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Punch Newspapers Sections ’FEMI ASU ’FEMI ASU How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the Nigerian banking sector? The COVID-19 pandemic came with lots of uncertainties regarding the duration, the extent of impact and how it will pan out in terms of impact on the overall economy and global supply chains and then the financial markets. There was quite significant uncertainty at the beginning but as various countries took steps quickly first on the health front through various lockdowns and...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olajide Samuel Published 14 March 2021 Actress and singer, Allwell Ademola, says that she would not encourage any fan to tattoo her name on any part of their bodies. Sharing her opinion on the trend of fans tattooing the faces and images of celebrities, Ademola told Sunday Scoop, “I will not encourage anyone to tattoo my name or face on their bodies. I would not encourage anyone to do it. But, if anyone decides to do it, I would appreciate the person for the love. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 March 2021 If you attend church or been to a dance party or a night club, there is a very good chance you have rocked to the rhythm of reggae. In that case you owe some obeisance to Bunny Wailer, who died early this month, just eight days before his 74th birthday. He was one of the reggae trio, The Wailers, that took reggae to its international stature. He was the only one of the trio that lived to witness UNESCO proclaim reggae a World Cultural Heritage i...

Punch Newspapers Sections Temiloluwa O’Peters The Federal government has directed Mobile Network Operators to put on hold the impending suspension of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The directive was given by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, according to a statement titled ‘Impending suspension of USSD banking services put on hold’. The statement was signed by the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communic...

Punch Newspapers Sections Known to fans as 7Figures SMG, Aduragbemi Adekunle is fast gaining popularity for his music. The up-and-coming singer, who has released some songs done wholly in Yoruba language, insisted that his only mission was to be a voice to the voiceless in society. Speaking on what inspires his music, the graduate of Economics from the Lecitoyen University, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, said, “My songs serve as a source of hope for people during tough times. The average Nigeria...

The Lagos State Building Control Agency and Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority on Thursday, demolished illegal structures erected along...

Published 14 March 2021 Ahmed Indimi, son-in-law of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has shared pictures of a white lion on the leash on social media with the caption “my new pet.” It is not immediately clear if Mr. Indimi is in a petting zoo. The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion, Wikipedia reports. “White lions in the area of Timbavati are thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa f...

Fans of comedian and actor, Samuel Perry, popularly known as Broda Shaggi, have often wondered where he gets the energy he exudes from. In an inter...

Punch Newspapers Sections TOFARATI IGE TOFARATI IGE The title of your book, ‘Careerectional Facility’, is a coinage from the words, ‘career’ and ‘correctional facility’. What is the relationship between those two words and career development? The title of my book, Careerectional Facility, is a play on words between career and correctional facility― the prison we put ourselves in the quest for career fulfilment by believing there are certain rules and processes that we need to f...

Up till end of February 2020, Kola Eddo was upbeat about the success of his newly-established nightclub in Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos. Just six-month-old ...