By Rosemary Iwunze Claims paid by insurance companies rose by 0.1 per cent, year-on-year, YoY to N346.87 billion in the first half of 2026, H1’26, from N346.59 billion in the corresponding period of 2025. The rise in claims payment was in spite of a 1.8 per cent YoY decline in Gross Premium Written, GPW, raising concer…
…as one of the final two candidates for a seat on the Board of Directors of Sigma Xi, a United States-based scientific research honour society. Okoye, who is based in the United Kingdom, is contesting the Full Directorship representing the Canadian/International Constituency in the organisation’s 2026 election. If elect…
No fewer than nine transport unions in Ogun State, under the aegis of the Transport Unions Alliance for Yayi, have endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, ahead of the 2027 election. The unions announced their support on Thursday at a rally held at…
…for greater investment in technical education and skills development to tackle youth unemployment in Nigeria. The Director of IIT, Mr David Okechukwu, made the call at a press conference marking the institute’s 25 years of providing technical education in Lagos. Okechukwu said technical training should go beyond teachi…
…Government has activated more than 1,400 primary healthcare centres, PHCs, across the country to provide primary eye care services as part of efforts to expand access to quality eye care and reduce avoidable blindness. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, disclosed this on Thur…
Gates Foundation Nigeria Country Director, Uche Amaonwu, speaks with ANGELA ONWUZOO about how the partnership between the foundation and MTN Group Foundation will use AI and digital tools to benefit 500,000 women, 5,000 health workers and 500 primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria Nigeria has rolled out several inter…
…90,000 kilometres of open-access fibre across the 36 states of the federation by 2028 under Project BRIDGE, a digital infrastructure initiative aimed at expanding broadband connectivity nationwide. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, who disclosed this during a virtual execut…
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…to the Offer in the landmark transaction. The offering is the largest single IPO undertaken in Africa and the first public offering by a Free Zone Entity, FZE, in Nigeria. In a statement, the management of AELEX said the transaction marked a significant development in Nigeria’s capital market and provided a new route f…
…He said, “Out of the 42 suspects arrested, 22 are females, while 20 are males.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on Google “One suspected notorious drug trafficker, Gospel Mudiaga Odeh, aka Omega, who narrowly escaped arrest, has been declared wanted. His salesgirl, Ojugo Mercy, 26 years old, was arrested with…
…Yvonne Jegede has warned Senior Secondary School students against allowing temporary fun, bad friendships and social media distractions to derail their future, urging them to think carefully before making life-changing decisions. Jegede gave the warning on Wednesday at a Campus Flaws Awareness programme organised for S…
…partner, Davita Lamai, will get married on October 24, 2016. The singer made the announcement by sharing their pre-wedding video, which included a touching voice over from one of their sons. The couple also shared their wedding hashtag. Celebrities have gone on the post to congratulate them. Zlatan and Davina have two…
…Penetration and Audience Behaviour Study 2026, the industry’s first of its kind, was unveiled by the organisers of the Location Marketing Conference and Awards (LOMA), surveying 1,800 persons across 12 Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Abuja, Asaba, Port Harcourt, and Enugu. Speaking at the unveiling, the Chairman of t…
…Nigerians pay today."Oyedele emphasized that a reinstated subsidy would ultimately be funded through inflationary fiscal measures, delayed public earnings, or increased taxation."However, it is described, a subsidy must be financed through salaries and pensions not paid on time, through higher taxes, or through the pri…
…two lovers were joined by their fathers over the phone inside the Isfahan prison, the Sunday Times reported. Amirsalar Davoudi, a rights lawyer in Tehran, helped officiate the wedding on Monday, October 5, as he read the couple's vows for their fathers to bless, with Keshani's family only able to offer a copy of the Qu…
The younger sister of a humanitarian worker, Lydia Chinenye, has narrated how her sister was k!lled by bandits in Sokoto State. LIB reported that bandits attacked a vehicle conveying humanitarian workers along the Kajoni-Shagari road, k!lling Nwankwo. According to Daily Trust, the incident occurred at about 7pm on Tues…
…Ani Chidi on cyberbullying complaints, rather than having a connection with the gun attack at a meeting of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Obuoffia-Awkunanaw, Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, This was revealed in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Danie…
…Thursday, saying the plans were being developed despite Trump’s “ambivalence.”See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on Google The rise in crude oil prices has also been fueled by persistent tensions in the Strait of Hormuz — a strategic chokepoint for the global oil trade — as well as hostilities between Yemen’s I…
…Nathaly Rarmirez, who was thrown from a balcony at 2550 Olinville Ave. in the Bronx around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday, October 6, while she clutched their 8-month-old daughter named Angel Novalty Carrasco-Ramirez. The baby miraculously survived the fall and continues to fight for her life at Jacobi Hospital. Angel Carrasco, the…
…finally walked into my bakery 20 years later, I believed fate had kept that promise — until he stopped our wedding before the vows.PAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!When I was five years old, Leo was my entire world.We lived three houses apart on…
…relationship with actor Terrence Howard made her story impossible to ignore. Born on 22 June 1969 in New York City, Lori spent nearly two decades at the centre of one of Hollywood's most turbulent private lives — raising three children, enduring documented domestic abuse, and ultimately choosing quiet dignity over publ…
…lawsuit against the ICPC and three other agencies over threats to his bank accounts and propertiesPresiding Judge Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that the former Kaduna governor filed similar suits before two different courts within 12 days, constituting an abuse of court processEl-Rufai had sought N1 billion in damages and a p…
Telecommunications subscribers in some parts of Nigeria are facing a network outage as telecoms operator MTN Nigeria confirmed a network disruption. In a statement on X to subscribers on Thursday, MTN Nigeria confirmed the network outage. The country’s largest telecoms operator said the network outage is affecting its…
…of the Board locked the school premises. Francis said the schools would remain sealed until their owners and administrators met the conditions set by the Board and demonstrated their willingness to operate in line with government policies and respect the rights of learners and parents. He said the enforcement action wa…
…Shafii Mohammed. The former SGF commended the progress recorded by the commission under Yusuf’s leadership, particularly its focus on the welfare of pilgrims, describing sustained attention to their needs as essential to improving their overall Hajj experience. NAHCON statement read in part, “Alhaji Yayale Ahmed expres…