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The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has dismissed the Opposition Coalition’s African Democratic Congress (ADC) bid to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, describing the alliance as a “gathering of strange bedfellows” with a history of betrayal, sectionalism, and failed governance. In a statement, NDYC National President, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, said […]
Reports in Italy have confirmed that Napoli have turned down an improved bid of €60m from Turkish giants Galatasaray for striker Victor Osimhen, who spent the 2024-25 season on loan in Istanbul. Napoli are expected to sell Osimhen this summer. But the Sky News reports that the Italian club were pushing for a higher fee, […]
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Emmanuel Gambo said to be a student of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), for allegedly strangulating a 22-year-old Deborah Sam-Praise Ememem to death. The body of Ememem was recently found in a hotel room in Nsukka, Enugu State, where it was dumped after her killing by […]
Founder of Activate Success International Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Mrs. Love Idoko-Uloko, has said that her outfit was poised to empower young Nigerians and create a new generation of leaders. She said that with the right skills, strategies, and stories, the entrepreneurial spirit of the Nigerian youths can be awakened for a brighter future. […]
Daniel Paul, father of 10-year-old David, diagnosed with advanced chronic kidney disease, has appealed to well-meaning Nigerians, groups and organisations to help raise N19million for a kidney transplant for his son. Paul, in an interview with PUNCH Online last Wednesday, explained that his resort to public appeal became expedient as the family had exhausted its […]
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has clarified that contrary to the rumours circulating in the media, the Cameroonian authorities have not released water from the Lagdo Dam. Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Richard Pheelangwah, in a statement on Monday, said that the minister, Professor Joseph Utsev, directed communication with the Lagdo Dam […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned two suspects on a three-count amended charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense, inducement and misleading the public into a fraudulent investment scam in cases related to the CBEX scam. The suspects, Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim were arraigned before Justice Muhammed Umar of the […]
Four persons lost their lives when a yet-to-be-identified driver rammed his vehicle into a commercial tricycle in Ilaro, the headquarters of Yewa South local government area of Ogun State, on Monday. The accident, which occurred at the Oke Iganmu area of Ilaro town, involved a yellow coloured commercial tricycle with registration number DED 425 WB […]
Russia’s Transport Minister, Roman Starovoit, has been found dead from a gunshot injury in what investigators were treating as apparent suicide, just hours after the Kremlin announced his dismissal. No reason was given for Starovoit’s removal, which was made public on Monday morning. The 53-year-old had served as transport minister since May 2024, following a […]
President Bola Tinubu said he received with deep shock the news of the passing of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, who passed away at the age of 90. The President, in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, extended his heartfelt condolences to the royal family, the government, and […]