Scores of people were wounded when a Taliban car bomb detonated in Kabul on Wednesday, sending a massive plume of smoke over the Afghan capital and shattering windows far from the blast site. Violence is surging across Afghanistan and in Kabul as the United States and the Taliban negotiate a peace deal ahead of elections […]
 The Osun State House of Assembly has said it would soon enact a law that would prevent doctors in the employment of the state from having private hospitals. The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye, dropped the hint in his goodwill message at the turning of sod of the extension of the State […]
The Edo State Government on Tuesday said the chairman of Etsako West Local Government Area, Mr. Yakubu Musa, was asked to step aside to allow for a thorough investigtation into an alleged N46m payroll fraud uncovered in the council. Disclosing this in a statement in Benin, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Mr. […]
There is palpable tension in Bauchi State as students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi have been reportedly killed following the collapse of a bridge linking the University, Monday night. The incident was as a result of a heavy downpour in the state which lasted for several hours. The exact number of casualties is […]
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivalling a deadly Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. In its latest situation report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded […]
There are strong indications that no fewer than nine states will soon acquire remotely piloted aircraft (drones) and other devices as part of measures to tackle kidnapping and killing in their states. Investigations by The PUNCH on Saturday showed that the states included Ogun, Oyo, Ebonyi, Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Benue and Enugu. Sunday PUNCH had, […]
He said his administration had invested N6bn annually to sustain the loyalists of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, occupying key positions under his government. Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that his administration spends N500m monthly to service political office holders numbering 1,500. Dickson, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), made this […]
CHIEF Executive Officer, Polaris Bank, Tokunbo Abiru, has charged the bank’s newly hired employees on the need to be professional in the discharge of their responsibilities as a key ingredient for a successful banking career. Abiru gave this charge while speaking at the graduation ceremony of Polaris Graduate Intensive Training (PGIT), in Lagos at the […]
The naira on Monday traded at N362.57 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. Turnover at the window stood at 293.60 million dollars. The currency was N359 to dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, while it was exchanged at N445 and N397 to the pound sterling and Euro, respectively. At the Bureau […]
The University of Benin has advised prospective students writing the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) to check for their venue and time online as the examinations commence from August 7 to 14. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on […]
