Bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United caused a stunning upset with a Premier League victory over title-chasing Manchester United at Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side needed three points to regain top spot from rivals Manchester City but were lacklustre for large periods of the contest as the away side picked up only ...
Read More »Ecobank Nigeria Targets MSMEs With Recent N50bn Subordinated Funding
The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the bank’s newly sourced N50 billion credit will be deployed to support Micro, Small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) and small corporates in the country. He pointed out that the bank recognizes MSMEs as the drivers of post COVID-19 economic recovery ...
Read More »Fire Gut Sunday Igboho’s House
A midnight fire on Tuesday morning gutted some parts of the house of a popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, The PUNCH has learnt. The fire reportedly started around 3am in the apartment located in the Soka area of Oyo State. The source of the fire was ...
Read More »NNPC: Refineries shut for 15 straight months cost Nigeria N152.08bn
The nation’s refineries lost a total of N152.08bn in 15 consecutive months of being idle, the latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown. Analysis of data collated from NNPC monthly reports revealed that all the refineries did not refine crude oil from July 2019 to September 2020. ...
Read More »South-west Governors ban open grazing
Governors of the south-west states have banned open grazing of cattle in the region. The decision was taken at a stakeholders’ meeting in Akure, Ondo state capital, on Monday. Governors, the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and security operatives attended the meeting. Some of ...
Read More »Breaking! Chelsea Sacks Coach Lampard to announce Tuchel later
Thomas Tuchel will replace Frank Lampard, whose sacking at Chelsea will be confirmed later on Monday. The Daily Telegraph broke the Lampard news on Monday morning, with several other outlets following suit. Lampard had managed to guide Chelsea back to winning ways on Sunday in the cup against Luton. But it ...
Read More »Gov. Zulum Commends Buratai For Fight Against Insurgency As Biu Emir Gets Staff Of Office
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, on Saturday, presented the staff of office to the new Emir of Biu, Mai Mustapha Umar 11, with a call on him to consolidate the foundation put in place by his late father. Presenting the staff of office to the first Class Emir, at a ...
Read More »Super Bowl 2021: Kansas City Chiefs will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The game is set for February 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, meaning the Buccaneers will be the first team to play in a Super Bowl in their home stadium. The Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills 38-24 in the AFC championship Sunday. It’ll be the Chiefs’ fourth trip ...
Read More »The Incubator Reality set to disrupt Nigerian startups with over N1 billion
The Incubator Reality has created a lifeline to leapfrog and disrupt Nigerian start-ups to increase their capacity and access to funding via a novelty incubation program. A statement by ECSCORP, the Incubator’s architect, said the reality TV show, the biggest and first of its kind in the world, seeks to change the ...
Read More »ISHERI ALLEGED POLICE EXTORTION: LAGOS POLICE ARREST 4 COPS, COMMENCE TRIAL
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four (4) police Inspectors that allegedly harassed and extorted 70,000 (seventy thousand naira only) from one 16 year old student, Segun, on 18th January, 202, at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State, in a Toyota Corolla car. The picture of the policemen, ...
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