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Oyo kingmakers reject fresh selection process, insist Gbadegesin is Alaafin-elect
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Lagos teacher arrested for assaulting pupil during lesson
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FG N9bn e-border project fails to stop bandits, illegal aliens
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FULL LIST: Japa, agbero, eba, 17 other Nigerian words added to Oxford Dictionary
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Court rejects Emefiele's jurisdiction challenge in $4.5bn, N2.8bn fraud case
China considers Nigeria’s request to expand currency swap deal
The People’s Republic of China Government says it would consider Nigeria’s request to expand the bilateral currency swap agreement. China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, revealed this when he b...
9th January 2025
Oyo kingmakers reject fresh selection process, insist Gbadegesin is Alaafin-elect
Five kingmakers in Oyo town have faulted Governor Seyi Makinde’s directive to initiate a fresh selection process to pick a new Alaafin of Oyo, asserting that Prince Lukman Gbadegesin has already bee...
9th January 2025
Lagos teacher arrested for assaulting pupil during lesson
Nigerians have voiced their outrage after a video emerged showing Stella Nwadigo, a teacher at Christ-Mitots International School in Isawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, physically assaulting a three-year-old...
9th January 2025
FG N9bn e-border project fails to stop bandits, illegal aliens
Despite the Federal Government’s multi-billion-naira border surveillance systems launched in 2019, illegal migrants, some of whom have been identified as bandits, terrorists and kidnappers, continue...
9th January 2025
FULL LIST: Japa, agbero, eba, 17 other Nigerian words added to Oxford Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its lexicon with 20 Nigerian words and expressions in its latest update. The newly added entries include popular terms like “japa,” “agbero...
8th January 2025
Court rejects Emefiele's jurisdiction challenge in $4.5bn, N2.8bn fraud case
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has dismissed the plea application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, challenging its jurisdiction to hear the $4.5 billion a...
8th January 2025
Opposition kicks as FG plans N55bn for presidential fleet maintenance
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party have kicked against the N55bn allocated in the 2025 budget for the maintenance of the presidential fleet. This is contained in the 2025 Appropriation ...
8th January 2025
Bandits’ influx: Task force meets as police, Amotekun tighten S’West boundaries
In response to Governor Seyi Makinde’s alarm on Monday about the influx of bandits into Oyo State, security agencies across the South-West have ramped up measures to tackle the security threat. This...
8th January 2025
BREAKING: NFF appoints Malian Éric Chelle as Super Eagles coach
The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed Mali coach Éric Chelle as the new head coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, becoming the third person to take charge of the Super ...
7th January 2025
PICTORIAL: Tinubu meets Obasanjo, Jonathan, others at Ghana President’s inauguration
President Bola Tinubu, alongside former Nigerian leaders Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, joined a host of African dignitaries on Tuesday in Accra for the historic inauguration of Ghana’s ne...
7th January 2025
Ghana can always count on Nigeria’s support, Tinubu tells Mahama
President Bola Tinubu has told the new President of Ghana, John Mahama, that his country can always count on Nigeria’s support for national development. Tinubu declared this on Tuesday during th...
7th January 2025
Disengaged CBN staff sue apex bank, demand N30bn compensation
Disengaged staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who were laid off in a mass redundancy last year, have taken the apex bank to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The aggrieved ...
6th January 2025
NCoS debunks report on Ayomide Adeleye, clarifies custody status
The Nigerian Correctional Service, on Monday, debunked reports alleging that an Awaiting Trial Person, Ayomide Adeleye, is no longer in custody. The Service clarified that Adeleye, aged 23, with Custo...
6th January 2025
Why only Lagos gov met with Tax Reform Committee - Oyedele
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has reiterated the need for nationwide consultations on the proposed tax reforms, despite opposition from so...
6th January 2025
Teachers, pupils prepare for Monday’s school resumption in Lagos, Delta, others
Teachers, pupils and parents are currently upbeat as primary and secondary schools resume in most states on Monday. States where pupils will be resuming for second term after the Christmas and New Yea...
5th January 2025
Oil marketers urge FG to privatise refineries, invest in CNG
Oil marketers, under the auspices of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, have charged the Federal Government to privatize government-owned refineries, encourage compet...
4th January 2025
2027: I won't contest Oyo governorship seat - FIRS chair, Adedeji
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zaccheus Adedeji, has said he has no plan to contest for the Oyo State governorship seat in 2027. The former Oyo Commissioner for Finance,...
4th January 2025
Retired DSP faults N1.7m gratuity, N40,000 pension after 35-year service
Esther Marcus, a woman who claims to be a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police from the Nigeria Police Force, has shared her experience of being underpaid after 35 years of service. In the now-vira...
3rd January 2025
Fubara signs N1.1tn 2025 budget into law
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the state’s 2025 budget worth N1.1 trillion into law. The budget, christened ‘Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development,’ was pr...
2nd January 2025
2025, year of long battle with FG, ASUU declares
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that “in the absence of visible and concrete efforts at addressing pending issues and meeting its expectations, 2025 will be a year of long-drawn ...
2nd January 2025
New refineries: NNPCL may cut crude supply to Dangote plant
The Federal Government may cut its crude oil supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, reducing it from the current allocation of 300,000 barrels per day, except if there is a surge in Nigeria’s oil...
2nd January 2025
Court remands activist, Shehu Mahdi, over fake French military base claim
A chief magistrate court sitting in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered the remand in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kaduna, of self-styled activist and public commentator, Shehu Mahdi. Mahdi was arrested a ...
1st January 2025
New Year message: Tinubu promises massive food production, 15% inflation in 2025
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians of their resolve to boost food production and reduce inflation on food and drugs to 15 per cent, while strengthening the economy in 2025. In his New Year me...
1st January 2025
PDP nurtured your political career, Damagum replies Kwankwaso
The Acting National Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, stated that the party played a key role in shaping the political career of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria ...
31st December 2024
2027: Kwankwaso dismisses claims of rotational presidency deal with Atiku, Obi
The 2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has denied claims of a supposed pact involving himself, Atiku Abubakar of the Peo...
30th December 2024
Army destroys 20 illegal refineries, seizes 90,000 litres stolen oil
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has announced that its troops destroyed 20 illegal oil refining sites, recovered 90,000 litres of stolen products, and arrested eight suspects in the Niger Delta. T...
29th December 2024
Minister blames vandalism as govt fails to meet 6,000MW power target
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that the increasing incidents of vandalism targeting critical power transmission equipment hindered the achievement of the ambitious goal to generate...
29th December 2024
Sokoto airstrikes: We are sorry, Shettima apologies to victims’ families
Vice President Kashim Shettima has tendered an apology to the families of victims affected by the recent bombing in Silame Local Government Area, Sokoto State. The airstrikes, carried out on Wednesday...
28th December 2024
You gave me encouragement, Fubara tells Rivers residents
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that God has proved Himself worthy as the ultimate liberator of the state and its populace because He ensured total triumph over the political cr...
28th December 2024
Adeleke approves Haastrup appointment as Owa Obokun
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Prince Adesuyi Haastrup as the new Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijeshaland. The governor also approved the appointment of Prince Johnson ...
27th December 2024
INEC to destroy over six million uncollected PVCs
The Independent National Electoral Commission is contemplating a policy to withdraw and destroy Permanent Voter Cards that remain uncollected for a decade, The PUNCH has learnt. This recommendation wa...
27th December 2024
