A white man gives account of his own Lagos
Former Editor of West Africa magazine, Kaye Whiteman, joins the league of ‘Lagosians’ who have written about Lagos, writes AKEEM LASISI Many literary enthusiasts rose to celebrate with a former editor...
View ArticleChristian books are the most pirated – NCC
Head of the National Copyright Commission in Lagos, Mr. Alero Amodu, has said that the most pirated books in Nigeria are Christian books. Amodu made this known in Lagos on Monday at a dialogue the...
View ArticleDramatists in search of cottage theatres
Some leading playwrights have advocated the building of cottage theatres in all local government areas in the country. This is part of the recommendations of the maiden Conference of Playwrights held...
View ArticleCaring for your laptop (2)
Handle any removable drives with care. Floppy drives or CD drives that have been removed from your laptop can easily get crushed, dropped or pressed if you are careless. Put them straight into a bag or...
View ArticleOn social media, PDP not Africa’s biggest party
Temitayo Famutimi writes on the management and effectiveness of Twitter and Facebook accounts of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Action Congress of Nigeria The Peoples Democratic Party and the...
View ArticleNew media use in public sector
Publicly available social media sites started in homes and were mainly used for connecting with friends and family. In the last few years, governments across the world have witnessed a lot more...
View ArticleCashing of third-party cheques above N150,000 stops nationwide June 1
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all deposit money banks to stop the cashing of third-party cheques above N150,000 over the counter in all the states starting from June 1, 2013. The apex bank...
View ArticleWhy we withdrew from Fitch rating –Kwara
The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said the state government withdrew from Fitch agency’s rating because the annual rating was no longer required for any major financial transaction in...
View ArticleNigeria records 4.3% drop in external trade – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics has said the country recorded a decline of 4.3 per cent in external trade in the 2012 fiscal period. The Bureau, in its fourth quarter 2012 trade statistics report...
View ArticleWorld Bank extends partnership with Ekiti
The World Bank has said that it is ready to extend its partnership with Ekiti State Government in the area of development. The World Bank’s Task Team Leader on Community and Social Development Projects...
View ArticleFormation of APC will strengthen democracy —Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday said the formation of the All Progressives Congress would help to strengthen democracy in the country. Atiku spoke on Wednesday while delivering a...
View ArticleImo youths protest against Okorocha in Anambra
Youths said to be members of Orlu for Greatness, on Wednesday took their protest against Governor Rochas Okorocha to Uli, Anambra State where Governor Peter Obi presented cheques to missionary schools....
View ArticleGroup faults Akpabio on A’Ibom zoning
Natives of Akwa Ibom South have criticised Governor Godswill Akpabio’s stand on zoning in the state. The condemnation came after Akpabio announced that he was not a product of zoning during the Good...
View ArticleJonathan’s 2015 plan behind ex-gov’s pardon – Investigation
Facts emerged on Wednesday that permutations ahead of 2015 were responsible for the presidential pardon granted a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, along with four...
View ArticleArgentine Bergoglio emerges new pope
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio greeted crowds in Rome’s St Peter’s Square on Wednesday evening after his election as the Catholic Church’s new Pope. Appearing on a balcony in a white...
View ArticleBergoglio, the new pope from Argentina
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, and said he would take the name Francis I. Pope Francis, 76,...
View ArticleOgun police parade teenage mother, others for robbery
The police in Ogun State, on Wednesday, paraded a teenage nursing mother, Fausat Adeosun, for aiding and abetting her husband, Ismail, in his alleged robbery operations. Twenty-six-year-old Ismail...
View ArticleI became a prostitute at 10 –Victim
An 18-year-old victim of human trafficking, identified simply as Victoria, has told PUNCH Metro that she became a prostitute at the age of 10 because she was gullible to trust an elderly woman who...
View ArticleWe hid stolen cars in church – Suspects
Three robbery suspects, who for months, after snatching cars from female drivers, hid them in a catholic church, have been arrested by the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos State. Chinedu...
View ArticleOne killed, scores injured as cultists clash in Lagos
A youth identified only as Sunkanmi was on Wednesday killed while scores sustained injuries after some youths suspected to be members of rival cults clashed in the Somolu area of Lagos State. PUNCH...
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