The Chief Medical Director, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, Dr Oluwole Ige, has expressed concern over the rate at which medical professionals are departing the nation in search of better opportunities abroad. Dr Ige who stated that the country is in a dire emergency situation within the …

Nigeria’s excess crude account has declined by 89 per cent in the last eight years, moving from $4.1bn in November 2014 to $472,513 in the same period of 2022. According to a statement by the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, which was seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, the ECA’s …

Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has slammed Nigerian artistes who glorify the abuse of drugs and substances in their songs. Marwa lamented how the drug-promoting lyrics from songs have become a buzzword among youths, noting how the young population, on the strength …

The United States authorities have arrested and detained a former Haitian Olympic boxer, Azea Augustama at North Miami for threatening to shoot up a gym in South Florida, US. Augustama was arrested on Tuesday according to an arrest affidavit after putting a deposit down to buy an AK-47 and was …

Nigerian singer Kizz Daniel enthralled the crowd with his performance at the World Cup Fans Festival in Qatar. In a video that now gone viral, the enthusiastic crowd of soccer fans could be seen dancing and screaming while singing Kizz Daniel’s hit song “Buga” on Wednesday night. Kiss Daniel took …

“Nigerian indigenous airlines are performing under certain conditions that we should be applauded for still staying afloat. Is it forex, or fuel infrastructure? How about bird strikes in a good country? the airlines would have gone to court against FAAN for all the bird strikes because we pay for these …

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has rejected the sale of 10 power plants and headed to court to stop the move of privatisation of the plants by the Federal Government.   The NGF disclosed that its lawyers have moved to prevent the regime of the President, Major General Muhammamadu Buhari from …

Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon, has narrated his unfortunate experience with an errant road user on Thursday morning.   Okanlawon took to Twitter to reveal how he escaped beatings from thugs after a driver, who brushed his car, raised a false alarm against him.   In his account of events, the …

A section of a popular motor park in Jos, better known as NTA park was on Wednesday night gutted by fire.   The fire which started around 7:30 pm was said to have lasted for several hours before it was eventually put off by men of the fire service.   …

There was a mild drama at the Lagos airport on Wednesday when supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party and some party chieftains were prevented from boarding a campaign plane for their rally in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.   The Deputy Director-General and Campaign Manager for LP Presidential …