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  • Electorate battle naira, fuel pains ahead of Saturday polls

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Electorate battle naira, fuel pains ahead of Saturday polls

    With just six days to 2023 general elections, Nigerians are approaching the crucial political event while dealing with economic crises that have negatively impacted their everyday lives, LEKE BAIYEWU writes Nigerians are heading towards the […]

  • Naira crisis worsens as currency-in-circulation tumbles to N1.54tn

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Naira crisis worsens as currency-in-circulation tumbles to N1.54tn

    Amid the worsening naira crisis, the total amount of currency-in-circulation in the Nigerian economy has tumbled from N3.3tn to N1.54tn, a Central Bank of Nigeria document obtained by The has revealed. This came as a […]

  • Stock investors lose N281bn in one week

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Stock investors lose N281bn in one week

    Stock investors lost N281bn at the end of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited last week. The NGX All-Share Index and market capitalisation depreciated by 0.96 per cent and 0.95 per cent […]

  • Messi snatches win for PSG after Neymar’s injury blow

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Messi snatches win for PSG after Neymar’s injury blow

    FILE PHOTO: Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League first round group A football match between Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) and Manchester City, at The […]

  • Obioma leads scorers battle in Benin

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Obioma leads scorers battle in Benin

    There will be more than three points to play for when Group A leaders Bendel Insurance and eight-time champions Enyimba when both clubs meet in one of the last matches of the first stanza of […]

  • Èdè wa ni: Ẹ pàdé Àròjinlẹ̀ tó ń dá àwọn ènìyàn lẹ́kọ̀ọ́ nípa ẹranko lédè Yorùbá

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Èdè wa ni: Ẹ pàdé Àròjinlẹ̀ tó ń dá àwọn ènìyàn lẹ́kọ̀ọ́ nípa ẹranko lédè Yorùbá

    Most Widely Read Newspaper PunchNG Menu: 20th February 2023 A bá ògbóntarìgì gbédègbẹyọ tí àwọn èèyàn mọ̀ sí Àròjinlẹ̀ sọ̀rọ̀ nípa àwọn ìwádìí ìjìnlẹ̀ tó máa ń ṣe lórí ẹranko lédè Yorùbá. Ó ṣàlàyé ìdí […]

  • CBN confiscated, didn’t swap currency, says El-Rufai

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on CBN confiscated, didn’t swap currency, says El-Rufai

    Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday, alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria embarked on currency confiscation rather than the announced currency swap policy as approved by the […]

  • Afenifere youths promise Obi five million votes

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Afenifere youths promise Obi five million votes

    The Afenifere National Youth Council has vowed to support the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, to become the President in the February 25 election. The National President of the council, Eniola Ojajuni, on […]

  • Oyo 2023: Beware of fake news, I didn’t step down for Makinde – SDP guber candidate, Lana

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Oyo 2023: Beware of fake news, I didn’t step down for Makinde – SDP guber candidate, Lana

    The gubernatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Oyo state, Mr. Michael Folorunso Lana has announced that he is not interested in stepping down for Governor Seyi Makinde. Lana, a former commissioner for justice […]

  • Nigeria’s presidential election: Will polls translate to Peter Obi’s victory

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria’s presidential election: Will polls translate to Peter Obi’s victory

    Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi is going into the February 25 election as a frontrunner doing good numbers in polls, months after his ambition was dismissed by those who now see […]

  • Nigeria’s Obinna Onyekwena appointed director in Gates Foundation

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria’s Obinna Onyekwena appointed director in Gates Foundation

    A 44-year-old Nigerian medical doctor with extensive experience supporting developing countries in tackling infectious diseases, Obinna Onyekwena, has been appointed as a deputy director in disease advocacy at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in […]

  • Naira scarcity worsening poverty, insecurity – Group

    By Ifunanya | February 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Naira scarcity worsening poverty, insecurity – Group

    A civil society organisation, Journalists for Open Government and Inclusion, has called on the Federal Government to act responsibly and urgently to prevent the anger over naira scarcity from snowballing into uncontrollable civil unrest. JOGI […]

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