The slogan of a telecommunication giant is “Data is life”. Data has become an integral part of our daily lives and it has brought some sort of ease to humanity. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, a steady rise in the use of data has been recorded, as many resorted to remote jobs and schooling, and massive […]

Yoruba Obas Forum, a group of traditional rulers from communities in the South-West and North Central Nigeria, has listed eight areas that the incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, must give priority attention, to engender development. The monarchs made their position known  in a statement co-signed by administrator of the forum, Oba Odunayo Ajayi, […]

The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has said the outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will not approve the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for Nigerian workers. The minister gave the reason in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the […]

Following their impressive performances in Serie A, Premier League side Manchester United are reportedly ready to splash the cash on trio Victor Osimhen, South Korean Kim Min-jae and Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the summer transfer window. According to Italian media, Ilnapolista, United are preparing a whooping €500m in the next transfer market and at […]

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the detention of four suspected killers of a herder whose body was dismembered at Ijagunre village in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent had last week reported that the Amotekun Corps in the state arrested two of the suspects and handed them over to […]

The 2022 Nigeria MSME report by Kippa states that majority of small businesses die within the first five years. It adds that about 80 per cent under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa fail within the first five years of their existence despite recording the highest entrepreneurship rate in the world, As an entrepreneur, […]

It is another season of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with the English exam having come up on May 17. I have had the opportunity to go through the objective paper and I find a good number of the questions very interesting. This is not in terms of whether they are difficult […]

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms,  His Highness, Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness, Gen. Aliyu Iliyah Yammah(retd.), respectively. The state Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying  that the two traditional rulers  […]

Suspected armed herdsmen again launched a deadly attack on Iye community of Uvir Council Ward in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and killed 18 people. The killing is coming barely two days after six people were reportedly killed at Akpete village in Apa Local Government Area. Recall that penultimate Tuesday in the same […]

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu,  has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take the issue of power devolution seriously in his administration for a fast-track development of the country. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum, reiterated that the power at the central was too overwhelming and needed to […]