums led by one

The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration services, Caroline Adepoju on Sunday noted that more passport offices will be created in Lagos state due to the high population of Nigerians and applicants in the state. She also warned immigration officers against passport racketeering and other unprofessional conduct, stressing that erring officers within the agency

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have uncovered a secret laboratory producing a deadly substance, Methamphetamine, in Ikeja, Lagos. The development was made known by the spokesperson for the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday. Babafemi said packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has approved the recruitment of no fewer than 39 doctors and 156 other health workers, in the state. This is coming against the backdrop of a reported incidence of shortage of manpower, and a decrepit health system spanning the 13 General Hospitals in the state, since 2015. Until now, the

The Deputy Chairman, Lagos State chapter of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Idogen Emmanuel, said the realisation that neighbouring countries were benefiting immensely from Nigeria’s subsidised fuel informed the decision to shelve the planned strike of the congress. While noting that the fuel subsidy regime threatened the survival of the country, he added that marketers were

The Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the Federal Government and the Department of State Services of any plan by the authorities to ‘subject’ its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to any form of surgery while in custody. This was as it claimed the ‘imminent’ move was to further get Kanu’s health ‘ruptured’ and deteriorated while in

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the deployment of government buses to support the movement of students and workers in public tertiary institutions within Ilorin, metropolis, and its environs. The bus palliative for the students covering the metropolis is the second phase in the measures by the Kwara government to cushion the effects of

The Edo State Government has said it will provide 24-hour free Wi-Fi service in various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other public places in the State to ensure unlimited internet access to workers in the wake of the three-day weekly work schedule for civil and public servants. The provision of free internet, the government

No fewer than five persons lost their lives in a boat accident that occurred at Ugbonla in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident was said to have happened last Thursday while the victims, who were seafood traders traveling from a market in Ugbonla. The President of the Ondo State Fishermen Association of