The Senate Spokesperson, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, insisted on Wednesday that there was no law on grazing routes in any part of Nigeria. Rather, the Senator, who holds a doctoral degree in property law, said the law on grazing reserves, recognised as a state law in the 1999 constitution, actually criminalised open grazing. The Osun Central…

Netflix has announced the commencement of a three-month training programme in story writing and post-production for film and television professionals in Africa. In a statement made available to The PUNCH, the movie streaming service platform said the training was sub-divided into a three-month training program with 12 African participants and an APost Lab post-production workshop…

Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts scored as Wales took a huge step towards reaching the last 16 at Euro 2020 with a 2-0 win over Turkey in Baku on Wednesday. Turkey are facing an uphill challenge to reach the knockout stages after losing their first two Group A matches without scoring. Wales, semi-finalists five years…

A criminal syndicate responsible for recent economic sabotage and vandalism of rail tracks in the North-West and North-Central parts of the country have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. Their arrest is part of efforts by the police to clamp down on perpetrators of rail track vandalism and other related economic crimes…

Popular technology company, Spotify, has made its first attempt at creating an audio social media platform, Greenroom, which was launched on Android and iOS on Wednesday. Similar to the Clubhouse app, Greenroom enables users to host live conversations on a wide range of topics. According to The Verge, though the launch does not come with…

Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Welterweight Champion, Kamaru Usman has said he’s compelled to represent Nigeria with pride having left the country for the United States of America with his family as a youngster. Usman, also known as the Nigerian Nightmare, who visited the Edo State Government House on Wednesday said he was happy to come back…

A first summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart was “constructive”, Vladimir Putin said Wednesday after the talks in Geneva ended. “The conversation was absolutely constructive”, Putin told reporters, adding that the sides had agreed for their ambassadors to return in a small gesture of healing in their strained relations. The ambassadors…

A special goal by Aleksei Miranchuk allowed Russia to kickstart their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1-0 win over Finland in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, but the game was marred by an injury to Mario Fernandes. Miranchuk, of Serie A side Atalanta, produced a glorious finish in first-half stoppage time for the only goal of…

Tragedy struck in Imo State on Wednesday after rampaging hoodlums beheaded two persons in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums also set the country home of the lawmaker representing the area at the state House of Assembly, Ekene Nnodimele, after beheading his gate man. The gunmen also beheaded an All Progressives…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in the state, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election. The state election petition…

The Senate Spokesperson, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, insisted on Wednesday that there was no law on grazing routes in any part of Nigeria. Rather, the Senator, who holds a doctoral degree in property law, said the law on grazing reserves, recognised as a state law in the 1999 constitution, actually criminalised open grazing. The Osun Central…

Netflix has announced the commencement of a three-month training programme in story writing and post-production for film and television professionals in Africa. In a statement made available to The PUNCH, the movie streaming service platform said the training was sub-divided into a three-month training program with 12 African participants and an APost Lab post-production workshop…

Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts scored as Wales took a huge step towards reaching the last 16 at Euro 2020 with a 2-0 win over Turkey in Baku on Wednesday. Turkey are facing an uphill challenge to reach the knockout stages after losing their first two Group A matches without scoring. Wales, semi-finalists five years…

A criminal syndicate responsible for recent economic sabotage and vandalism of rail tracks in the North-West and North-Central parts of the country have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. Their arrest is part of efforts by the police to clamp down on perpetrators of rail track vandalism and other related economic crimes…

Popular technology company, Spotify, has made its first attempt at creating an audio social media platform, Greenroom, which was launched on Android and iOS on Wednesday. Similar to the Clubhouse app, Greenroom enables users to host live conversations on a wide range of topics. According to The Verge, though the launch does not come with…

Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Welterweight Champion, Kamaru Usman has said he’s compelled to represent Nigeria with pride having left the country for the United States of America with his family as a youngster. Usman, also known as the Nigerian Nightmare, who visited the Edo State Government House on Wednesday said he was happy to come back…

A first summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart was “constructive”, Vladimir Putin said Wednesday after the talks in Geneva ended. “The conversation was absolutely constructive”, Putin told reporters, adding that the sides had agreed for their ambassadors to return in a small gesture of healing in their strained relations. The ambassadors…

A special goal by Aleksei Miranchuk allowed Russia to kickstart their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1-0 win over Finland in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, but the game was marred by an injury to Mario Fernandes. Miranchuk, of Serie A side Atalanta, produced a glorious finish in first-half stoppage time for the only goal of…

Tragedy struck in Imo State on Wednesday after rampaging hoodlums beheaded two persons in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums also set the country home of the lawmaker representing the area at the state House of Assembly, Ekene Nnodimele, after beheading his gate man. The gunmen also beheaded an All Progressives…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in the state, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election. The state election petition…