Society & Lifestyle

  The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, on Sunday said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to making Nigeria the greatest black nation on earth with the export of the country’s rich cultural heritage to the outside world.   Musawa equally said that the Federal Government ...

    The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, adorned in beautiful cultural attire and headgear, has stepped out for the popular Ojude Oba festival in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.   In a video shared by an X (formerly Twitter) user, #Theresa Tekenah, on Sunday, the ...

    The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Professor Abdullahi Usman, has urged Nigerian pilgrims to pray for the nation and seek divine guidance for leaders to deliver good governance.   Usman gave the advice during his visit to Nigerian pilgrims from North-West states’ tents in Mina, ...

    Donald Trump said on Saturday that his relationship with his billionaire donor Elon Musk is over and warned there would be “serious consequences” if Musk funds U.S. Democrats running against Republicans who vote for the president’s sweeping tax and spending bill.   In a telephone interview with NBC ...

  An accident claimed the lives of nine people in Kyaramma village, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.   The accident, which occurred on Saturday around 20:00, involved two Golf 3 saloon vehicles and also left several others injured.   According to the Jigawa State Police Command, the vehicles ...

    Commuters across the Lagos metropolis were once again trapped in a frustrating gridlock on Thursday, with vehicular movement grinding to a halt for hours, an ordeal that appears to have no end in sight.   For those heading out of Lagos via the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the traffic bottleneck, ...

    Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died Thursday in a hospital in South Africa at the age of 68, his party and family announced. Lungu had been receiving specialised medical treatment in a clinic in Pretoria, the Patriotic Front, his ...

    The immediate past Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has lost his mother, Victoria Adeyemi.   PUNCH Online gathered that she died on Wednesday morning at her Abuja residence.   The National President of Iyara Development Association, Dr. Aliyu Badaki, in a statement on Thursday, stated that the ...

  Streaming giant, Netflix, has increased subscription prices in Nigeria for the third time in less than a year.   This most recent rise is the first one for 2025.   Updates on the company’s website seen by PUNCH Online show the new pricing.   Under the new price, Netflix’s ...

  Cancer care specialists in Nigeria have issued an urgent call for coordinated efforts to improve access, training, and innovation in gynaecological brachytherapy.   This appeal was made in a statement released on Monday by MEDSERVE-LUTH Cancer Centre during a stakeholders’ gathering in Lagos for the third Brachytherapy Summit hosted ...