Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi has termed the just-concluded 2023/24 English Premier League season as ‘another year to remember’ after Nottingham Forest escaped relegation for the second successive season. Awoniyi came on as a late substitute in their last game of the season at Burnley, which they won 2-1, thanks to two first half goals from Chris […]
According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Manchester United, Chelsea, and PSG remain interested in Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, while the Partenopei have been monitoring Real Madrid-owned defender Rafa Marin. Napoli are preparing to part company with their star striker Osimhen. The Nigeria international is expected to make his final appearance in a Napoli shirt this coming […]
Still in the first year of her professional career, Nigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili, is fast becoming the next big thing out of the country with impressive performances which has seen her shatter two African records in three months and now holds three continental record. The 21-year-old has set continental records over 150m – 16.30s, 200m […]
Rectors and Provosts of polytechnics and other TVET-awarding institutions will today (Tuesday) debate on the proposal to replace the HND programme with Bachelor of Technology, The PUNCH can confirm. A letter signed by the Director, Human Resources of the National Board of Technical Education, Lawal Hafiz and addressed to all Rectors and Provosts across Nigeria […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), after a joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday evening, reiterated the readiness of workers to carry out a wide range of industrial action if the Federal Government fails to conclude the new minimum wage negotiations and provide a living […]
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has said the presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative, which aims to transform the lives of 25,000 Nigerian auto technicians, as a game-changer for the country’s auto industry. Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, said the presidential CNG initiative is aimed at revolutionising the country’s transport sector […]
Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, is expected to assume the presidency after Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash as the country gears up for early elections. The Iranian constitution stipulates that the first vice president takes over “in the event of the president’s death, dismissal, resignation, absence or illness for more than two […]
Financial experts have said there are concerns that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) low net FX reserves and the defense of the naira sparked risk-off sentiments amongst foreign investors and limited inflows from Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). Analysts at Cordros Security raised the point in its pre MPC notes ahead of the third meeting […]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has handed over essential drugs to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for pilgrims embarking on Hajj this year. Speaking during the exercise on Sunday in Abuja, director general of the agency, Dr Muyi Aina, said the handover exemplified the federal government’s unwavering commitment to the […]
The Okun-Ajah Community has cried out to the Federal and Lagos State government to rescue it from an alleged illegal variation of the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal highway contract route that has put 2000 homes in the area at risk of imminent demolition. The community through its traditional ruler, the Baale Chief (Alh) Sikiru Olukesi Okanlawon, […]
