President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the family and colleagues of veteran journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, who died on Tuesday at 56. President Tinubu, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser…

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has proposed setting aside some jobs exclusively for humans and taxing AI and robots as part of measures to manage the disruption he expects artificial intelligence to cause in the labour market. Gates made the proposals…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered how some civil servants allegedly helped Adeniyi Adeyemi, the director-general of the now-disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), to obtain government approvals and gain access to official…

The Kano State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to supply additional diphtheria vaccines to enable it to conduct mass vaccination against the disease across the state. The Director-General, Kano Centre for Disease Control, Prof Muhammad Abbas, requested while…

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Wednesday mourned veteran journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, describing him as a committed journalist who contributed to the growth of Nigeria’s…

Seasoned psychiatrists have said decriminalising suicide alone would not be enough to prevent suicidal behaviour among Nigerians. To curb the burden of suicide, the psychiatrists urged the Federal Government to address poverty, unemployment, insecurity and other socioeconomic challenges that contribute…

Suspected bandits have killed the village head of Galla in the Borgu Local Government Area, Niger State, Ahmed Yusuf, and four other people in a fresh attack on the community. The traditional ruler was reportedly killed in his palace, according…

President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers have mourned the death of journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, describing his passing as a painful loss to Nigeria’s media industry.…

Nigeria and Thailand have committed to deepen relations between both countries across technology, agriculture, commerce, and renewable energy, among other areas of strategic interest. To this effect, Nigeria is pushing for a review of existing partnerships between both countries, leveraging…

Some personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service and Nigeria Correctional Service deployed for the August 15 Osun State governorship election are yet to receive their election duty allowances, The PUNCH learnt…

The police in Cross River State have arrested two men, aged 68 and 70, over the alleged attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl in Calabar. The suspects, identified as Moris Monday, 68, and Asuquo Effiom, 70, were arrested on Sunday following a…

As building collapses become alarmingly frequent across Nigeria, experts warn that quackery, poor regulatory enforcement, and substandard materials are turning housing into a deadly gamble, ANOZIE EGOLE reports Recent data from the Building Collapse Prevention Guild show that building collapse…

Condolences have continued to pour in following the death of veteran journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, with colleagues, professional bodies and associates describing him as a committed journalist who contributed to the growth of Nigeria’s media…

The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Rabiu Umar, has warned that uncertainty in the regulatory environment could undermine investments in Nigeria’s petroleum industry. Umar said investors were prepared to manage commercial risks but found…

Africa must turn its natural resources, market size and technological capacity into bargaining power to secure a stronger voice in the global financial system, experts said on Wednesday at the sixth African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCoDD VI) in…