President Bola Tinubu has commended Chess maestro, Tunde Onakoya, on setting a new world chess record. Tinubu thanked Onakoya for “sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ...
https://punchng.com/tinubu-celebrates-onakoyas-new-world-chess-record/
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, for setting a new 60-hour chess marathon record. In a statement posted on his X account on Saturday, San...
Two people were killed and three others injured in an accident, which occurred around 8:24 pm. after Ogbere Junction, along the Ijebu-Ode-Ore-Benin Expressway. Those who died were said to have be...
Founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Babatunde Ayodele, speaks with AJIBADE OMAPE on the circumstances surrounding his prophecies and how he told then-Governor Bola Tinubu in...
https://punchng.com/i-told-tinubu-in-2001-he-would-be-president-primate-ayodele/
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has released findings from a comprehensive investigation into the factors contributing to the relentless increase in consumer costs. The...
https://punchng.com/fg-agency-blames-multiple-taxes-others-for-high-cost-of-goods/
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee to Investigate the Turnaround Maintenance of Nigeria’s Refineries has said the Port Harcourt Refinery will begin operation before the end of December. This is as the...
https://punchng.com/p-harcourt-refinery-to-begin-operation-before-year-end-senate-committee/
All is set for the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State to pick its governorship candidate today. The ruling party had announced that 171, 922 members drawn from the 203 wards of the 18 local ...
https://punchng.com/aiyedatiwa-15-others-jostle-for-ondo-apc-gov-ticket-today/
A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has hailed renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, for setting a new 60-hour chess marathon world record. She expressed admiration for his achie...
https://punchng.com/chess-marathon-ezekwezili-hails-tunde-onakoya-on-new-60-hour-world-record/
The Nigeria Correctional Service has revealed that in 2023, there were no executions of inmates on death row across the custodial centres. Disclosing this on Friday, NCoS spokesperson, Abubakar U...
https://punchng.com/why-3504-inmates-on-death-row-havent-been-executed-says-ncos/
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has called on the Federal Government to assist his administration in tackling insecurity and incessant flooding in some parts of the state. The governor’s Spec...
https://punchng.com/ododo-begs-fg-for-help-to-tackle-insecurity-flooding/
The Nigerian Customs Service, Kebbi State Area Command, has intercepted goods, including 212 50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice, worth over N126m. The goods according to the Customs Area Comptro...
https://punchng.com/kebbi-customs-intercept-foreign-rice-others-worth-over-n126m/
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, on Saturday set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess. The chestmaster confirmed this in a post on his official X account. He wrote, “...
A mechanic, Jonathan Marcus, has been arrested over the gruesome murder of an elderly couple at their residence at Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja. Marcus, who often worked as chauffeur to the ...
https://punchng.com/how-mechanic-murdered-80-year-old-man-wife-in-abuja-cp/
The campaign organisation of Labour Party presidential flag bearer in 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Friday, faulted media speculations that his frequent visits to churches and mosques were an act ...
https://punchng.com/obi-not-mixing-politics-with-religion-says-media-aide/
The Ondo chapter of the All Progressives Congress will any moment from now begin the governorship primary to elect the party’s candidate in the November 16 governorship election. To this end, t...
https://punchng.com/ondo-poll-apc-set-for-credible-primary-omo-agege/
Elon Musk’s X on Saturday said it will fight an Australian watchdog’s order to take down content related to the brutal stabbing of a priest during a live-streamed Sydney church service. Bisho...
https://punchng.com/elon-musks-x-australian-watchdog-clash-over-church-stabbing-posts/
Men of the Kwara State Fire Service on Friday prevented a crowd of villagers from scooping 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, in a truck which fell at Passa village...
https://punchng.com/kwara-firefighters-stop-villagers-attempt-to-scoop-fuel-from-fallen-tanker/
Two mayoral candidates were reported killed in Mexico on Friday, one in the country’s northeast and another in the south. Authorities described the incident as part of a wave of political viole...
https://punchng.com/two-mexican-mayoral-candidates-reportedly-killed-in-one-day/
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has declared that no human can give power, except God Almighty. Atiku’s declaration came on the heels of the ongoing controversy trailing the outcome of the...
https://punchng.com/pdp-crisis-only-god-gives-power-atiku-tells-supporters/
Renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, who commenced his mission to surpass the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon has reached a 57-hour mark, surpassing the previous record of ...
Former security aides may face orderly room trial for not arresting ex-gov EFCC appeals order stopping Bello’s arrest, seeks stay of execution The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female pol...
https://punchng.com/police-detain-yahaya-bellos-adc-security-details/
Chippa United’s owner, Siviwe Mpengesi, says the Chilli Boys will be keen to allow Stanley Nwabali to leave the club this summer if they receive a better offer for him in the summer, PUNCH Spor...
VICTOR AYENI writes about the violent attacks meted out to Lagos residents by louts who rob, extort, and harass hapless passers-by in different parts of the state When a barrage of slaps landed o...
The wait is over, and the stage is set for an electrifying new season of Naija Star Search which premieres today, April 20, 2024, on StarTimes. According to a statement by the organisers, the new...
https://punchng.com/naija-star-searchs-second-season-premieres/
Two people were on Friday killed while one other was injured in an accident around the Idogo junction on Ilaro-Owode Yewa Road, Ogun State. This is just as the Ogun Sector Command of Federal Road...
Nigerians would provide feedback on the performance of government ministries, departments, and agencies based on a comprehensive matrix of 204 deliverables and 888 indicators between 2024 to 2027...
https://punchng.com/citizens-to-assess-tinubus-performance-using-deliverables-report/
A group, the Oduduwa Development Initiative, has called for the cessation of the Yoruba Nation agitation, expressing the need for collective efforts to move Nigeria forward. The National Presiden...
https://punchng.com/oduduwa-group-urges-suspension-of-yoruba-nation-agitation/
The Lagos State Government has warned against vandalising of public property, saying it is an act of economic sabotage. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotosho...
The Commander of Nigeria’s National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre within the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Hammed Abodunrin, has revealed plans to equip hunters and vigi...
https://punchng.com/safe-schools-to-train-hunters-vigilantes-on-information-management/
A speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour has been set as the benchmark for motorists plying the Third Mainland Bridge, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. This is after extensive repairs and rehabilitation...
https://punchng.com/lastma-sets-80km-h-speed-limit-for-third-mainland-bridge/