The official quick count from the INE has projected Claudia Sheinbaum as the winner of Sunday’s presidential election with between 58.3 and 60.7 percent of the vote. It gave her nearest rival, Xochitl Galvez, who leads a coalition of largely conservative parties, 26.6-28.8 percent of the vote. Sheinbaum is the …

What to know about the federal gun trial Hunter Biden is set to stand trial Monday on felony gun charges in a historic case that could impact President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. This is the first time in American history that the child of the sitting president is going on …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says the “labour union has shut down” the national grid, resulting in a blackout nationwide. The national grid shutdown occurred at about 2.19 am on 3rd June, 2024.

The Federal Government, on Sunday, restated its commitment to the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report aimed at reducing the cost of governance through merging, scrapping and relocating departments and agencies. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who spoke to The PUNCH on Sunday, said work was still in …

NAPOLI are set to appoint former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Antonio Conte as the new head coach of the Serie A side. Football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano disclosed this on X on Friday. Romano noted that Conte, former Juventus manager, will sign a contract valid until June 2027 with Napoli. …

THE equity market closed on a positive note on Friday, May 31, 2024, increasing the market capitalization by 0.02 percent due to investors’ sentiment for banking, insurance and consumer stocks. The market capitalisation, which opened at N56.158 trillion, rose by N14 billion or 0.02 percent, to settle at N56.172 trillion. …

Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the special task force saddled with maintaining peace in Plateau State and environs, has declared 11 persons suspected to be behind the recent attacks in the state wanted. The Deputy Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commander of OPSH, Terzungwe Iyua, made the declaration at a press …

THE operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The suspected internet fraudsters were arrested by the EFCC operatives on Friday, May 31, 2024. While 28 of them were arrested at Dawaki axis, the remaining 12 suspected internet …

A Nobel Prize medal won by a professor has been donated to his former Cambridge University college by his family. The medal has been donated to Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge Prof David Thouless, who studied at Trinity Hall, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016, but …

FORMER lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has slammed lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, for being passive in the National Assembly. Sani said the opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly were not visible, suggesting they are not living up to the expectations of the masses. …