A driver allegedly stole his employer’s 2016 Toyota Camry two days after he was employed, but police operatives in Ogun State recovered the vehicle from a hotel in Ifo within eight hours of the incident. The driver, identified as Waidi Olajide Kolawole, reportedly fled when opera...
The release of the final list of candidates for the 2027 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission has heightened the battle for the 109 senatorial seats across the country. With the publication of the list, political parties and their candidates now have...
The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and the Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria have welcomed the initial public offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Free Zone Enterprise, describing it as a landmark development for Nigeria’s capital marke...
The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung, has said his decision to construct a 700-capacity Information and Communication Technology and Computer-Based Test centre in Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, is aimed at bridging the digital divi...
Some applicants at Nigerian High Commission, London. Photo: African Voice Newspaper
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There has been outrage among Nigerians following the killing of two Nigerian nationals, Bishop Michael Fakunle and James Nwankwo, in separate incidents in South Africa. Fakunle, an indigene of Iye in the Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was allegedly shot dead by u...
Troops of the 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation WABAIZIGAN, have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition during a targeted operation along the Benin–Sapele Road in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The suspect, identified as O...
The Lagos Waste Management Authority has embraced youth sanitation advocacy by launching an initiative tagged ‘LAWMA Cares and Lagos Youth Initiative’. Speaking during the launch of the initiative recently at LAWMA Headquarters, Ijora-Olopa, the Managing Director/Chief Executive ...
Nigerian record-holder in the 400m hurdles Ezekiel Nathaniel and sprinter Udodi Onwuzurike missed out on podium places and the accompanying prize money at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Onwuzurike f...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has continued to increase the price of premium motor spirit (petrol) despite the international price of crude oil remaining below the level recorded during the earlier surge in March. The latest increase to N1,350 is the highest gantry price the ref...
Manchester City's Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland celebrates scoring the team's first goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on September 13, 2026.
Brighton's Ivorian midfielder #35 Malick Yalcouye (R) celebrates scoring the team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Coventry City and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, central England on September 13,...
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One of Nigeria’s hat-trick heroes and Player of the Match in the Falconets’ 10-1 thrashing of New Caledonia, Ramotalahi Kareem, says the team are ready to face England after advancing to the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Ext...
Former Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, died at 90, prompting tributes from President Bola Tinubu, Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri and other politicians. Fintiri declared three days of mourning across the state, while Tinubu described the former go...
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