By PRECIOUS AKUTAMADU THE European Union (EU), in collaboration with Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and the Step-Up for Women in Journalism Initiative (SWIJ), has trained female journalists on career advancement strategies. The training also focused on equipping participants with digital skills to help them adapt to the rapidly evolving media landscape. The two-day workshop, […]
By JOSHUA OLOMU FUJI music legend, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, has apologised for the recent altercation he had with some personnel of the ValueJet, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The airport face-off was captured in a video that went viral on Wednesday, with KWAM1 seen in a seeming attempt […]
By PRISCILLA OSAJE FLORENCE Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has lamented her being single at 33 despite her achievements in her career and academic. DJ Cuppy, who is a popular disc jockey (DJ) and daughter of Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, took to her social media platforms to express her inability to find a husband […]
By ADEBAYO PAUL TRAGEDY struck at Idumoza Community, Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, as a hotel under construction collapsed and killed its owner identified as Harrison Isesere. Eyewitnesses said the building collapsed last Friday 1st August 2025 while the owner was inside. Over 20 other workers at the hotel site escaped […]
THE Progressive Vanguard Association (PVA), a frontline movement for the progress and development of Ubulu-Unor, a peaceful community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, has beckoned on indigenes of the community in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions to apply for a scholarship programme sponsored by the group. A member of the association, […]
POPE Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday. It said that the 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. The Pope Emeritus has been down with sickness. The statement reads: “The Holy See […]
VICE-Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in next year’s elections, Kashim Shettima, has explained that he wore sneakers with a corporate suit to the Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference held on Monday to taunt mischief-makers. Shettima’s outfit to the one-week long event at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos had attracted widespread […]
THE Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for failing to renew […]
THE National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources among the union’s NEC members told our correspondent on Monday that the meeting will hold at the […]
THE Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Paul Ibe has said that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not handover Federal Universities to state governments if he becomes president in 2023. Ibe who is media aide to the former Vice President, said the Atiku camp has noticed with dismay the mischievous […]