Super Eagles defender, Jamilu Collins, will receive coaching instructions from a new manager as their English Championship side, Cardiff City, has named former Fenerbahce boss Erol Bulut as their new manager. Bulut, 48, replaces Frenchman Sabri Lamouchi, whose short-term contract was not renewed at the end of last season even though he steered the club […]

The ninth National Assembly, which was inaugurated on June 11, 2019, will wind down this week, Sunday PUNCH reports. The House of Representatives will hold its valedictory session on Tuesday, while the Senate will have its own on Wednesday. While the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, is expected to adjourn sitting at the Red […]

EDIDIONG IKPOTO and JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI report that post-COVID economic realities have resulted in an upsurge in real estate costs Over the past few years, there has been a gradual decline in building activities in Nigeria and perhaps, other parts of Africa and the globe. With a global pandemic that engendered a re-engineering of society as […]

There are insinuations that the Senate, during its recent amendment of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act (2000), stripped the Chairman of the commission of some powers, Sunday PUNCH has gathered. The Senate passed the 70-clause amendment bill on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has yet to concur with the […]

The former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, failed to sign the Nigeria Data Protection Bill again despite World Bank’s funding and stakeholders’ support. In September last year, The PUNCH reported that the Project Coordinator, Nigeria Digital Identification for Development, Solomon Odole, disclosed that the financiers of the Nigeria Digital ID4D Project made the enactment of […]

The Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Lawal, has dismissed claims that he stripped the Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), of the chieftaincy title of Jagunmolu of Ede, saying the allegation was to whip up sentiments. The monarch in an interview with our correspondent on Friday night explained that he did not know Alliyu was […]

The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi, speaks with STEPHEN ANGBULU on the agency’s achievements in its 20 years existence, its challenges and why culpable Nigerians should shun trafficking of any kind NAPTIP will be 20 years in July, what will you describe as the agency’s notable achievements […]

Omobolanle Makinde-Akinruntan, the daughter of the Olugbo of Ugbo in Ilaje, Ondo State, and founder of Obat Oil, Oba Federick Akinruntan, tells EMMANUEL OJO about her dad’s influence as a king, his business and how he influences his children Your dad is a successful businessman. How do you describe him as a father? I am […]

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abia State, Nweke Pascal Iheme, tells Sunday Nwakanma about the plight of workers in the state and what the new government of Alex Otti should do differently How will you describe the relationship between the past government of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu and labour in the state? It was […]

Roofing consultant and Chief Executive Officer, Plusworld Roofing and Restoration Ltd, John Igbafua, tells FATTEH HAMID how climate change and other factors affect the roofing industry in Nigeria. What are the major challenges facing the roofing industry in Nigeria? The industry is largely not regulated, not in terms of standards but in terms of entry-level. […]