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NELFUND under fire over loans to ex-students
Some graduates from public tertiary institutions have raised concerns over the delayed disbursement of student loans, revealing that funds were sent to their schools months after they had already grad...
5th May 2025
Over 1,700 killed in boundary, communal clashes in seven years
An estimated 1,796 people have lost their lives in boundary and communal disputes across Nigeria between January 2018 and August 2025. The figures were from media reports and findings from the Foundat...
5th May 2025
Oyo signs N3.5bn contract for rural markets upgrade
The Oyo State Government has signed contracts worth N3.5bn for the first phase of upgrading and remodelling three rural markets across the state. The initiative, under the Oyo State Rural Access and A...
5th May 2025
Assembly crisis: Zamfara, Benue govs challenge NASS summons
Governors of Zamfara and Benue states, Dauda Lawal and Hyacinth Alia, respectively, have raised concerns over the legality of the invitation issued to them by the House of Representatives Committee on...
5th May 2025
Why 10th National Assembly is not opposing executive – Eshilokun
Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Wasiu Eshilokun, shares his thoughts with BIODUN BUSARI on the relationship between the National Assembly and the executive, among other politic...
4th May 2025
Tinubu vows to reclaim communities from terrorists
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reclaiming ungoverned areas, particularly forests from terrorists and other criminal elements in the country. Tinubu said adva...
4th May 2025
I thought my problems were over when Nigeria’s First Lady promised to help me – Sickle cell patient
Balikis Salami, a sickle cell amputee, speaks to AJIBADE OMAPE about her life after amputation made her drop out of school, and how her story attracted the attention of Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Rem...
4th May 2025
Why Bible translators chose Esu for Satan in Yoruba Bible – BSN General Secretary, Sanusi
‘80 per cent of Bible funding comes from foreign partners’ The General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Bible Society of Nigeria, Samuel Sanusi, during a courtesy visit to PUNCH Place,...
4th May 2025
Reps summon Benue, Zamfara govs over insecurity
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned Governors Hyacinth Alia and Dauda Lawal of Benue and Zamfara states respectively as well as their respective state Assemblies to...
3rd May 2025
Atiku slams Tinubu as president’s son battles torture allegations
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the allegations of assault and abduction against his son, Seyi. Seyi has come under fire over allegations of assault and ...
3rd May 2025
Insecurity: Nigeria'll not bow to domestic, foreign pressure — Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria will not bow to the whims of local and foreign elements who try to undermine the country’s security. Tinubu assured the armed forces of his administration’s supp...
3rd May 2025
Resemblance between Ifeanyi and my new son scary — Davido
Popular singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said that the uncanny resemblance between his young son, and Ifeanyi, the other son he lost in 2022, can best be described as “scary”. Recall that Da...
3rd May 2025
Bamise: Family makes fresh demand after court orders BRT driver’s execution
The family of Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who was murdered by a Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominikoron, has called on the government to arrest all accomplices involved in their daughter’s death. Just...
3rd May 2025
BRT driver sentenced to death for Bamise’s murder
Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annexe, has sentenced Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of 22-...
2nd May 2025Federal Colleges of Education to now award Bachelor’s degrees
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday said it has officially commenced the implementation of the Dual Mandate Policy across all Federal Colleges of Education, following the enactment of the Fede...
2nd May 2025
DonJazzy gifts woman N6m for having N67 'unhealthy' account balance
Social media was set abuzz on Thursday when Nigerian music stars Michael Ajereh, aka Don Jazzy, and Crown Uzama aka Shallipopi, surprised fans with millions of naira in spontaneous giveaways following...
2nd May 2025
Petrol landing cost now N870, higher than Dangote’s price
The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) has now averaged N870 per litre, reports by the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria have shown. This is even as the price offered by the D...
2nd May 2025
FBI, DEA seek 90-day extension to release Tinubu's records
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration have requested a 90-day extension from a United States District Court to produce documents relating to an alleged drug inves...
2nd May 2025AfDB launches $650m yearly economic support for Nigeria
The African Development Bank Group has approved a new five-year Country Strategy Paper for Nigeria, committing about $650m annually between 2025 and 2030 to drive economic transformation, build resili...
2nd May 2025
Wike, Fubara to begin dialogue after Osoba’s mediation
The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, have initiated peace talks to resolve their longstanding feud. Sources cl...
2nd May 2025
73 killed, 393 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crashes in three months
No fewer than 73 persons lost their lives while 393 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in road crashes along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway between January and March. Figures obtained from a Fe...
2nd May 2025
Sports festival: Arrested Ekiti athletes regain freedom
Five track and field athletes who were arrested at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday over their allegiance and for ‘training at the facility without authorisation’ have been rel...
2nd May 2025
Workers are nation’s engine, not tools, Atiku tells FG
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that workers play a key role in helping the country grow and succeed. In a statement to mark the 2025 Workers’ Day on Thursday, he called on the Federal...
1st May 2025
May Day push: Labour demands wage review to ease cost-of-living crisis
•NASS to address workers’ concerns, Labour rejects N70k pay over rising inflation, others State chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have decried the condition of t...
1st May 2025
Three judges suspended as NJC voids Imo acting CJ’s appointment
The National Judicial Council has declared the appointment of Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu as acting Chief Judge of Imo State void, directing the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, to immed...
1st May 2025
No celebration, just survival: Workers mark May Day amid broken promises, rising hardship
In this report, HENRY FALAIYE exposes the outcry of Nigerian workers as they face crushing economic realities, stagnant wages, vanishing jobs, and blatant violations of their rights amid a system that...
1st May 2025
CBEX resumes operations despite SEC ban, N1.2tn EFCC probe
Despite the alleged N1.2tn digital trading fraud that reportedly affected over 600,000 Nigerians, the embattled Crypto Bridge Exchange trading platform, accused of these acts, has resumed operations, ...
1st May 2025
UK speaks on Briton arrested in Nigeria for arms deal
The British High Commission on Wednesday refuted claims circulating in the media that a serving member of the United Kingdom Armed Forces is involved in an alleged illegal arms procurement operation i...
1st May 2025
Wike fires back at Atiku, Dele Momodu over zoning comment
Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has accused Ovation Magazine publisher, Dele Momodu...
1st May 2025
EFCC declares foreigner wanted over CBEX investment fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared one foreign national, Elie Bitar wanted for his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud linked to the online trading platform, Crypto Br...
30th April 2025
Court orders EFCC to release Aisha Achimugu within 24hrs
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to within 24hrs release socialite and business woman, Aisha Achimugu. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a short r...
30th April 2025
