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The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr.  Peter Obi, has advised the new Archbishop of Abuja Metropolitan See, Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama, to continue with his policy of nurturing the spirituality of the people as well as implementing the social teachings of the Church. Obi …

Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has revealed that Unusual Praise will become the world’s biggest Catholic concert, by 2022. Ekeh made the assertion while speaking during the 2019 edition of Unusual Praise held in Lekki, Lagos on Friday November 29, 2019. Widely regarded as the biggest praise concert in …

By Ifeoma Aka Enugu, Dec.5, 2019 The first ever Pan African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life to reflect on the church as a beacon of hope for the continent on Thursday kicked off in Enugu, Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that no fewer than …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, Dec. 4, 2019 The University of Lagos, Nigeria says it successfully patented  11 inventions in the last 18 months, with three of them being prototyped. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin  Ogundipe, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

By Peter Ejiofor Lagos, Dec. 3, 2019 As part of its continued efforts towards environmental sustainability, Nestlé Nigeria has restated the need for continued consumer education on collection and proper disposal of packaging wastes. The company said on Tuesday in Lagos that it was in line with its commitment toward …

Paving the future of humankind is so crucial in the march of civilization and science. Everything of course starts from the newborn child. An epoch-making inaugural lecture titled, “Newborn Survival, Tomorrow’s Future: Reaching the Unreached to Breathe at Birth within the Golden Minute” by Professor Veronica Chinyere Ezeaka – MBBS(Nig), …

It was impossible believing what my eyes were seeing. I did a double take because it’s not every day one sees a great masquerade walking alone, without attendants or courtiers or whatever. The scene manifesting before my very eyes in the open courtyard at Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos during …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Nov. 26, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Mohammed said she used the opportunity of the meeting to …

By Temitope Ponle Abuja, Nov. 26, 2019 The Federal Government says that the forensic audit being carried out on the operations of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will ensure a well set governance structure for the commission. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, told newsmen on the …

 “Henry Boyo was the one we read to get a lay man’s interpretation of economic policies” – Khaleb Ogbonna Sometime in December 2011, I was mandated by PUNCH editorial leadership to reach out to a certain columnist with a poetic pseudonym, Les Leba, and get him to write a weekly …

Minister of Transportation, Rt.Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that the Lagos-Ibadan Railway project will be completed in April 2020. This is even as he reassured that test-run of the train would commence by the end of November 2019. Amaechi reiterated that with the pace at which the Contractors are …

LAGOS The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has advised corporate bodies in the country to take advantage of the Presidential Order 7 to raise infrastructure bonds at concessionary rates to support the federal government in its desire to develop infrastructure in Nigeria. Mr. Emefiele gave the …

The Vice Presidential Candidate the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has charged nuns at the St. Scholastica Benedictine Abbey, Umuoji, Anambra State, to continue to pray for Nigeria that is in serious distress over many years of accumulated leadership failures in the country. Obi …

Riyadh Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, has urged youths gathered at the Misk Global Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to imbibe a job creating mentality for success in the future. This year’s theme “Work Reworked” focused on discovering the new trends and transformation in the world …

By Anita Eboigbe Abuja, Nov. 21, 2019 Nigerian celebrities have continued to congratulate musician Damini Ogulu aka `Burna Boy’ over his Grammy nomination. The Grammy is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognise achievements in the music industry globally. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Burna Boy’s …

By Tukur Muntari Kano, Nov. 21, 2019 A Kano High Court presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba on Thursday dissolved the four additional emirates and first class emirs created by the Kano State Government. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, had on May 8, assented to a controversial law establishing four additional emirates …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Nov. 19, 2019 The Board of Directors of Access Bank Plc has announced Dr Ajoritsedere Awosika as its new Chairman. The bank’s Company Secretary, Mr Sunday Ekwochi, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that Awosika would assume the position of the company’s Board Chairman …

By Florence Onuegbu Lagos, Nov. 18, 2019 The Lagos State Task Force says it has successfully moved a lion found at a private home around Victoria Island to a zoo in Omu Resorts, Lekki. The Chairman of the agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, said in a statement on Monday, that the exercise was …

Former Ghanaian President John Mahama and Dr Mansur Muhtar, Vice President, Country Operations, Islamic Development Bank and former Nigerian finance Minister among others have arrived in Lagos from Accra Ghana and Jedda, Saudi Arabia, for the 7th Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine slated for Tuesday, November 19, at Sheraton Hotels, Lagos. Mahama arrived …

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The National President, Aquinas College, Akure Old Students Association, ACAOSA , Hon. Justice Adesuyi  Olateru-Olagbegi has called on the Ondo State Government to return their alma mater to the Catholic Mission in order to restore the College to its pre- eminent position of academic excellence, sporting acclaim and moral up …

Did you know that the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is the flagship model of Mercedes-Benz Vans? The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has become a bestseller in major markets around the world with over 20 years since its first production at the Düsseldorf plant in Germany (1995). In response to the growing and diverse needs …

November 16, the birthday of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, ought to be a national holiday in Nigeria. It is deserving honour for the pivotal leader who led the charge for Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960. As a result of his unparalleled efforts Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe would in the course of …

Moscow, Nov. 14, 2019 (Sputnik/NAN) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 95, who has just undergone surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, is now in good spirits and already on his feet, his pastor, Tony Lowden, said after visiting the ex-president. “His spirits are good and he is up and …

Iya Aafin Folagbami Folakemi Ajomale, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ECOWEST Supermarket, New Jersey, United States of America (USA) was recently conferred the traditional title of Iyalaje of New Jersey. It was a day of the celebration of the rich Yoruba, Nigerian and African cultures in the Diaspora. It …