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Sodiq Oyeleke and Segun AdewoleA joint team of Ibarapa security operatives, including Oodua Peoples Congress, Vigilante, and other groups have ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Tofarati Ige Singer and actor, Olurotimi Akinosho, known simply as Rotimi, has said that he was excited to be a part of the new movie, Coming 2 America, which was released some days ago. In an interview with Sunday Scoop from the United States of America, Rotimi said, “Being on the project was something legendary. I felt like I was a part of something generational. As a first generation Nigerian-American, I watched the first part of the movie as early as when I was...

Punch Newspapers Sections TOFARATI IGE What current projects are you working on? Making music is a lifestyle for me, so I have a lot of unreleased songs. Whenever I feel the time is right, I would give my people (fans) a proper project. By the way, have you listened to my last Extended Play album, Table For Two. There are beautiful songs in there, even if I say so myself. What impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on your career and how were you able to cushion its effects? I wanted had decid...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 195 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 15...

Punch Newspapers Sections SUNDAY ABORISADE The President of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye, has described the recent food blockade by northern traders and the persistent destruction of farmlands by Fulani herders in the South-West as a deliberate plan to cause hunger and starvation in the region. Akintoye, therefore, challenged other Yoruba leaders and governors of the South-West states to rise to the occasion and save their people from the impending calamity. The Yoruba leader, who state...

Sodiq OyelekePolice in Oyo State have confirmed the detention of three members of the Odua Peoples Congress who were part of the team that arre...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 7 March 2021 Following the conclusion of the 2021 Under-20 African Nations Cup (AFCON), won on Saturday by Ghana, here is the list of all the winners since the inception of the competition in 1979. 1. Nigeria 7 (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015) 2 Ghana 4 (1993, 1999, 2009, 2021) 3 Egypt 4 (1981, 1991, 2003, 2013) 4 Cameroon 1 (1995) 10 Congo 1 (2007) The Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, previously known as the African Youth Championship or the Afric...

Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole The Governor of Borno State has discovered “650 ghost households” when he visited a camp of Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State. Zulum’s visit to the camp located at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies in Maiduguri, the state capital, was a move to put a stop to rampant cases of dubious residents pretending to be displaced. A statement issued on the Facebook page of the Governor revealed that the fake IDPs spend day times at the c...

Problem-solving mindset critical to business success — Aladejuyigbe Aderonke Aladejuyigbe is the Chief Executive Officer of JnB Designs. She tells TOFARATI IGE about her business What is your educational qualification? I had my elementary education at Federal Housing Estate Primary School, Victoria Island, Lagos. Then, I went on to Lagos African Church Grammar School in Ogba, also in Lagos. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Literature in English from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Os...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday unveiled 32 female government officials which it described as “The Buhari Women” to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, listed the women in a statement titled “Internation Women’s Day: See how President Buhari celebrates Nigerian women.” Adesina described the 32 female officials that were listed as just a few of them. “The ...