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Some view it as gainful employment for youths with too much free time, others as a tool to … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2pb10Ep Get more World News

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic made history on Saturday by scoring his 500th career goal in … read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2D9ub4S Get More Nigeria Sports News

About 35 communities in the Etsako East and Etsako Central Local Government Areas of Edo State have been … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2NHtwvt Get More Nigeria Metro News

No fewer than seven politicians have indicated interest to vie for the governorship ... Read more via Punch Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2p7WsyO Get More Nigeria Political News

Sixty-three out of the Nigeria’s 91 registered political parties have notified the … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2xlxv6N Get More Nigeria Political News

Singer, Iceberg Slim, speaks with JOY MARCUS on his trip to Jamaica How frequently do you … via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2Ov1JeY Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Reinhard Grindel, the head of the German Football Association , and Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, have exchanged heated letters over bids for Euro 2024, German media reported on Friday. Germany is one of the two candidates to host the tournament. The other is Turkey. UEFA, the …...

A 37-year-old oil dealer, Olusegun Oyalana, was arraigned in Lagos on Friday for allegedly obtaining petroleum products worth N15 million from an oil firm under false pretences. Oyalana, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count of conspiracy and stealing before an Igbosere...

Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 am (1115 GMT) on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. “Hurricane Florence made landfall minutes ago,” NHC Director Ken Graham said in a Facebook Live video. Details later (AFP) Read more via Punch...

The UN Children’s Fund on Friday said that it will open a new Ebola-response front in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). WHO said that it would provide support to thousands of people, including children, following the recent confirmation of new Ebola cases there. In a latest …...

The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation with the rate rising from 11.14 per cent in July to 11.23 per cent in August. The bureau in the report which was made available to our correspondent stated that … Read more via Punch...

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, has revealed that the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari and the emergence of more presidential aspirants will not “stop him emerging the next leader of Nigeria.” Sani said this when he appeared on a political programme on Channels...

Cynthia Nixon, the left-leaning “Sex and the City” actress turned education activist, lost her dream of becoming New York governor Thursday, trounced in the Democratic Party primary by the two-term incumbent. Andrew Cuomo, 60, in office since 2011 and who commanded a huge war chest from...

Massive flooding has destroyed more than 175 houses, rendered at least 3,000 people homeless in Cross River, according to Mr John Inaku, Director-General of State Emergency Management Agency. Inaku gave the update on the flood situation in the state on Thursday in an interview with the News...

A 40-year-old teacher, Funmilola Orimola, on Thursday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged threat to life. Orimola, a resident of Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, is facing a two-count of breach of peace and threat to life. The teacher was accused of threatening the lives of...

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Scores of casual workers at the Western Metal Products Company … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2NAplS9 Get more: Nigeria Business News

Businessman, Femi Otedola, has reportedly accepted to become the torchbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Lagos State governorship race in 2019.... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2CLiBfW Get More Nigeria Political News

The disagreement with the All Progressives Congress appears not to have come to an end as the faction of the party in support of Senator Magnus Abe on Monday adopted direct primaries as a form of selecting candidates ahead of the 2019 general election. … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

France’s Lyon Airport temporarily closed its runway on Monday as police chased an intruder who had rammed a car through a terminal building. Consequently, the intruder sped across the tarmac before being detained, police and judicial sources said... Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

Some youths in Okitipupa, Ondo State, under the aegis of Bring Back Our Light, say the people of their area may not participate in the 2019 general elections if electricity supply was not restored in their communities. In a statement issued by the Convener, Mr Olumide Akinrinlola, in … Read...