Category: News

The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has called for bold economic reforms and the establishment of State Police to address the country’s growing security and socioeconomic challenges … Read More

The annual Imo Awka Festival in Awka, Anambra State, has recorded its first casualty as a tricycle (Keke NAPEP) crushed a masquerade to death on Sunday. The incident occurred while … Read More

Former Senator Abubakar Girei has decried the impact of rising electricity tariffs on ordinary Nigerians, saying he has been forced to stop using his air conditioner due to the high … Read More

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has promised to grill former militant warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, widely known as Tompolo, over naira abuse. MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that the anti-graft agency made this … Read More

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike says he has a very cordial relationship with the First Lady, Mrs Remi Tinubu. Wike described Mrs Tinubu as a … Read More

There are strong signals that millions of candidates in the Southeast region may either miss or reschedule their ongoing WAEC examinations as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have declared … Read More

The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and seven years prison sentence of one Onyekachi Nwosu, a former employee of Guaranty Trust Bank for his … Read More

The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate remand of Lagos-based businessman and socialite, Fred Ajudua, in connection with a $1.43 million fraud case dating back over three decades. In a … Read More

The Federal High Court in Abuja will on Tuesday proceed with hearing contempt allegations brought against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, concerning a purported violation of a court directive via … Read More

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that key changes to Nigeria’s Electoral Act will be completed before the 2027 general elections. Prof. … Read More

In 2023, I told them, look, It is in our Constitution, it is in our tradition, when this people take Chairman, the other people take Presidential Candidate. Because of their … Read More

A yet-to-be-identified lady was found dead and dumped in a drainage along OGTV Road in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, with her private parts mutilated. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday … Read More

A two-time Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr (Mrs) Onikepo Akande, has attributed the successes being recorded by Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo … Read More

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has confirmed that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, recently visited him with two All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to seek peace. … Read More

Public primary schools in Owukpa, a district in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, are facing a slow and painful extinction. These institutions, once the proud nurseries of some … Read More

The U.S. and China issued a joint statement on Monday announcing an agreement to cut reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, with both sides “recognizing the importance of a sustainable, long-term, … Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is prepared to meet Vladimir Putin this week, shortly after US President Donald Trump urged him to “immediately” accept the Russian leader’s offer to … Read More

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has elected a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Prof. Chris Piwuna, as its next president. Piwuna, who is also the … Read More

Ogbomoso stakeholders and community leaders gathered on Sunday at the Soun Township Stadium for the final match of the Babalaje Cup football tournament, organized by Hon. Muftau Open Salawu, Director-General … Read More

The Northern States’ Governors’ Forum and Northern States’ Traditional Rulers’ Councils have called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for the take-off … Read More