North Korea launched its purported spy satellite Wednesday, the South’s military said, prompting confusion in Seoul as the city briefly issued an evacuation warning in error. South Korea’s military detected the launch of what Pyongyang has described as a military reconnaissance satellite “from Tongchang County area of North Pyongan Province in North Korea, at around […]

Former Manchester United and Portugal winger Nani has left Melbourne Victory after just 10 league appearances, the Australian club said on Wednesday. The 36-year-old was hailed as one of the A-League’s biggest coups in years when he signed last year but, he did not live up to the hype, failing to score before a serious […]

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee, Timothy Osadolor, says the immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is no longer a member of the party, given his conduct before, during and after the 2023 general elections. Osadolor, who gave the hint in a telephone conversation with The PUNCH on Tuesday, noted […]

For many years, Nigeria’s critics have trafficked the rumour that our nation will break apart, even perish. Yet here we are. We have stumbled at times, but our resilience and diversity have kept us going. Our burdens may make us bend at times, but they shall never break us. Instead, we stand forth as Africa’s […]

Investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited gained N1.5tn on the first day of trading after the inauguration of  Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president, marking a three-month high for the market. The Market Capitalisation climbed to N30.349tn at the close of trading on Tuesday, a high it last reached on February 27, the first trading day […]

The road to next year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for nine-time African champions Nigeria is haunted by Ghana and Cameroon, following the draw conducted in Cairo on Tuesday afternoon. After a probable meeting with Ethiopia in the second round of the campaign in October this year, the Falcons will have to confront the winners of […]

Newly promoted Ukrainian Premier League club FC Polissya Zhytomyr have announced the capture of Flying Eagles goalkeeper, Chijoke Aniagboso. Multiple reports say the 19-year-old goalkeeper has put pen to paper on a five-year deal that will keep him at Polissya Zhytomyr until the end of the 2027/28 season. Polissya Zhytomyr were crowned champions of the […]

The Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos and Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu-Ode will be the host venues for the semi finals of men’s edition of this year’s NFF/TINGO Federation Cup competition. Bendel Insurance FC and Warri Wolves will lock horns at the MJA on Lagos Island, and whichever side is able to climb higher […]

TAKING office at a time of spiralling economic adversity, President Bola Tinubu certainly has a lot on his plate in the days ahead. From the debt crisis to the petrol subsidy debacle, the crashing naira to escalating inflation, receding foreign direct investment to food scarcity and unemployment, to a depressed electricity sub-sector, Tinubu has no […]

The Debt Management Office, in a tweet on Tuesday, stressed the need for Nigeria to boost revenue and manage spending like Indonesia, which is also an oil-producing country. The tweet read, “Indonesia, a fellow oil-producing country with a population size of 273 million people, is a prime example of how increased revenues and prudent spending […]