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APM’s VAT Attack on Osun Sparks PDP’s Outrage

The Osun State chapter of the Allied Peoples Movement has criticised Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration over what it described as a poor Value Added Tax performance. In a statement signed by the... Read more »
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IMG’s N6.5 Billion Rights Issue Aims to Enhance Shareholder Value

A frontline manufacturer of industrial gases, Industrial & Medical Gases (IMG) Nigeria PLC, at the weekend secured its shareholders’ approval to float a ₦6.5 billion Rights Issue. Shareholders also endorsed an estimated... Read more »
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Nigerian Maritime Sector Sees Growth Opportunities with NSC’s New Regime

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Dr Pius Akutah reaffirmed at the weekend that the Council’s new Act, the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) currently awaiting President Bola... Read more »
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FG Backs $400m Mining Project in Nasarawa, Aims to Boost Economy

The Federal Government has pledged full support for a $ 400 million Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plan to build Africa’s largest rare earth and critical minerals plant in Nasarawa State, potentially creating... Read more »
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US-UK Alliance Stands Firm on Iran Strikes as China, Russia Criticize

Tensions in the Middle East escalated sharply following United States airstrikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites, Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow carried out early Sunday under orders from President Donald Trump. The... Read more »
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Windstorm Brings Havoc to Gombe NYSC Camp, Facilities Affected

A windstorm once again destroyed sections of the National Youth Service Corps temporary orientation camp in Amada, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State on Sunday. PUNCH online had reported how the... Read more »

Israel Recovers Remains of 3 Hostages Killed in Hamas-Led Attack

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three hostages taken during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault, the Israeli military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday, as reported by Reuters.... Read more »
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Tinubu condemns Plateau killings, orders arrest of attackers

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed outrage over the recent killing of travellers in Plateau State, describing the incident as “barbaric” and calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible.... Read more »
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2027: Tinubu to reportedly choose ex presidential candidate as running mate

President Bola Tinubu is reportedly considering replacing Vice President Kashim Shettima with former Kano governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso in the 2027 presidential race. This move, is gaining support among some stakeholders within the... Read more »
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Two suffocate to death in Kano pit latrine while retrieving phone

Two men, Usman Muhammed and Ibrahim Inuwa, died on Saturday while trying to retrieve a cell phone from a pit latrine in Kano. The incident, which claimed the lives of the duo,... Read more »
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2027: Debate over Presidential zoning stirs division among PDP NEC members

As preparations for the 2027 presidential election intensify, members of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) appear divided over the issue of zoning, with some calling for strict adherence... Read more »
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ABUAD celebrates global ranking, attributes success to discipline, innovation

The Acting Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olasupo Ijabadeniyi, has described the institution’s latest global ranking as a challenge to strive harder. Ijabadeniyi expressed excitement over the university’s... Read more »
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Controversy Trails ‘Resignation’ Of Rivers Council Administrator

Controversy Trails ‘Resignation’ Of Rivers Council AdministratorA video surfaced online showing a man identified as Ihemnacho being violently beaten by a group of unidentified individuals. Controversy has trailed the reported resignation of... Read more »

Vandals Sabotaging Electricity Supply, Says TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said vandals remain a constant threat to providing stable electricity supply in Nigeria as they intensify attacks on critical transmission and grid infrastructure across the... Read more »
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JAMB Fixes June 28 for Mop-Up UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced Saturday, 28th June 2025, as the date for the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination mop-up examination. In a statement released by... Read more »
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Nkpokote Nsukka Development Forum Declares Support for Security, Development in Enugu State

The Nkpokote Nsukka Development Forum, a non-partisan socio-cultural and developmental civil society group, has formally announced its readiness to partner with the Enugu State Government to tackle insecurity and promote development in... Read more »

UNIPORT Alumni Gets a New Leader

A former Senate Minority Whip in the 10th Assembly, Darlington Nwokocha, has been elected as Global President of the University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association. Nwokocha was elected at the association’s Annual... Read more »

Ondo Assembly to Screen Four New Commissioner Nominees

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has forwarded four additional nominees for appointment as commissioners in the State Executive Council to the Ondo State House of Assembly for confirmation. This was contained... Read more »
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Pastor Enenche Opens Up About Rejecting N30m Donation from Kebbi Governor

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr. Paul Enenche, has reacted to widespread reactions that trailed his rejection of a N30 million cash donation offered by the Kebbi State Governor,... Read more »
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India-Bound Passenger Arrested with 2.20kg Cocaine at MMIA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary, who claimed to be travelling to India for fibroid surgery, at the Lagos International Airport,... Read more »