July 2024

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that his friend who earlier warned him against investing in Nigeria is now taunting him for ignoring his advice. Dangote disclosed this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday just as reports quoted the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority as claiming that diesel…

Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have killed two commuters and kidnapped five others along the Ifon-Owo Highway in Ondo State. Our correspondent gathered that the driver of the commercial vehicle and a female passenger were shot dead at the scene of the incident on Friday evening. Five other passengers, including a corps member, were…

Bauchi and Zamfara states have yet to receive the truckloads of rice promised by the Federal Government to all the states as a measure to alleviate the lingering food crisis. But Bayelsa State has received 20 truckloads of rice from the Federal Government for immediate distribution to all local government areas in the state. A…

Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper, The , on Friday, won the Fourth Estate award for the category of the print at the 2024 PR Power List Awards. At the third edition of the event co-organised by a public relations company, GLG Communications on Victoria Island, Lagos,  was recognised for its outstanding and innovative works as a…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has dissociated itself from the convention organised by the National Chairman of Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure. Recall that crisis rocked the party in April 2023 after a Federal Capital Territory High Court issued an order restraining Abure from parading himself as the LP’s national chairman. Following the court verdict,…

Some local refinery operators have lamented that the announcement made by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, stating that the Federal Government would continue to import fuel, shows that the government had taken sides against local refineries. The operators, under the aegis of the Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria, expressed worry over…

The Lagos state government has resolved to be charging vehicle owners who park on some designated streets in the state. Sunday  gathered that the on-street parking regulation will commence in October this year in Lekki, Surulere and some other areas. The state government has been writing religious bodies, including churches and mosques, organisations and event…

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Lagos State Ministry of Health in collaboration with Onesight Essilorluxottica Foundation have unveiled an eye care centre in Lagos as part of efforts to increase public access to eye care. The First Vision Centre was unveiled at the Alimosho General Hospital, in Igando, alongside the launch…

Christian and Muslim leaders have been enjoined to be united and hold the government accountable for the management of the nation’s resources. International Secretary of the Ecumenical Synods of Bishops, Archbishops, Apostles, and Senior Clergy in London, Archbishop Osazee Williams, made the call in an interview with Sunday PUNCH. Reflecting on the past, he stated…

Donald Trump, holding his first campaign rally Saturday since surviving an assassination attempt, dismissed concerns that he is a threat to democracy, triumphantly telling a cheering crowd stating, “Last week I took a bullet for democracy.” “I’m not an extremist at all,” he continued at the rally in swing state of Michigan, dismissing his reported…

No fewer than 5,658 candidates who scored 300 and above in Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations missed out on admissions into tertiary institutions between 2019 and 2023, recent data obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed. Sunday  reports that while tertiary institutions are at liberty to determine their respective benchmarks for admission, there…