Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank has risen by 121.46 per cent under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), findings by The PUNCH have shown. The PUNCH learnt that the total debt owed to the World Bank Group by Nigeria rose by $7.64bn (N3.52tn, using the exchange rate of the Central…
An American airline Boeing 737’s engine burst into flames midair before the pilot safely executed an emergency landing at Ohio airport, as the aircraft was struck by a flock of geese. The incident was reported to have taken place 40 minutes after the plane took off on Sunday. According to Mail Online, passengers Marni Kallestad…
Popular gospel singer, Tim Godfrey, and his wife, Erica, celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Godfrey shared pictures of himself and his wife via his verified Instagram page on Sunday night. He expressed his love for his wife and stated that their first year of marriage was one of the best years of his life. He…
The federal government said last night that the only viable way to evacuate Nigerians out of war-torn Sudan was by road. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, disclosed this in an interview on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Recall that Nigerians based in Sudan, including over 5,500 students, have been calling on the government…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has approved the reinstatement of Emir of Yandoto, Aliyu Maraca to the throne of Emir of Birnin Yandoto. Recall that Marafa was derobed for conferring a traditional title of Sarki Fulani in July 2022, on a bandits leader, Ado Aliero , “as part of the peace building effort by…
Italy’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stefano De Leo, has said insecurity anywhere in the world, especially in Nigeria, can only be tackled by addressing the causes. De Leo expressed this view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja weekend. Responding to a question on what the Italian government was doing…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc has explained that the onstream of its three new 33KV feeders would improve electricity supply to its customers in Gwarinpa, Life Camp, Kubwa, and other parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital. The utility explained that the completion of construction on the 33KV feeders and the installation of auto reclosers at…
•••Indebtedness to GenCos hits N202.6bn Power generation to the national grid dipped below the 4,000 megawatts mark over the weekend leaving customers across the country with limited electricity supply. Checks on data provided by the National System Operator, NSO, an independent arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that only 18 of the…
Tobi Bakre and Olarotimi Fakunle play two of the lead characters–Obalola and Kazeem respectively– in the newly released and critically acclaimed movie, Gangs of Lagos. They tell TOFARATI IGE about their experience making the film and other issues Gangs of Lagos, project of many firsts for me –Tobi BakreTobi Bakre, aka Obalola, recounts his experience…
Popular music producer and the Chief Executive Officer of Mavin Records, Michael Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, says that the most disappointing act in his career was when he was caught on camera smoking cigarettes. Don Jazzy stated this during an interview with a former Big Brother Naija contestant, Doyinsola David. He said, “I…
