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Pictured above is Daniel Nartey, a Ghanaian man who dresses in a suit to hawk water melon around Madina in Ghana’s capital, Accra to eke a living. When asked why he dresses this way, Daniel said; “My pastor always says dress well no matter the job you do, so I decided to wear a suit. Some laugh at me, others encourage me and are willing to help me” Daniel says his dressing gives him an edge which helps him make 100 % profit after sales “I make 100% profit. I think it is because of how I dress, people notice me easily and want to buy from me,” Mr Nartey said. The 25-year-old is a primary school teacher and sells watermelon during weekends and when the school is on vacation. He is saving up to buy an oven and wants to one day own his own snack bar.

Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, founder of One Love Family, has called on the President-elect, Gen. Mohamadu Buhari, and governors-elect, to make the welfare of Nigerian workers their priorities. Maharaj Ji gave the advice during the 28th Anniversary of the establishment of his Maharaj Ji Village in Ibadan on Saturday. He said the advice became necessary in order to increase the productivity of the workers and move the country forward. According to him, civil servants should not be subjected to hardship before their salaries are paid to them. The founder of One Love Family said civil servants had contributed a lot to the development of the country in one way or the other. “The pensioners too should be paid their entitlements when due because they served the country before their retirement. “Some pensioners have died of hunger because their entitlements are not paid in time. “If the incoming administration can tackle this, it would make Buhari and governors-elect to make h...

Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tamunoemi David-West has excited Nigerians with an assertion about how much the pump price of petrol will be during the regime of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president-elect. According to David-West, petrol price will drop sharply from the current N87 to about N40 per litre. “The president-elect, Gen. Mohammed Buhari, will reduce the fuel pump price to N40 per litre.” “I want to assure you that by the time he takes over, petrol will be dispensed at N40 per litre. This is possible and he has the credibility to make it work,” he told Vanguard in a telephone interview. “The major assignment of the president-elect when he is eventually inaugurated is to restore confidence to the industry,” said David-West, who was federal minister of petroleum and energy from 1984-1985, under General Muhammadu Buhari when he was head of state. He noted that Buhari was familiar with the petroleum industry, being a former Federal Commissioner ...

The presidential election results for 18 states plus the FCT has so far been announced. The APC has 10 states, while PDP has 8 states plus the FCT, Abuja. It's a very tight race. So far APC is leading with 8,520,436 votes while PDP has 6,488,210 votes. The election result announcement has ended for today. The commission has reconvened till 10am tomorrow 1st April or Today 1st April(Depnding On when You Read This).

Shitta area | credits: Afeez Hanafi Some gunmen, said to be cult members, have created panic in Shitta, Surulere, Lagos State, after unleashing terror on the residents. The assailants, numbering five, reportedly stormed the neighbourhood in two jeeps and started shooting sporadically. One Ete Williams was said to have been killed in the incident, while two others, identified as Danglish and Sir Feti, were injured by stray bullets. PUNCH Metro  learnt that the deceased was a member of Eiye confraternity, while his killers belonged to Aiye – a rival cult group. It was gathered that the attack affected trading activities in the area, as some traders lost their wares while scampering for safety. A resident, Azeez Aregbesola, said Williams was killed at a drinking joint called Medube where hoodlums and smokers reportedly converged on. He added that the police had been constantly raiding the joint. Aregbesola said, “They (the gang) stormed here around 8pm on Thurs...

Scene of a fire incident | credits: File photo A four-year-old boy, identified as Paul, and his sister, 1 year, have been burnt to death after fire gutted a bungalow in the Igbo-Efon, Lekki area of Lagos State. The incident happened around 5am on Saturday. PUNCH Metro  was told that the fire began from a cooking stove which exploded in the bungalow where the victims lived with their parents. The inferno was said to have quickly spread and torched the room where the children were. Our correspondent gathered that the mother of the children fled the area and called for help, but the children could not be saved. PUNCH Metro  learnt that firefighters and other officials of the Lagos State Fire Service and National Emergency Management Agency were on ground during the incident. The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said the agency was not alerted on time, adding that when firefighters got to the scene, they only met the charred remains of ...

Ilorin Magistrates’ Court | credits: File photo Three suspected cult members, said to be in their late 20s, have allegedly killed one Abdulrahman Kayode at a residence in the Muyideen Kulende area of Ilorin, Kwara State. It was learnt that the gang had trailed a lady, Murisade Adebanji, to the building over a disagreement between them. PUNCH Metro  gathered that the cutlass-wielding bandits pounced on Kayode, when he cautioned them to stop harassing their target who was sitting beside him. Our correspondent was told that the perceived intrusion did not go down well with the assailants as they severally stabbed the deceased until he gave up the ghost at about 10.30pm on March 13. Adebanji reportedly panicked and fled the scene. It was learnt that two members of the gang, Abdulazeez Asaju, a student, and Sodiq Olabanji, were arrested after Adebanji’s sister, Grace, reported the incident at the Police Division E, Kulende. According to the police, the suspects are m...

Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Nigeria's Dangote Group speaks during the final session of the World Economic Forum on Africa meeting in Cape Town June 6, 2008. (Photo Credit: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings) Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has joined a host of other Nigerians to cast their votes to determine the next president of Nigeria. Dangote is the President and Chief Executive of Nigeria’s Dangote Group. He was spotted at his polling center being attended to by the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) while other electorates waited patiently to also vote for their desired candidates.

A suspected female suicide bomber, who was targeting the ever-busy Muda Lawal market in Bauchi State metropolis, has been set ablaze by an irate mob. < The mob were said to have carried out jungle justice on the lady after she refused to subject herself to a routine stop and search at the entrance of the market, fuelling suspicion that she was a member of Boko Haram, whose insurgency including use of suicide female bombers has resulted in the death of about 20,000 people including in Bauchi. It was learnt that lady was carrying a bag, which upon opening it by the mob, contained two Improvised Explosive Device and two empty bottles tied to her back. When confirming the incident to PREMIUM TIMES, the Bauchi police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, said the incident occurred at about 7:00 a.m. at the market entrance. The spokesperson said police patrol teams including an explosive ordinance disposal unit rushed to the scene, dispersed the crowd and has since restored nor...

An 18-year-old wife, Rahma Hussaini, Wednesday, stabbed her newly wedded husband at Darmunawa quarters of Kano after the couple had a quarrel, reports have said. Sources said Rahma was forced to marry the 24-year-old Tijjani Basiru. A neighbour, Isa Alhassan told Vanguard that the young couple got married last Friday, pointing out that “from what we heard the union was a product of forced marriage”. “We were alarmed by a frightening scream of a subdued man in need of rescue and we rushed to discovered that the man of the house was in the pool of his blood. “Neighbours mobilized and took the groom to the hospital but doctors confirmed him dead on arrival,” Alhassan said. According to the eyewitness, the bride was handed over to the police that arrived in good time following a tip off. Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Musa Majia confirmed the incident, saying “at about 10:00hrs one Rahma Hussaini of Darmunawa quarters stabbed her husband, one Tijj...

div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Iran on Saturday announced plans to assist in the fight against the Islamist group, Boko Haram, as part of its contribution for global peace. The country’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Amir Hossein Abdollohian, made the announcement while addressing the press on Saturday on the sideline of the ongoing 24th Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa. Mr. Abdollohian said the activities of the Boko Haram militants and that of Al-Shabaab in the Somalia were similar to that of Al-Qaeda and the ISIS and other terrorist groups in the Middle East. “Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in the Horn of Africa are similar with Al-Qaeda and ISIS in parts of the Middle East using similar methods of operations to cause havoc to the people of the two regions. Iran is therefore willing to use its experience in dealing with terror groups to assist in combatting the...

Two rams have been arrested by the Police in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, for attacking and injuring a 65-year-old woman popularly called ‘Iya Oyo’. Narrating her ordeal, Iya Oyo said she was on her way to a commercial bank in Okesa area with her son on Monday to withdraw some money when one of the rams reportedly owned by a manager of a filling station in the area, went berserk and gored her, fracturing her right thigh. The victim, who was writhing in pains at a traditional orthopedic clinic where she was rushed to by sympathisers, said that she fell immediately after the attack and became unconscious only to find herself at the clinic where she regained consciousness. According to her, “on the fateful day, I was going to the Union Bank with my son. We were walking on the walkway and saw the rams in front of us but not knowing what was on their mind. Immediately they sighted us coming, one of them rushed and hit me several times with its horns. Immediately, I f...

Some parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls on New Year’s Day recounted the kidnap of their children.

The Lagos State Public Advice Centre said the state government would soon start the conversion of water hyacinth into fertiliser for farmers.

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Force Headquarters, Abuja, has disclosed that polling units will be manned by unarmed personnel.

President Goodluck Jon athan on Sunday expressed the optimism that if Nigeria continued to progress in the manner it is doing under him, the country would become a better place in the next four or five years.

President Goodluck Jonathan has departed Abuja for the United Kingdom in what the Presidency described as “a brief private visit”.

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has urged his supporters to do their best to ensure President Goodluck Jonathan is re-elected in 2015 as the presidential candidate of the opposition party, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) lacks the capacity to take Nigeria to the promise land.

The All Progressives Congress (APC)  has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan as being hypocritical in urging Nigerians, while speaking at a Christmas service, not to sow the seeds of discord or hatred.

What could have been a monumental disaster was averted yesterday when a suicide bomber, who rammed his car, laden with Improvised Explosive Device, IED, into a military check point in Bajoga, Gombe State, failed to achieve his mission.