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The outgoing France Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, on Thursday, said she will miss so many things about Nigeria but not the country’s pepper soup. Blatmann has been France’s Ambassador to Nigeria since October 2021. She, however, would be taking up a new role as the Director for Africa in Paris. Blatmann, in an interview

The police have arrested a couple and one other person in a ‘one chance’ robbery in Abuja. The arrest was made by the Utako Police Divisional Headquarters. ‘One chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to a robbery carried out by a group of criminals that pick up passengers waiting for a taxi or

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, has ordered the setting up of a Joint Action Committee to probe the crisis of unpaid salaries at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The Director, Media and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Patricia Deworitshe, disclosed this

Bayern Munich on Thursday signed Eric Dier from Tottenham until the end of the season, with the England defender calling the move “a dream come true.” The deal allows Dier, 29, to link up again with former Tottenham teammate Harry Kane who moved to Bayern last August. “As a child you want to play for

Renowned Nigerian telecom and oil tycoon, Mike Adenuga, has reclaimed the title of Nigeria’s second-richest individual, surpassing Abdul Samad Rabiu after Forbes reevaluated the worth of his mobile phone network, Globacom. Adenuga’s current net worth stands at $7.4 billion, reinforcing his prominent position in Africa’s business landscape. Founder of the third-largest telecom service provider in

The Supreme Court will on Friday give judgment on seven governorship appeals. The states are Lagos, Kano, Zamfara, Plateau, Ebonyi, Bauchi, and Cross River. The PUNCH reports that the apex court decisions on the governorship election appeals are the final. Judgments on the Kano and Plateau appeals are the most anticipated, given that the lower

The Nigeria Export-Import Bank has launched a digital hub, ‘Cocoa Connect Africa’ in its bid to boost cocoa production in the country. This was disclosed by the Managing Director, NEXIM Bank, Abubakar Bello, on Thursday, while speaking on the sidelines of the International Cocoa and Chocolate Forum tagged, ‘Putting values in cocoa in producing regions,’

The Federal Government on Thursday, said it would investigate how the non-functioning Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited accrued N33bn electricity debt which prompted the Transmission Company of Nigeria to disconnect the company from the national grid. The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, revealed this to State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has berated the police for inhuman treatment of lawyers and the general public. Falana, a human rights activist, stated this on Thursday in Lagos when he joined other lawyers to protest against police brutality. The Ikeja, Ikorodu, Badagry and Epe branches of the Nigerian Bar Association carried

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Investments, Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite has expressed serious concerns over the hike in prices of food commodities in the country while expressing the Federal Government’s intention to check the ugly trend. She remarked when she visited Kano on Thursday to identify the causes of high prices of foodstuffs and see

As anticipation builds for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, recent speculation has arisen regarding the true age of Guélor Kanga Kaku, a player for the Gabon national team. How it started: The Congolese Football Federation, also known as FECOFA lodged a complaint with CAF in May 26, 2021, alleging a fraudulent manipulation of the player GUELOR

Veteran Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu, has dismissed rumours circulating on social media about her death. In a video posted on her Instagram page on Wednesday, the actress clarified that she is “alive and healthy.” Ezeonu explained that her earlier post featuring a candle was a tribute to a recently departed friend, not an indication of

President Bola Tinubu, former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan are among guests scheduled to converge in Abuja on January 16, 2024, for the launch of two books authored by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. The books titled ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Nigerian Legacy (2015 – 2023)’ and Working With Buhari:

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, held a closed-door meetijh with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fubara, who arrived at the Villa around 5.35 pm, left over an hour later. He refused to disclose the purpose of his visit to journalists. When pressed for comments, the governor simply said it

An ultramodern training school of the Nigeria Immigration Service is to be established in the Bichi Local Government Area of Kano North Senatorial District of Kano State. This was disclosed on Thursday when the Comptroller-General of the NIS, Wuraola Adepoju, paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, in his office at

Henley Passport Index has listed the most powerful passports in the world on Thursday. HPI is a global passport-ranking website with an original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. Their index is often based on exclusive data from the International

Microsoft briefly dethroned its rival Apple to become the world’s most valuable company Thursday, illustrating the contrast between a firm driven by artificial intelligence and another whose iPhone sales are a cause for concern. Shortly after markets opened on Wall Street, the value of the Windows operating system creator reached a market capitalization of almost

The Peoples Democratic Party has raked in N175 million from the sales of nomination and expression of interest forms to five aspirants for the Edo State governorship election. The PUNCH reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission fixed September 21, 2024, for the state governorship election. According to a schedule of activities the election released

The Henley Passport Index has listed the most powerful passports in the world on Thursday. HPI is a global passport-ranking website with an original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. Their index is often based on exclusive data from the

The Defence Headquarters has said its troops, while on fighting patrol, killed 86 terrorists and other criminals, arrested 101 others in different operations nationwide in the last week, and rescued 21 kidnapped persons during the operations. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said these while giving an update on the operations of the

Weighbridges are to be installed on strategic roads across Borno State to ensure that overloading vehicles do not ply them. The State Governor, Babagana Zulum, made this known at a meeting with the leadership of transport unions in the state in Maiduguri, on Thursday. Zulum’s announcement followed his warning last Monday at the Nigeria-Cameroon border town

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Anamero Dekeri, has faulted the issue of zoning in politics. The PUNCH reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission fixed September 21, 2024, for the governorship election in the state. Consequently, the APC slated its primary for February 17, 2024. Dekeri, a member representing

The Federal Government has revealed plans to introduce a new policy to the transport sector to ensure full compliance with the use of vehicle safety kits by motorists. The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, made this known in Abuja on Thursday during a sensitisation programme on road safety and the use of automobile safety kits

Ex-England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has at best “maybe a year” to live, he said Thursday. The 75-year-old Swede, who has managed a slew of high-profile teams and took England to World Cup quarter-finals in 2002 and 2006, announced in February last year that he was stepping back

The Nasarawa State Police command said the officers of the Nigerian Army have arrested a fake soldier in the Awe Local Government Area of the state and handed him over to the command for interrogation. This was contained in a press statement made available to Journalists in Lafia on Thursday, by the command’s Public Relations