Pop icon Celine Dion on Friday cancelled all her remaining shows scheduled for 2023-2024, saying she was not strong enough to tour as she battles a rare neurological disorder. The 55-year-old Canadian revealed last year that her condition – Stiff-Person Syndrome – was affecting her singing. “I’m so sorry to disappoint all of you once […]

The Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, has said that as a result of the myriad problems bedevilling the country, the starting point of his administration might not be rosy. According to him, the issue of subsidy removal and the multiple exchange rate system, among others, have become serious challenges that the administration must surmount. He spoke […]

A State High Court sitting in Edo on Friday dismissed the notice of suspension issued against the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, by some party members at the ward level. The judge, Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, on Friday, threw out the case for lacking merit. This was contained in a statement, issued […]

Ahead of his second term inauguration on May 29, 2023, the Governor of Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun on Friday dissolved his cabinet. Abiodun announced the dissolution at a valedictory State Executive Council meeting held on Friday. Speaking on the dissolution, Abiodun said “I am sadly, formally dissolving this executive council, today the 26th of May, […]

Ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, the Principal Consultant of the Lagos Land Use Charge, Mr. Omodele Ibrahim, has urged the former Lagos State governor to resuscitate national orientation programmes that will further entrench patriotism among Nigerians. According to a statement, Omodele, who worked directly with Tinubu during the latter’s tenure as […]

Arthur Jarvis University, a private university in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, says it has initiated random testing to curb drug abuse among its students. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ani Nkang, stated this during the institution’s seventh matriculation ceremony in Akpabuyo, near Calabar, on Friday. Nkangs expressed his concerns at the growing […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has admitted that the government only cannot provide the totality of housing needs for Nigerians hence the need to create an enabling environment for the private sector. The outgoing minister made the admission during the launch of the National Housing Strategy Blueprint at the ministry’s headquarters on […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, took the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on a familiarisation tour of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari and Tinubu arrived at the Press Gallery at around 1:18 pm shortly after observing the Jummah Prayers at the Aso Villa Mosque. “This is the Gallery where you will be meeting […]

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that his legal team will prove that the 2023 election was fraudulent. Atiku was reacting to the Friday Supreme Court ruling that dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for double nomination. PUNCH […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by three individuals seeking to stop the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima over age falsification and citizenship status in the document Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Friday, held […]