At least 32 people have been killed in a multi-car pileup on a highway in Egypt’s Beheira governorate, according to authorities. More than 60 people were also reported injured in the road accident on Saturday, Egypt’s health ministry said.The collision took place in morning fog when a passenger bus on its way to Cairo slammed…
A former National President of the Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, is dead. Her demise was communicated today in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by the Executive Secretary of the Ogun Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and…
The House of Representatives has summoned controversial singer Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley to appear before it as part of moves to secure compensation and royalties for late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad) for his musical works. Through its Committee on Justice, Youth, and Legislative Compliance, the House also invited the manager of the…
Projectiles hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns on Friday, sources and officials say, wounding at least six people in Taba near the border with Israel. Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said an “unidentified drone” crashed into a building adjacent to a hospital in Taba in the early hours of the morning.Later, another projectile fell…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has hailed the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s win in the February 15, 2023 presidential election hoping his government will bring peace and prosperity to the country. “On behalf of the good people of Osun State, I congratulate President Tinubu on his judicial victory at the…
Bearish sentiments were sustained on the Nigerian Exchange Limited as the market reacted to the Supreme Court’s judgment regarding the 2023 general elections cases leading to a loss of N67bn off its market capitalisation. This marked a second consecutive day of negative trading on the local bourse. Dragging the market cap was depreciation recorded in…
Four people have reportedly lost their lives following an attack by bandits in Maru, located within the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the town, Mohammed Bawa, told The PUNCH that the Emir of Maru, Abubakar Maigari, managed to escape when the bandits invaded his palace, but one of his guards…
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is currently being detained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The PUNCH can confirm that Emefiele, who is currently being interrogated at the National Headquarters of the anti-graft agency, Jabi, Abuja, was picked up by EFCC operatives Thursday night, less than…
Access Bank has strengthened its Development Banking Desk to drive sustainable development in Nigeria and across the African continent. The Desk is a fall out of the development banking team which has the responsibility of managing Non-Profit organisations and institutions and has been operating in the bank for over ten years and still counting.This initiative…
