News
Stop irresponsible politics, Presidency tackles Bauchi gov
The Presidency on Friday urged the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, to face governance and stop “playing Irresponsible Politics,” with the Tax Reforms Bill. It said the governor should occupy...
10th January 2025
Peter Obi raises the alarm over rising insecurity nationwide
The former Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over the rising wave of crimes, particularly kidnappings, across the nation. This was made known i...
10th January 2025
Shake-up as sports commission reassigns 57 federation secretaries
The National Sports Commission has approved reposting 57 Secretary-Generals and officers to various National Sports Federations, strategically repositioning the sports sector. The Director, Federation...
10th January 2025
Tension mounts in South Korea as Yoon's security chief resigns
South Korea’s presidential security chief resigned Friday as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and investigators prepared to m...
10th January 2025
Kogi CP charges officers to uphold professionalism
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, Bethrand Onuoha, on Thursday, decorated the newly promoted Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ochoma Thank-God, and 38 others. A statement issued ...
10th January 2025
Trump sets up meeting with Putin amid Ukraine conflict
US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin wanted to meet and that a rendezvous between the pair was being arranged. He made the statement just a week and a half ...
10th January 2025
Naira abuse: Policeman in viral video with Okoya's sons detained for misconduct
The Nigeria Police Force has detained a yet-to-be-named officer seen in a viral video with Wahab and Raheem, sons of billionaire businessman, Chief Razaq Okoya, abusing naira. This was disclosed by th...
10th January 2025
Afenifere, Igboho offer support as police squad combats S’West bandits
Following the alarm raised by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, security agencies in the South-West have intensified strategies aimed at stemming the influx of as well as rooting out bandits anywh...
10th January 2025
PDP, Okpebholo disagree over N83bn ‘diversion’ by LG chairmen
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Thursday, alleged that the chairmen of the 18 local government areas of the state have nothing to show for the N83bn received last year from the Federal Govern...
10th January 2025
UPDATED: Trump fails at S’Court to stop hush money sentencing
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush money case. The top court, which includes three justices appointed b...
10th January 2025
Pro-Wike lawmakers override Fubara’s assent on three bills
The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has again overridden the assent of Governor Siminialayi Fubara on three bills that were earlier passed and transmitted to the governor for assen...
10th January 2025
Nigeria, China plan collaboration on military training, arms production
• China announces CN¥1bn grant for Nigeria, others, to train over 7,000 military personnel The Federal Government says it is deepening its security partnership with the People’s Republic of China...
10th January 2025
Nigeria benefits only 5% of crude export revenue - Don
Despite remaining Africa’s largest producer of crude oil, Nigeria only reaps a meagre 5 per cent of the total revenue generated from its crude oil exports to international markets. A professor o...
10th January 2025
Ogun CP decorates promoted officers
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, has decorated the newly promoted officers in the state command with their new ranks. Ogunlowo, therefore, urged the newly decorated officers to s...
10th January 2025
Biden, Trump pay last respect as Carter is buried
Funeral of former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday was marked by heartfelt tributes from leaders, family, and close associates, ABC News reports. President Joe Biden highlighted Carter’s unwaverin...
10th January 2025
Senate grills finance minister over subsidy savings, debt servicing
The Senate on Thursday took on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, over how much the Federal Government has saved and spent since the removal of fuel subsidy i...
10th January 2025
General Hydrocarbons’ accounts frozen amid $225m debt dispute with First Bank
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order of Mareva injunction restraining all commercial banks and financial institutions operating in Nigeria from releasing any money or assets up to the ...
10th January 2025
Defected Reps evading court papers, LP laments
The Labour Party has said it is having difficulty serving court papers on the six members of the House of Representatives who dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress. The leadership ...
10th January 2025
LAMATA restates commitment to seamless public transport
The Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Abimbola Akinajo, has said the state is working round the clock to ensure public transportation becomes seamless for Lagosians...
10th January 2025
FG, firm partner to provide discounted loans
The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation has partnered with a financial service provider, Page Financials, to provide discounted loans to Nigerians. The collaboration, according to a Thursday statemen...
10th January 2025
Nigerian-USA group gets new leadership
The Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee-United States of America has announced a new leadership team. A Thursday statement noted that the new leadership, effective from January 1, 2025, is sadd...
10th January 2025
Ogun to recruit 2,000 teachers
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, said his administration plans recruitment of additional 2,000 teachers under the Ogun Teach initiative this year. The governor said the move would incre...
10th January 2025
FG calls for peace as Abia, C’River boundary dispute lingers
The Federal Government, through the National Boundary Commission, has called for peaceful coexistence among border communities in Abia and Cross River states amid escalating tensions over a boundary d...
10th January 2025
Gombe gov warns perm secs against corruption
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has sworn in five new Permanent Secretaries, urging them to uphold a zero-tolerance stance on corruption, indiscipline, incompetence, and wastefulness. The newl...
10th January 2025
Buni employs 424 health workers to boost health care
The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the employment of 424 health professionals to bridge the manpower deficit in the healthcare sector of the state. Arewa PUNCH learnt that the gov...
10th January 2025
Kano empowers 41,600 vulnerable women with N2bn in eight months
The Kano State Government has empowered no fewer than 41, 600 vulnerable women with N50,000 each since the launching of its women empowerment program in May 2024. The state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf,...
10th January 2025
Southern Kaduna deserves federal varsity – M’Belt Forum
The Middle Belt Forum, Kaduna State Chapter, has said that Southern Kaduna is well deserving of the establishment of a Federal University of Applied Sciences promised by President Bola Tinubu to be si...
10th January 2025
Yusuf tackles Kano politicians challenging him to ‘stand on his feet’
Not a few political watchers have continued to point at the unending political intrigues and drama that keep coming out of Kano State. The stakeholders, of recent, have particularly noted what they sa...
10th January 2025
NAOWA inaugurates visual, non visual aids model school in Adamawa
In a bid to reduce the number of out-of-school children and promote the girl child education in Adamawa State, the Nigerian Army Officer’s Wives Association has unveiled for use, a block of four cla...
10th January 2025
Stakeholders carpet Yobe over poor implementation of LG autonomy
A leading member of the African Democratic Congress in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, has carpeted the state government over its non-transparent posture on issues bordering on local government auto...
10th January 2025
Police decorate 92 promoted officers in Bauchi
The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Police Command, Auwal Mohammed, on Wednesday, decorated 92 newly promoted officers with their new ranks at the state headquarters in Yandoka Road, Bauchi. Ac...
10th January 2025
